Johnny B. Goode [vid] [karaoke] is a 1958 single without album.
\author Chuck Berry
\title Johnny B. Goode
\orientation landscape
\fontsize 10
\htmltactwidth 34
\htmltactspeed 1300
\htmltactbeat 4
\part Prelude
{snare drum, solo guitar only}[A] | | {snare drum} | {drum fill} |
{everyone}[D] | | [A] | |
[E] | | [A] | ~Deep |
\part Verse 1
[A]down in Louisiana close to | New Orleans, ~way | back up in the woods among the | evergreens, ~there |
[D]stood a log cabin made of | earth and wood, ~where | [A]lived a country boy named | Johnny B. Goode, ~who |
[E]never ever learned to read or | write so well, but he could | [A]play the guitar just like a- | ringing a bell. ~Go, |
\part Chorus
[A]go! | Go, Johnny go, | go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[D]go! | Go, Johnny go, | [A]go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[E]go! | ~Johnny B. | [A]Goode. | ~He used to |
\part Verse 2
[A]carry his guitar in a | gunny sack, ~go | sit beneath the trees by the | railroad track. ~Old |
[D]engineers would see him sitting | in the shade, | [A]strumming with the rhythm that the | drivers made. |
[E]People passing by they would | stop and say: ~Oh | [A]my, that little country | boy could play. ~Go, |
\part Chorus
[A]go! | Go, Johnny go, | go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[D]go! | Go, Johnny go, | [A]go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[E]go! | ~Johnny B. | [A]Goode. | ~His |
\part Verse 3
[A]mother told him: Someday you will | be a man, and | you will be the leader of a | big old band. |
[D]Many people coming from | miles around, to | [A]hear you play your music when the | sun go down |
[E]Maybe someday your name will | be in lights, saying: | [A]Johnny B. Goode to- | night. ~Go, |
\part Chorus
[A]go! | Go, Johnny go, | go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[D]go! | Go, Johnny go, | [A]go! | Go, Johnny go, |
[E]go! | ~Johnny B. | [A]Goode. | |