Johnny B. Goode
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1. Deep down in Louisiana,
close to New Orleans,
back
up in the hills among the Evergreens,
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there
stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
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where
lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode.
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He never ever learned to read
or write so well,
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but
he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.
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Go, go ! Go, Johnny, go !
Go ! Go, Johnny, go, go, go, Johnnny
go!
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Go, go, go, go, Johnny, go ! Go, go ! Johnny B.
Goode.
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2. He used to carry his
guitar in a gunny sack,
sit
behind the tree by the railroad track.
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Hey, the engineer would see
him sittin' in the shade,
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listen
to the rhythm that the drivers made.
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People coming by they would
stop and wait,
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'oh,
my, but that little country boy could play'!
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Go, go ! Go, Johnny, go !
Go ! Go, Johnny, go, go, go, Johnnny
go!
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Go, go, go, go, Johnny, go ! Go, go ! Johnny B.
Goode.
+ instrumental = CHORUS
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3. Well, his mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,
and you
will be the leader of a big old band.
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Many people comin' from miles around
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will
hear you play the guitar when the sun goes down.
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Maybe someday your name'll be in
lights,
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with 'Johnny
B. Goode tonight''.
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Go, go ! Go, Johnny, go !
Go ! Go, Johnny, go, go, go, Johnnny
go!
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Go, go, go, go, Johnny, go ! Go, go ! Johnny B.
Goode.
(orig. = capo 1st; midi = capo 3rd) (Buck Owens)