Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry

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 [Verse 1]

    
Deep down in L

ouisiana close

 to New Orlean

s
    
Way back up in

 the woods amo

ng the evergre

ens

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There stood a 

log cabin made

 of earth and 

wood
      
Where lived a 

country boy na

med Johnny B. 

Goode
    
Who never ever

 learned to re

ad or write so

 well
             
But he could p

lay a guitar j

ust like he's 

ringin' a bell

[Chorus]



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Go Johnny Go.



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Go Johnny Go.




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Go Johnny Go.

 




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Go Johnny Go. 




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Johnny B Goode

     

[Verse 2]
            
He used to car

ry his guitar 

in a gunny sac

k
            
And sit beneat

h the trees by

 the railroad 

tracks

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The engineers 

would see him 

sittin' there 

in the shade

Strummin' to t

he rhythm that

 the engine ma

de
      
People passed 

him by and the

y would stop a

nd say
   
Oh my that lit

tle country bo

y can play

[Chorus]



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Go Johnny Go.



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Go Johnny Go.

 




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Johnny B Goode

     

[Verse 3]
         
Well his mama 

told him one d

ay you will be

 a man
         
And you will b

e the leader o

f a big old ba

nd

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People will co

me from miles 

around
    
To hear you pl

ay your music 

when the sun g

o down
 
Maybe someday 

your name will

 be in lights
        
Sayin' Johnny 

B Goode tonigh

t

[Chorus]



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Go Johnny Go.



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Go Johnny Go.

 




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Johnny B Goode

     

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