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Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
E
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
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A/A
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
E
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
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Who never ever learned to read or write so well
E
But he could play a guitar just like he's ringin' a bell
[Chorus]
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A E
Johnny B Goode
B7 B7 B7 B7 B7
[Verse 2]
E
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
E
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad tracks
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A/A
The engineers would see him sittin' there in the shade
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Strummin' to the rhythm that the engine made
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People passed him by and they would stop and say
E
Oh my that little country boy can play
[Chorus]
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A E
Johnny B Goode
B7 B7 B7 B7 B7
[Verse 3]
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Well his mama told him one day you will be a man
E
And you will be the leader of a big old band
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A/A
People will come from miles around
E
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
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Maybe someday your name will be in lights
E
Sayin' Johnny B Goode tonight
[Chorus]
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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E
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A
Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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Go Johnny Go.
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Go
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A E
Johnny B Goode
B7 B7 B7 B7 B7
[Outro]
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We also have 37 songs by Chuck Berry
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- Around And Around
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- Broken Arrow
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- Bye Bye Johnny
- Carol
- Earth Angel
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- It Dont Take But A Few Minutes
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- My Ding A Ling
- Nadine
- No Particular Place To Go
- Oh Baby Doll
- Promised Land
- Reelin And Rockin
- Rock And Roll Music
- Roll Over Beethoven
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- Sweet Little Rock And Roller
- Sweet Little Sixteen
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