Be Good Johnny original guitar chords by
Men At Work

1981Rock1.3K views

Key: D major

Intro 1

D

G/D

D7

G/D

D

D

C

G/B

C

D

C

G/B

C

Verse 1
D D 
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C C 
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Skip de skip, up the road
G/B G/B 
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C C 
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Off to school you go
D D 
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"Don't you be a bad boy Johnny
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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Don't you slip  up
C C 
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Or play the fool"
D D 
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C C 
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"Oh no Ma, oh no Da,
G/B G/B 
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C C 
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I'll be your golden boy
D D 
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C C 
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G/B G/B 
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C C 
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I will obey ev'ry golden rule"

Pre-chorus 1

F

G

Get told by the teacher

F

G

Not to day-dream

F

G

Told by my mother:

Chorus 1
D D 
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Be good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good, be    good, be good
D7 D7 
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Be good, be  good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good (Johnny)
D D 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good, be    good, be good
D7 D7 
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Be good, be  good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good (Johnny)

Verse 2
D D 
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"Are you going to
C C 
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play football this year, John?"
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C C 
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D D 
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"No!" "Oh, well you must
C C 
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be going to play cricket this year
G/B G/B 
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then, are you Johnny?"
C C 
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D D 
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"No! no! no!"
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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"Boy, you sure are a funny kid,  Johnny,
C C 
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but I  like you!
D D 
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So tell me,
C C 
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G/B G/B 
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C C 
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what kind of a boy are you, John?"

Pre-chorus 2

F

G

I only like dreaming

F

G

All the day long

F

G

Where no one is screaming

Chorus 2
D D 
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Be good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good, be    good, be good
D7 D7 
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Be good, be  good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good (Johnny)
D D 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good, be    good, be good
D7 D7 
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Be good, be  good, be good
G/D G/D 
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Be good (Johnny)

Interlude 1

D

C

G/B

C

D

C

G/B

C

D

D

Pre-chorus 3

F

G

I only like dreaming

F

G

All the day long

F

G

Where no one is screaming

Interlude 2

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

D

Chorus 3
D D 
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Be good, be good
C C 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/B G/B 
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Be good, be    good, be good
C C 
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be good (Johnny)
D D 
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Be good, be good, be good
C C 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/B G/B 
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Be good, be    good, be good
C C 
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be good (Johnny)
D D 
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C C 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/B G/B 
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Be good, be    good, be good
C C 
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be good (Johnny)
D D 
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Be good, be good, be good
C C 
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Be good, be good, be good
G/B G/B 
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Be good, be    good, be good
C C 
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be good (Johnny)

Outro 1

D

C

G/B

C

D

C

G/B

C

D

Johnny

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