Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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Johnny B. & The
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Evergreens
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Deep down in Louisiana
close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods
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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Who'd ever,
ever learn to read or write so well
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But he could play a guitar
just like a ringin' a bell
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Go, go, go Johnny, go, go
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Go, Johnny, go, go
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Go, Johnny, go, go
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Go, Johnny, go, go
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Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar
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in a gunny sack
Or sit beneath a tree by the railroad track
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Oh, the engine and the flames
flittin' in the shade
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Strummin' with the rhythm
that the drivers made
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The people passin' by,
they were stoppin' to say
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Oh, my, was that a little
country boy to play
Go, go
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Go, Johnny, go
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Go
Go, Johnny, go
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Go
Go, Johnny, go
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Go
Go, Johnny, go
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Go
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Johnny B. Goode
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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His mother told him someday
you will be a man
And you will be the leader
of a big ol' band
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Many people comin' from miles around
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To hear you play your music
when the sun go down
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Maybe some day your
name will be in light
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Saying, Johnny, be good tonight
Go, go, go, Johnny, go
Go, go, go, Johnny, go
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Go, go, go, Johnny, go
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Go, go, go, Johnny, go
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Cm
Go Johnny, be good
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ChordsEb Bb Ab Cm
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