Johnny B. Goode chords by
Joey Welz

N/A•

Key: C major•

Verse 1

C

C

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C'mon Johnny,

F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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be good!

He down in Louisiana

F

F

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close to New Orleans

C

C

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Way back up in the woods

F

F

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C

C

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amon_ g the evergreens

F

F

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Stood in an old cabin

made of earth and wood

C

C

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Where lived a little boy

named Johnny B. Goode

G

G

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C

C

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We never ever learn to

F

F

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C

C

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read or write so well,

you can play the guitar

just like a ring in the bell

Go, go

Go Johnny, go, go

F

F

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Go Johnny, go, go, go

C

C

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Go Johnny, go, go

G

G

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C

C

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Go Johnny, go, go, go

F

F

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C

C

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Go Johnny, be good

F

F

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C

C

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Come on Johnny, be good

F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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He used to carry a guitar

and a gun in his sack

And sit beneath the trees

along the railroad track

F

F

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The engineer was sitting in the shade

C

C

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Strumming with the rhythm

that the drivers made

F

F

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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The people passing by would stop and say

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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My little country boy can really play

Go, go, go Johnny, go, go

F

F

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Go, Johnny, go, go, go

C

C

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Go, Johnny, go, go

G

G

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Go, Johnny, go, go, go

C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Go, Johnny, be good

F

F

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C

C

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Come on, Roy, be good

F

F

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C

C

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Hey!

F

F

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C

C

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It's about as good as it gets!

His father told him,

F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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someday you will be a man

C

C

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You will be the leader

F

F

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C

C

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of a big ole band

F

F

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Many people coming from miles around

C

C

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They hear you play your music

F

F

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C

C

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when the sun goes down

G

G

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Maybe someday you'll

C

C

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F

F

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see your name in light

C

C

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Sayin' Johnny be good to man

Go, go

F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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Go Johnny, go, go, go

C

C

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F

F

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Go Johnny, go, go

C

C

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Go Johnny, go, go, go

F

F

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C

C

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Go Johnny, go, go

F

F

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C

C

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Yeah, Johnny be good

C

C

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Oh yeah! That's good

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Chords

C
F
G

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The original key of Johnny B. Goode by Joey Welz is C major.

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