Lady B Goode chords by Chuck Berry

Album: Chuck

Intro:
C Fm F Cm G C

Verse 1:
C              Cm                        F
It was down in Louisiana, right there in New Orleans
Cm
Back there in the '60s was a little teen queen
F
Fell then the lassie in love with a lad
C
Till it took him to vindicate take the feelings she had
G
She pleaded as she promised every prayer she could
C

Till everybody whispered to her, "Lady B. Goode"

Solo:
C F C F
C Gm G C

Verse 2:
    Cm                                 F
She followed him around where he would play his guitar
Cm                          C
Till he got so popular they made him a star
     F
Then she could only see him on a TV screen
    Cm                                   C
And hoped someday that he'd come back to New Orleans
G
Everybody liked her and was knocking on wood
C                                           Cm
But soon there came a baby from the Lady B. Goode

Solo:
F C F Bb
F C G Cm

Verse 3:
C                                F
She wondered if he's ever coming back someda
    C                                  Cm
The brighter lights and glory may just keep him awa
    F
But then he wrote and told her "Do not be dismaye
    C
The love you have for me will never be betraye
     G
They want me do a movie about my livelihoo
    C
And I want you to play the part of Lady B. Goode

Solo:
Cm F Cm Fm
F C G C

Verse 4:
C                                 F
She went to see the movie when it hit the scree
    Cm                          C
Babysitting Johnnie Jr. down in New Orlean
   F
He saw his daddy sing the song he heard in schoo
    C
The one his mother told him about the golden rul
G                Gm
Tears filled her eyes when they misunderstoo
     Cm
When everybody knew that she was Lady B. Goode

Outro:
Cm Fm Cm C