Be Good Johnny chords by Men At Work

Chords with lyrics

During the chorus and verses, keyboards and guitar are rolling back and forth with D, C, Bm, C, D, etc. In the
pre-chorus, guitar goes back and forth on FF and G. Then for the Be good be good's, the D, C, Bm, C majorC pattern
continues. It was hard to indicate in the notation,
but the final C majorC of the "be good" stanzas occurs precisely when the background singers say "Jooohnny."

Verse:
D MajorD       C majorC
Skip de skip, up the road
B minorBm        C majorC
Off to school we go
D MajorD               C majorC
"Don't you be a bad boy Johnny
 B minorBm             C majorC
Don't you slip up or play the fool"

D MajorD     C majorC
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
B minorBm          C majorC
I'll be your golden boy
D MajorD      C majorC       B minorBm   C majorC
I will obey ev'ry golden rule"

Pre-Chorus:
FF        G+G
Get told by the teacher
FF      G+G
Not to day-dream
FF      G+G
Told by my mother:

Chorus:
D MajorD
Be good Be good
    C majorC
Be good be good be good
    B minorBm
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C majorC
Be good be good

D MajorD
Be good be good
    C majorC
Be good be good be good
    B minorBm
be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C majorC
Be good be good.

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

Pre-Chorus:
FF      G+G
I only like dreaming
FF     G+G
All the day long
FF         G+G
Where no one is screaming

Chorus

Repeat Pre-Chorus, followed by a verse of nothing but D MajorD

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