Bye Bye Johnny chords by The Rolling Stones

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Note: These numbers are not spaced according to time spacings as this is a chord chart


 Bb majorBb           Eb MajorEb           FF
e|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------|8-8-10-8-8-10-8-8-10-8-|10-10-12-10-10-12-10-10-12-10-|
A augmentedA|8-8-10-8-8-10-8-8-10-8-|6-6----6-6----6-6----6-|8--8-----8--8-----8--8-----8--|
E MajorE|6-6----6-6----6-6----6-|-----------------------|------------------------------|


🎸 Intro:

   Bb majorBb             F/AF/A FF  F5F5 F/CF/C
e|-------------------|-----------1-1-----|----1--------------|
BB|R-/3-3-3-----6-----|-----------1-1-1---|----1----R---------|
G+G|E-/3-3-3-5/7---7-5-|7\-3-0-3---2-2-2---|----2----E---------|
D MajorD|S------------------|---------------3---|-3--3----S---------|
A augmentedA|T------------------|---------------3---|-3--3----T---------|
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------1---|-1-----------------|

🎸 Verse 1: 0:03
N.C. FF  Bb majorBb
Well, she drew out all her money out from southern trust
  Bb7Bb7
And put a little boy aboard a Greyhound bus
Eb MajorEb
Leaving Louisiana for the golden west
Bb majorBb    Bb7Bb7      Bb majorBb
Down came tears from her happiness
  FF
Her own little son named Johnny B. Goode
     Bb majorBb                Bb7Bb7
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood

🎸 Chorus: 0:22
    Bb majorBb        Bb majorBb /
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
    Eb7Eb7      Bb majorBb   Bb7Bb7
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
FF        Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb   Eb MajorEb
Bye bye Johnny
Bye bye Johnny BB Goode

🎸 Verse 2: 0:39
     Bb majorBb
Well she remember taking money out from gathering crops
  Bb majorBb
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
  Eb7Eb7
As long as he could play it by the railroad side
  Bb majorBb
And wouldn't get in trouble she'd be satisfied
FF
Never thought there'd ever come a day like this
        Bb majorBb
When she would gladly give her son a goodbye kiss

🎸 Chorus: 0:56
    Bb majorBb        Bb7Bb7 /
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
    Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
FF        Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb
Bye bye Johnny
Bye bye Johnny BB Goode

🎸 Instrumental: 1:14
Bb majorBb      Eb MajorEb Eb7Eb7 Bb majorBb    F7F7 Eb7Eb7 Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

🎸 Verse 3: 1:30
     Bb majorBb
Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of
                 Bb7Bb7
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
  Eb7Eb7
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
  Bb majorBb
And build a mansion for her by the railroad tracks
  FF
And every time they heard the locomotive roar
      Bb7Bb7
They'd be a standing, waving In the kitchen door

🎸 Outro: 1:48
    Bb7Bb7        Bb7Bb7
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
    Eb7Eb7      Bb majorBb
I said, Bye bye, bye, bye
FF        Eb MajorEb        Bb majorBb    Bb*
Bye bye Johnny
Bye bye Johnny BB Goode


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*   Single Strum
/   When used on the chords its fast strums sliding up 3 frets and going to the Eb MajorEb
| / Slide up from below
| \ Slide down
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