Johnny B Goode chords by Johnny Winter

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

JOHNNY B. GOODE
As recorded by Johnny Winter
(From the 1969 Album SECOND WINTER)

Intro:
B5B5  E7E7  B7B7  F#7F#7  B7B7

Verse 1:
B7B7
Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
B7B7
Back up in the woods among the evergreens
E7E7
Stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
   B7B7
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode
  F#7F#7
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
       B7B7
But he could play a guitar just like ringin' a bell

Chorus:
B7B7
Go go
B7B7
Go Johnny go go
         E7E7
Go Johnny go go go
        B7B7
Go Johnny go go
        F#7F#7
Go Johnny go go
       B7B7
Johnny B. Goode

Verse 2:
B7B7
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
B7B7
Sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
E7E7
Oh, sit beneath the trees there in the shade
B7B7
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
F#7F#7
People passing by, they would stop and say
   B7B7
Oh my  but that little country boy can play

Chorus:
B7B7
Go go
B7B7
Go Johnny go go go
         E7E7
Go Johnny go go go
        B7B7
Go Johnny go go
        F#7F#7
Go Johnny go go

Oh, Johnny B. Goode

         B7B7
Go, Johnny B. Goode
B7B7
Go, come on Johnny, do it

Guitar Solo:
B7B7  E9E9  B7B7  E7E7
B7B7  F#7F#7 B7B7  E7E7
B7B7  F#7F#7 B7B7

Verse 3:
B7B7
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man
B7B7
And you will be the leader of a rock and roll band
E7E7
Many people comin' from miles around
  B7B7
To hear you play your guitar when the sun go down
F#7F#7
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
      B7B7
Sayin' John-ny B. Goode tonight

Out-Chorus:
B7B7
Go go
B7B7
Go Johnny go go go
         E7E7
Go Johnny go go go
         B7B7
Go Johnny go go go
          F#7F#7
Go Johnny go go go
F#7F#7
Go! Go!
        N.C.  B9B9
Johnny B. Goode

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