Johnny B Goode chords by Johnny Winter

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

Intro:
B5    E7   B7   F#7   B7

Verse 1:
B7
Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
B7
Back up in the woods among the evergreens
E7
Stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      B7
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode
    F#7
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
             B7
But he could play a guitar just like ringin' a bell

Chorus:
B7
Go go
B7
Go Johnny go go
                  E7
Go Johnny go go go
               B7
Go Johnny go go
               F#7
Go Johnny go go
              B7
Johnny B. Goode

Verse 2:
B7
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
B7
Sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
E7
Oh, sit beneath the trees there in the shade
B7
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
F#7
People passing by, they would stop and say
     B7
Oh my   but that little country boy can play

Chorus:
B7
Go go
B7
Go Johnny go go go
                  E7
Go Johnny go go go
               B7
Go Johnny go go
               F#7
Go Johnny go go

Oh, Johnny B. Goode

                  B7
Go, Johnny B. Goode
B7
Go, come on Johnny, do it

Guitar Solo:
B7   E9   B7   E7
B7   F#7  B7   E7
B7   F#7  B7

Verse 3:
B7
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man
B7
And you will be the leader of a rock and roll band
E7
Many people comin' from miles around
   B7
To hear you play your guitar when the sun go down
F#7
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
           B7
Sayin' John-ny B. Goode tonight

Out-Chorus:
B7
Go go
B7
Go Johnny go go go
                  E7
Go Johnny go go go
                  B7
Go Johnny go go go
                   F#7
Go Johnny go go go
F#7
Go! Go!
                N.C.   B9
Johnny B. Goode