Johnny B Goode - Hendrix Jimi, guitar chords

Published: 2014-04-02 19:24
Selection chords: Sofia Davis

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Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
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There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
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Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
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Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
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But he could play the guitar just like a ringinʼ a bell.

Chorus:
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Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
Old engineers would see him sittinʼ in the shade,
Strumminʼ with the rhythm that the drivers made.
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
ʼoh, my but that little country boy could playʼ

Chorus.

His mother told him, ʼsomeday you will be a man,
You will be the leader of a big olʼ band.
Many people cominʼ from miles around
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
Maybe someday your nameʼll be in lights,