Johnny B Goode Chords & Tabs

by Chuck Berry

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Pattern 1:
BPM: 168
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 101]
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry

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

[Chorus]
    A                      
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                 D 
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
Go, Johnny, go!
A                   E              A   
Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

[Verse]
     A                                      
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
A                                             
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
      D                                          
Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
      A                                         
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
    E                                             
When people passed him by they would stop and say,
             A                                 
'oh, my but that little country boy could play'

[Chorus]
    A                      
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                 D 
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
Go, Johnny, go!
A                   E              A   
Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode

[Verse]
     A                                          
His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,
A                                        
You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
      D                             
Many people comin' from miles around
      A                                            
Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
    E                                   
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
             A                   
Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight''

[Chorus]
    A                      
Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
                 D 
Go, Johnny, go! Go!
Go, Johnny, go!
A                   E              A   
Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode