Deep down in Louisianna / close to New Orleans, / way back up in the woods / among the evergreens, / there stand a country cabin / made of clay and wood, / where lives a young country boy / named Johnny B.Goode, / he never ever learned / to read or write a book so well, / but he could play his guitar / just like a-ringing a bell.

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Chuck Berry Official Web Site :: Chuck Berry is one of rock & roll's great lyricists and developed some of its earliest trademark guitar licks; represented by CMG Worldwide. ...

Deep down in Louisianna
close to New Orleans,
way back up in the woods
among the evergreens,
there stand a country cabin
made of clay and wood,
where lives a young country boy
named Johnny B.Goode,
he never ever learned
to read or write a book so well,
but he could play his guitar
just like a-ringing a bell.

Go go, go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
aah Johnny B.Goode!

He used to carry his guitar
in a gunny sack,
sit beneath the trees
by the railroad track.
Oh sitting and a-playing
in the shade,
drumming to the rhythm
that the drivers made.
People passing by
used to stop and say:
my oh my,
that country boy can play.

Go go, go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Aah Johnny B.Goode!

Well his mama told him:
someday you will be a man.
And you will be the leader
of a big old band.
Many people coming
from miles around,
to hear you play your music
till the sun goes down.
Maybe some day
your name will be in light,
saying: Johnny
B. Goode tonight!

Go go, go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
Go Johnny go go go!
aah Johnny B.Goode!



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Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 17:36:50 EDT
Subject: Berry, Chuck; Johnny B. Goode.crd

Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry

     A
Deep down in Louisiana, ...
A
Way back up in the woods ...
      D
There stood a log cabin ...
      A
Where lived a ...
    E
Who never ever learned to ....
             A
But he could play the guitar ...


CHORUS:

A 
Go! Go! Go, ...!
                  D
Go, Johnny, go..
A
Go, Johnny, ...
A                   E
Go, Johnny, go! Go! ....


He used to carry his guitar in ....

CHORUS

His mother told him, 'someday ...

CHORUS


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Subject: b/berry_chuck/johnny_b_goode.tab
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 13:40:39 +0100


Here's a version (Chuck berry's I presume - wasn't he the guy that
wrote it?)  that sounds O.K. - play with a triplet feel, and play
it fast!

If anybody knows something different/better.... I'm all eyes.

INTRO:
e|------------------------|6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|6-----------------------|
b|------------------6--8--|6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|6--9--8--6--------------|
g|------------6--7--------|------------------------|------------6--7--------|
d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------8--8--|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
b|------------------------|---6--8--6--------------|-----6-------6----------|
g|7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|7--7--7--7--7--5--3-----|8-b10---8-b10---8-b10---|
d|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--------------------5--|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|6-----------------------|------------------------|6-----------------------|
b|6-------6-------6-------|-----6-------6----------|6-------6-------6-------|
g|---8-b10---8-b10--------|8-b10---8-b10---8-b10---|---8-b10---8-b10--------|
d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|------6-----------8--6--|------------------6-----|---------6-----6--------|
b|---------9--8--6--------|9--8--6-----------6--9--|8--6-----6-----6--8--6--|
g|8--b10------------------|---------8--6-h7--7-----|------b8----b8----8-6h7-|
d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
                                                     *  b8 means 8 b up to 10

e|------------------------||
b|------------------------||
g|------------------------||
d|8-----------------------||
a|------------------------||
e|------------------------||

FIRST BREAK:
e|------------------------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|
b|------------------6--8--|6--6--6--6--6-----------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|
g|------------6--7--------|---------------8-6h7----|---------------8-6h7----|
d|------------------------|---------------------8--|---------------------8--|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|---------6--------8--6--|
b|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|------------9--r--------|
g|---8-6h7-------8-6h7----|------------------------|r--b8-r-----------------|
d|---------8-----------8--|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
                               * r -rest

e|------6-----------6--6--|6-----------6--6--6--6--|6-----------6-----------|
b|9--8--6-----------6--6--|6--8--6-----6--6--6--6--|6--8--6-----6--8--6-----|
g|---------8--6-h7--7-----|---------7--------------|---------7-----------7--|
d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|6--6--6--6--6-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
b|6--6--6--6--6-----------|8-b9--8-b9--8-b9--8-b9--|8-----------8--6--------|
g|---------------8-6h7----|8-b10-8-b10-8-b10-8-b10-|8--6--------8-6h7-------|
d|---------------------8--|------------------------|------8--r---------8--r-|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|


e|------------------------||
b|------------------------||
g|------------------------||
d|8-----------------------||
a|---8--10-8--------------||
e|------------------------||


  John Laban,
  Dept of Physics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  email:  phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz




From: Nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk (Nigel)

                          Intro to Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
                          =======================

tabbed by nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk



s = slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend


E--------5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6---------------|---------------------------
B----6-8-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-9-6-----------|---------------------------
G--7---------------------------------8-6h7-----|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-----
D------------------------------------------8-8-|-7s8-8-8-7s8-8-8-7s8-8-----
A----------------------------------------------|---------------------------
E----------------------------------------------|---------------------------

                         10 times                                |rake|
E----------------------||---------||------6-------8-6-----------------6----
B------6-8-6-----------||------6--||--------9-8-6-----9-8-6---------6------
G--5s7-7-7-7-5s7-5-----||-8b10----||-8b10-------------------8-6h7-7--------
D------------------8-5-||---------||---------------------------------------
A----------------------||---------||---------------------------------------
E----------------------||---------||---------------------------------------

E------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
B--9-8-6------6------6---------|-------------------------------------------
G--------8b10---8b10---8-6h7---|-------------------------------------------
D----------------------------8-|-------------------------------------------
A------------------------------|-------------------------------------------
E------------------------------|-------------------------------------------


Chords
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Walking Bass

| Bb7 | === | === | === | Eb7 | === |
| Bb7 | === | F7  | === | Bb7 | Bb7 | (chorus) or
                              | F7  | (verse)




Errors or omissions to nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk


--
Nigel


Copyright (c) 2001 by OLGA, Inc.

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