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Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode Chords

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Johnny B Goode Chords

(ver. 1)
Chuck Berry
 [Intro]
   N.C.                                         E
e|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------|
B|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0---------------------------------|
G|---0h1--------------------------------0h1-------------------------|
D|-2----------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
      B7
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|-----2-2-2-2-2------|
D|-----1-1-1-1-1------|
A|-----2-2-2-2-2------|
E|--------------------|

 [Verse 1]

    E
Way down in Louisiana down to New Orleans
    E
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-----------0--|
E|--0--2--4-----|

      A/A
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
      E
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
    B7
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
             E
But he could play a guitar just like he's ringin' a bell

[Chorus]
E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go
e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
E
Go Johnny Go.

A
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
 
A              
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go. 

B7
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0------2---|
G|--2-2-2-2-2------2---|
D|-----------------2---|
A|-----------------0---|
E|---------------------|
A            E
Johnny B Goode

B7 B7 B7 B7 B7 

[Verse 2]
            E
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
            E
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad tracks

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-----------0--|
E|--0--2--4-----|

    A/A
The engineers would see him sittin' there in the shade
E
Strummin' to the rhythm that the engine made
      B7
People passed him by and they would stop and say
   E
Oh my that little country boy can play

[Chorus]
E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go
e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
E
Go Johnny Go.

A
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
 
A              
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go. 

B7
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0------2---|
G|--2-2-2-2-2------2---|
D|-----------------2---|
A|-----------------0---|
E|---------------------|
A            E
Johnny B Goode

B7 B7 B7 B7 B7 

[Verse 3]
         E
Well his mama told him one day you will be a man
         E
And you will be the leader of a big old band

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|-----------0--|
E|--0--2--4-----|

   A/A
People will come from miles around
   E 
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
 B
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
        E
Sayin' Johnny B Goode tonight

[Chorus]
E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go
e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
E
Go Johnny Go.

A
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
G|--2-2-2-2-2----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
 
A              
Go Johnny Go.

E
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0----------|
G|--1-1-1-1-1----------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

E
Go Johnny Go. 

B7
Go

e|---------------------|
B|--0-0-0-0-0------2---|
G|--2-2-2-2-2------2---|
D|-----------------2---|
A|-----------------0---|
E|---------------------|
A            E
Johnny B Goode

B7 B7 B7 B7 B7 

[Outro]
   N.C.                                         E
e|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------|
B|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-2-0---------------------------------|
G|---0h1--------------------------------0h1-------------------------|
D|-2----------------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
A|----------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|
E|----------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

            
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