Johnny B. Goode (2002 Remaster) Chords
Tempo:
72.725 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
A
G
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [Em] He found in [D] Jamaica close to Manville [Em] Hill
[D] [Em] Back up in the [D] woods on top of a [Em] hill
[D] [Em] There stood an old [D] pop who made a fur coat and boo
[Em]
[Bm] There [E] lived a country [D] boy named Johnny B.
[Em] Goode Who [A] [Bm] [Em] never learned to [D] read and write so [Em] well
[D] But [Em] he could play his [D] guitar like a ringing bell, [Em] yeah
[Bm] And [Em] said, Go [D] [Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight, [Bm] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
[D] Goode
[Em] He used to carry his [D] guitar in the beneath [Em] sack
[D] [Em] Sitting in a tree [D] in the railroad [Em] track
[D] [Em] Old [D] engineer in the train, sitting [Em] in the shade
[D] [E] Strumming with the [D] rhythm that the trifles [Em] made
[D] [Em] He'd be passing [D] by, wouldn't stop and [Em] say
[D] [Em] Oh my, oh my, [D] how a good boy can [Em] play
And
[Bm] [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [E] B.
Goode tonight, [A] [D] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] Mama [D] [D] [Em]
[G] [A] [Em] said, Son, you gotta [D] be a [Em] man
[A] [D] You [E] gotta be the [D] leader of a reggae [Em] band
[A] [Bm] [Em] People coming [D] in from miles [Em] around
[D] [Em] To hear you [D] play until the sun goes [Em] down
[A] [D] [Em] Oh, someday [D] your name will be in the [Em] light
[D] [Em] Saying, Johnny, [D] Johnny B.
Goode [Em] tonight
[Am] I [Bm] [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode tonight, [D] yeah
[Em] He said, Oh [D] Johnny, you [Em] better be good
[A] I [G] [Em] said, Go [Bm] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode [A] tonight
[G] Play, [Bm] Johnny, [Em] Johnny B.
Goode
[A] [G] I said, Go, Go, Go, [Bm] Go
[Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight
[A] You [G] can hear him, baby
[E] [A] [G] [N]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[G] [D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[D] [Em] He found in [D] Jamaica close to Manville [Em] Hill
[D] [Em] Back up in the [D] woods on top of a [Em] hill
[D] [Em] There stood an old [D] pop who made a fur coat and boo
[Em]
[Bm] There [E] lived a country [D] boy named Johnny B.
[Em] Goode Who [A] [Bm] [Em] never learned to [D] read and write so [Em] well
[D] But [Em] he could play his [D] guitar like a ringing bell, [Em] yeah
[Bm] And [Em] said, Go [D] [Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight, [Bm] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
[D] Goode
[Em] He used to carry his [D] guitar in the beneath [Em] sack
[D] [Em] Sitting in a tree [D] in the railroad [Em] track
[D] [Em] Old [D] engineer in the train, sitting [Em] in the shade
[D] [E] Strumming with the [D] rhythm that the trifles [Em] made
[D] [Em] He'd be passing [D] by, wouldn't stop and [Em] say
[D] [Em] Oh my, oh my, [D] how a good boy can [Em] play
And
[Bm] [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [E] B.
Goode tonight, [A] [D] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode
[D] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] [D] [Em]
[A] [G] [Em] Mama [D] [D] [Em]
[G] [A] [Em] said, Son, you gotta [D] be a [Em] man
[A] [D] You [E] gotta be the [D] leader of a reggae [Em] band
[A] [Bm] [Em] People coming [D] in from miles [Em] around
[D] [Em] To hear you [D] play until the sun goes [Em] down
[A] [D] [Em] Oh, someday [D] your name will be in the [Em] light
[D] [Em] Saying, Johnny, [D] Johnny B.
Goode [Em] tonight
[Am] I [Bm] [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode tonight, [D] yeah
[Em] He said, Oh [D] Johnny, you [Em] better be good
[A] I [G] [Em] said, Go [Bm] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode [A] tonight
[G] Play, [Bm] Johnny, [Em] Johnny B.
Goode
[A] [G] I said, Go, Go, Go, [Bm] Go
[Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight
[A] You [G] can hear him, baby
[E] [A] [G] [N]
Key:
Em
D
A
G
Bm
Em
D
A
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[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ [Em] He found in [D] Jamaica close to Manville [Em] Hill _
[D] _ _ [Em] Back up in the [D] woods on top of a [Em] hill _
[D] _ [Em] There stood an old [D] pop who made a fur coat and boo
[Em] _
[Bm] There [E] lived a country [D] boy named Johnny B.
[Em] Goode Who [A] _ [Bm] _ [Em] never learned to [D] read and write so [Em] well _
[D] But [Em] he could play his [D] guitar like a ringing bell, [Em] yeah
[Bm] And [Em] said, Go _ [D] _ [Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight, [Bm] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
[D] Goode
[Em] He used to carry his [D] guitar in the beneath [Em] sack _
[D] _ [Em] Sitting in a tree [D] in the railroad [Em] track _
[D] _ _ [Em] Old [D] engineer in the train, sitting [Em] in the shade
[D] _ _ [E] Strumming with the [D] rhythm that the trifles [Em] made _
[D] _ [Em] He'd be passing [D] by, wouldn't stop and [Em] say _
[D] _ [Em] Oh my, oh my, [D] how a good boy can [Em] play
And _
[Bm] _ [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [E] B.
Goode tonight, [A] [D] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] [Em] Mama _ [D] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [Em] said, Son, you gotta [D] be a [Em] man _
[A] [D] You [E] gotta be the [D] leader of a reggae [Em] band _
[A] _ [Bm] _ [Em] People coming [D] in from miles [Em] around _
[D] _ [Em] To hear you [D] play until the sun goes [Em] down _
[A] _ [D] [Em] Oh, someday [D] your name will be in the [Em] light _
[D] _ [Em] Saying, Johnny, [D] Johnny B.
Goode [Em] tonight
[Am] I [Bm] [E] said, Go _ [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode tonight, [D] yeah
[Em] He said, Oh [D] Johnny, you [Em] better be good
[A] I [G] [Em] said, Go [Bm] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode [A] tonight
[G] Play, [Bm] Johnny, [Em] Johnny B.
Goode
[A] [G] I said, Go, Go, Go, [Bm] Go
[Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight
[A] You [G] can hear him, baby
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[D] _ [Em] He found in [D] Jamaica close to Manville [Em] Hill _
[D] _ _ [Em] Back up in the [D] woods on top of a [Em] hill _
[D] _ [Em] There stood an old [D] pop who made a fur coat and boo
[Em] _
[Bm] There [E] lived a country [D] boy named Johnny B.
[Em] Goode Who [A] _ [Bm] _ [Em] never learned to [D] read and write so [Em] well _
[D] But [Em] he could play his [D] guitar like a ringing bell, [Em] yeah
[Bm] And [Em] said, Go _ [D] _ [Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight, [Bm] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
[D] Goode
[Em] He used to carry his [D] guitar in the beneath [Em] sack _
[D] _ [Em] Sitting in a tree [D] in the railroad [Em] track _
[D] _ _ [Em] Old [D] engineer in the train, sitting [Em] in the shade
[D] _ _ [E] Strumming with the [D] rhythm that the trifles [Em] made _
[D] _ [Em] He'd be passing [D] by, wouldn't stop and [Em] say _
[D] _ [Em] Oh my, oh my, [D] how a good boy can [Em] play
And _
[Bm] _ [E] said, Go [D] Johnny [E] B.
Goode tonight, [A] [D] yeah
[Em] And said, Go [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode
[D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _
[A] _ [G] [Em] Mama _ [D] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
[G] _ [A] _ [Em] said, Son, you gotta [D] be a [Em] man _
[A] [D] You [E] gotta be the [D] leader of a reggae [Em] band _
[A] _ [Bm] _ [Em] People coming [D] in from miles [Em] around _
[D] _ [Em] To hear you [D] play until the sun goes [Em] down _
[A] _ [D] [Em] Oh, someday [D] your name will be in the [Em] light _
[D] _ [Em] Saying, Johnny, [D] Johnny B.
Goode [Em] tonight
[Am] I [Bm] [E] said, Go _ [D] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode tonight, [D] yeah
[Em] He said, Oh [D] Johnny, you [Em] better be good
[A] I [G] [Em] said, Go [Bm] Johnny [Em] B.
Goode [A] tonight
[G] Play, [Bm] Johnny, [Em] Johnny B.
Goode
[A] [G] I said, Go, Go, Go, [Bm] Go
[Em] Johnny B.
Goode tonight
[A] You [G] can hear him, baby
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