Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode guitar tab
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# From: Scott A. Yanoff 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. 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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 ====== Walking Bass | Bb7 | === | === | === | Eb7 | === | | Bb7 | === | F7 | === | Bb7 | Bb7 | (chorus) or | F7 | (verse) Errors or omissions to nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk -- Nigel