Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode

Tabbed by: "Phender Wannabacaster?" Kyle Cormier (kc_hybrid@yahoo.com)

Looking throught the vastness of the net..there was only 2 tabs for this song,
and 1 chord sheet, so i decided to make my own tab...and it is 100% complete
and damn near 100% accurate! email me if u find a mistake...thanx


/ = slide up
h = hammer-on
b = bend
r = rest


INTRO:
e|------------------------|5/6-6-6--5/6-6-6--5/6-6-6-|----------------------|
b|------------------6--8--|5/6-6-6--5/6-6-6--5/6-6-6-|-9--8--6--------------|
g|------------6--7--------|--------------------------|----------6--7--------|
d|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------8--8--|
a|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
e|------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|

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

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

      					  {-rake-}
e|------6-----------8--6--|-------------------6--|-------------6------6--------|
b|------6--9--8--6--------|9--8--6-----------6---|-9-8-6-------6------6--8-6---|
g|--8b10------------------|---------8--6h7--7----|--------8b10---8b10----8-6h7-|
d|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
a|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
                                                    * 8b10 means bend 8 up to 10
e|------------------------||
b|------------------------||
g|------------------------||
d|8-----------------------||
a|------------------------||
e|------------------------||

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:
CHORUS RIFF:

1st 4 times             5th (end riff with this)
|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|-6-|
|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|-6-|
|-------------8-6h7----|---|
|-------------------8--|---|
|----------------------|---|
|----------------------|---|

A
Go! Go!               {CHORUS RIFF}
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!   {CHORUS RIFF}
A                 D
Go, Johnny, go! Go!   {CHORUS RIFF}
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!   {CHORUS RIFF}
A
Go, Johnny, go! Go!   {CHORUS RIFF}
E
Johnny B. Goode

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

CHORUS

FIRST LEAD:
e|------------------------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|
b|------------------6--8--|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|
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-8b10-r----------------|
d|---------8-----------8--|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
                               * r = rest

e|------6-----------6--6--|6-----------5/6--6--6--6--6-|----------6-----------|
b|9--8--6-----------6--6--|6--8--6-----5/6--6--6--6--6-|-8--6-----6--8--6-----|
g|---------8--6h7---7-----|---------7------------------|-------7-----------7--|
d|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
a|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|
e|------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------|


e|5/6--6--6--6--6-----------|------------------------|----------------------|
b|5/6--6--6--6--6-----------|8b9--8b9--8b9--8b9--8---|----------8--6--------|
g|-----------------8-6h7----|8b10-8b10-8b10-8b10-8---|-6--------8--6h7------|
d|-----------------------8--|------------------------|----8--r---------8--r-|
a|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
e|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|


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

SECOND LEAD:
e|------------------------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|
b|------------------6--8--|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|5/6-6-6-6-6-----------|
g|------------6--7--------|-------------8-6h7----|-------------8-6h7----|
d|------------------------|-------------------8--|-------------------8--|
a|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
e|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

e|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|-------------------6----|
b|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|-----6------6------6----|
g|---8-6h7-------8-6h7----|------------------------|8b10---8b10---8b10------|
d|---------8-----------8--|------------------------|------------------------|
a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
				   * r = rest

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

      					  |-rake-|
e|------6-----------8--6--|-------------------6--|-------------6------6--------|
b|------6--9--8--6--------|9--8--6-----------6---|-9-8-6-------6------6--8-6---|
g|--8b10------------------|---------8--6h7--7----|--------8b10---8b10----8-6h7-|
d|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
a|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
e|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------|
                                                    * 8b10 means bend 8 up to 10
e|------------------------||
b|------------------------||
g|------------------------||
d|8-----------------------||
a|--8h10-8----------------||
e|------------------------||

VERSE:

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