JOHNNY B GOODE

As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 2000 Album ANTHOLOGY)



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck amp overdrive'

 Intro
  Q=164
 4/4
  Gtr I
  a E E E   a E E E a E E E a E E   E  E E E E E E E
|---------|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|-7----------------|
|-----7-9-|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|---10-9-7---------|
|-7s8-----|-----------------------|----------7-8-----|
|---------|-----------------------|--------------9-9-|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   a E E E E a E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----7-9-7-----------|
|-----------------|-7s8-8-8-8-7s6-4-----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------6---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|


   a     +E  E E  a     +E  E E  a     +E  E   E  a     +E  E E  a     +Q   q
|--------------------------------------------|-7----------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


   a     +E  E E  a     +E  E E  a     +E  E   E  a     +E  E E  a     +Q   q
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|


   a     +Q   E  E E E E E    E E E E a E S S E  E
|-------------7--------9-7-|------------------7----|
|---------------10-9-7-----|-10-9-7---------7---10s|
|-10b11-(11)---------------|--------9-7s8-8--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|


  E E  a     +E  E  a     +E  E E a E   Q  Q  H
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-9-7------------7------------7-9---7-|------------||
|-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-6h8-|------------||
|-------------------------------------|-9----------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||


   Verse
    $
    $$
    B                         E
    E E  E E E E  E E  4x     E E  E E E E  E E
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||---------------------||-||--9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||-||o-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||-||---------------------||


    B
    E E  E E E E  E E
||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||


                                           On D.S. To Coda
                               On D.S.S. to Double To Coda
    F#                              B
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E         E E  E E E E  E E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||--11-11-13-11-11-11-13-11--||-||---------------------||
||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||-||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||---------------------------||-||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||


   Chorus 1
    E  a  E  E  E  E  Q   E   W     4x
||--------------------------|-------||
||o----9s10-10-10-10-12\----|------o||
||----10s11-11-11-11-11\----|-------||
||--------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------||


                                               D.S. al Coda
  E  a  E  E  E  E  Q  E    W          W          W
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----9s10-10-10-10-12--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|---10s11-11-11-11-11--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||


   Chorus 2
    &
    E  a     +E  E E  a     +E  E  a     +q     W     3x
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o--------------7-7------------7-------------|------o||
||----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)--|-------||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||


  E  a     +E  E E  a     +E  E Q    W
|----------------------------------|----------|
|--------------7-7------------7----|----------|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|


  E  a     +E  E E  a     +E  E  a     +E  E
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7------------7------------7--|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


   a     +E  E  a     +q   H      W          H    E a E E E
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|------------7------------------|----------|------------7---||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)-------|----------|--------7s8---9-||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||


 Guitar Solo
  E E E E E E a E E   E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-6h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  E E a E E E E a E E   E E E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---7---7---------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7---7---7-----7---|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8---|-------9---9-6h8---|
|---------9---------9-|-----------------9-|
|---------9---------9-|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


  E  a  e E E  E E E E    E E E E a E S S E  E
|-----------7------9-7-|------7-----------7--7--|
|-------------10-------|-10-9-7---------7-7-(7)-|
|---10s11--------------|--------9-7h8-8---------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|


  E E E E E  E   E   E    E E E E E E E E
|-7-------7--7---7---7--|-7-------7---------|
|---9-7---7-(7)-(7)-(7)-|---9-7---7-9-7-----|
|-------8---------------|-------8-------8---|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|


  E E E E E E a E E   E a     +Q   a     +Q   a     +Q   a      +E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|---9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10==(10)r|
|-----------9-7h8---|---9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11==(11)r|
|-----------------9-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|


  +E  e Q  E a E E E   q  Q  H
|--------------------|------------||
|-(9)-7----9---7-----|------------||
|-(9)-8----9-7h8-----|-8----------||
|----------------9---|-9----------||
|--------------------|-9----------||
|--------------------|------------||


  E E E E E E a E E   E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9---7---|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-7h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


  E E a E E E E a E E   E E a E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---------7----------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7-9---7---7----------|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8-|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8--|
|---------9---------9-|---------9---------9--|
|---------------------|-------9--------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


  Q  a    +Q    E a     +E  E E   a     +Q   E a     +E  E E a     +Q
|---------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7------------|
|----9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-9b10-(10)--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----9b11-(11)--|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


  Q  a     +Q   E a     +E  E E   a     +Q   E a     +E  E E E E
|-7-------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7-7-7--|
|-7--9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-7-7--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)----------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|


   a     +E  E E E  E E a E  E
|-10b11-(111)-7-9-7--------------|
|------------7-7-7-10-9---7-----|
|------------------10-9-7h8-----|
|---------------------------(9)-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


                                                           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
   a     +E  E  a     +E  E  a     +E  E E a E   Q  E E E E E a E   q  Q  H
|----------------------------------------------|----7---7-7-------|------------||
|------------7------------7------------7-------|----7---7-7-9---7-|------------||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-7h8-|------------9-7h8-|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|-x----------------|-9----------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||


 Out-Chorus
  &&
  H    E  a  E  E  E    E  E  Q  H
|--------------------|----------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10-------|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11-------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|


    H    E  a  E  E  E    E  E  E  E H
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10\--------o||
||---------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11\---------||
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o--------------------|------------------o||
||---------------------|-------------------||


  H    E  a  E  E  E    E  E  q  E a  E E  E    Q  Q  E  E  E  E
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10----9s10---10-|-12-------10-10-10-|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11----9s11---11-|-11-------11-11-11-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|


  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E +H
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-4-4---x-4-4---x-|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|



Way down Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens...
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode...
He never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.

Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

His mama told him someday he would be a man,
And he would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music when the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.