Johnny B. Goode

by Chuck Berry

From the album: Chuck Berry's Golden Decade

Track 3 of 24 on Chuck Berry's Golden Decade (1967).

Chuck Berry's Golden Decade cover art

Lyrics for Johnny B. Goode

Deep down in 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 named Johnny B. Goode Who never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar just like a-ringing a bell Go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Johnny B. Goode He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack Go sit beneath the trees by the railroad track Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade Stroming with the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by, they would stop and say "Oh my, that little country boy could play" Go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Go, Johnny, go, go Johnny B. Goode His mother told him someday he would be a man And you will be the leader of a big ol' band Many people coming from miles around To hear you play your music when the sun go down Maybe someday your name would be in lights Saying, "Johnny B. Goode tonight" Go, go Go, Johnny, go Go, go, go, Johnny, go Go, go, go, Johnny, go Go, go, go, Johnny, go Go Johnny B. Goode

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More from Chuck Berry's Golden Decade

  1. Maybelline
  2. Deep Feeling
  3. Johnny B. Goode
  4. Wee Wee Hours
  5. Nadine
  6. Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
  7. Roll Over Beethoven
  8. Thirty Days
  9. Havana Moon
  10. No Particular Place To Go
  11. Memphis
  12. Almost Grown
  13. School Days
  14. Too Much Monkey Business
  15. Oh, Baby Doll
  16. Reelin' And Rockin'
  17. You Can't Catch Me
  18. Too Pooped To Pop
  19. Bye Bye Johnny
  20. 'Round And 'Round
  21. Sweet Little Sixteen
  22. Rock And Roll Music
  23. Anthony Boy
  24. Back In The U.S.A.