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``
CHORUS
