Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
tabbed by Jörn Scharscheer (leeheim@gmx.de)


Main Riff:
e|------------------------|/6--6--6-/6--6--6-/6--6--|6----------------------|
b|------------------6--8--|/6--6--6-/6--6--6-/6--6--|6--9--8--6-------------|
g|--------------/7--------|-------------------------|------------6--7-------|
d|------------------------|-------------------------|------------------8----|
A|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
 
e|------------------------|-------------------------|
b|------------------------|----6--8--6--------------|
g|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|/7--7--7--7-/5--3-----3--|
d|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-------------------5-----|
A|------------------------|-------------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|

(Every chord is one bar)

F	F6	F7      Bb7     Bb9	C7	C7+5    Gb7
______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______  ______
EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe  EAdghe
111111  111111  111111  111111  111111  111111  000010  111111
000200  000200  000200  000200  000200  000200  002000  000200
034000  030040  030000  030000  030004  030000  000300  030000
                000040  000040          000040  000004  000004
			(line6) (line6) (line8)         (line2)

(Every chord is one bar)

Deep
F                           F
down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans, Way 

F                              F7
back up in the woods among the evergreens, There 

Bb7                       Bb7
stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, Where 

F			  F
lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode. Who'd

C7			      C7
never ever learned to read or write so well, But he could 

F         		    F             
play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell. Go! Go!

F6	 F6
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

F6       F6        F7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

Bb9	 Bb9
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!
     
F6	 F6           	   C7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!           

C7		 F6
   Johnny B. Goode 

F6	      F			    F
   He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack, Go 

F			    F7
sit beneath the tree by the railroad track. Old 

Bb7				Bb7
engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,

F				   F
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made. The

C7				C7
people passed him by they would stop and say,

F			       F
Oh, my but that little country boy could play. Go! Go!

F6	 F6
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

F6       F6        F7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

Bb9	 Bb9
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!
     
F6	 F6           	   C7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!           

C7		 F6  
   Johnny B. Goode 
                 
F6     F			      F		      
   His mother told him, ''Someday you will be a man,  And

F			  F7	
you will be the leader of a big old band.

Bb7			Bb7
Many people comin' from miles around, To

F				  F
hear you play your music when the sun go down. May

C7			      C7
be someday your name'll be in lights, A say in'

F		  F
Johnny B. Goode tonight.'' Go! Go!

F6	 F6
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

F6       F6        F7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!

Bb9	 Bb9
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!
     
F6	 F6           	   C7
     Go!   Johnny! Go! Go!           

C7		 F6  C7+5 F Gb7 F6
   Johnny B. Goode 
                |--------|--------| 


That's it. Have fun.