{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":61918,"song":"Johnny B Goode","artist":"Chuck Berry","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11541862-johnny-b-goode-chords-by-chuck-berry/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61918?type=chord","rating":4.6098,"votes":1527,"content":"Johnny B. Goode\r\nChuck Berry\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDeep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWay back up in the woods among the evergreens,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere stood a log cabin made of earth and wood[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWho never ever learned to read or write so well,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go![/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo, Johnny, go! Go!  [/tab]\r\n\r\nGo, Johnny, go! \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOld engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStrummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen people passed him by they would stop and say,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'oh, my but that little country boy could play'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go![/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo, Johnny, go! Go![/tab]\r\n\r\nGo, Johnny, go! \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHis mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou will be the leader of a big ol' band.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMany people comin' from miles around[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWill hear you play your music when the sun go down.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMaybe someday your name'll be in lights,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight''[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go![/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGo, Johnny, go! Go![/tab]\r\n\r\nGo, Johnny, go! \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGo! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode[/tab]","plain_text":"Johnny B. Goode\nChuck Berry\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nGo, Johnny, go! \n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nGo, Johnny, go! \n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\nGo, Johnny, go!","chords":["B","A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}