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Go, Go, Go - Chuck Berry
Composer: C. Berry
Label: Pye International
Originally released as the B side to "Come On"
Reached #38 in 1963 in the UK. Released on the album "Chuck Berry on stage".
For younger readers - Ahmad Jamal and Errol Garner were jazz pianists, Stan Kenton
a band leader, pianist and composer.
Intro: 
C7  G7
#1:
CDown goes the sun, sitting, ducking on guitar
CUp comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star
COne and one is two hitching two, to make it four
CJohnny, get your guitar, let's go, go, go, C7oh Fbaby
Instrumental break:
F   C    G   F   C    G7
#2:
CJohnny plays the guitar at the weekly record hop
CHe starts to twist and turn and then they wouldn't let him stop
CGirls so shook up, seeing him shaking on the show
CEverybody starts to holler go, go, go, C7oh Fbaby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F#3C  G  F  C  G7  
CDuckwalking on his knees, pecking like a hen
CLooking like a locomotive, here he comes again
CMeow said the kitty, puppy, bow, wow, wow
CGo and pick your guitar, Johnny don't stop now, C7oh Fbaby
Instrumental break:
F#4:C  G  F  C  G7  
CBacked up by a jazz band, laying on the wood
CMixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B Goode
CSneaking Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen
CNow they tell me Stan Kenton's cutting Maybelline, C7oh Fbaby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F   C    G   F   C    G7
#5:
CPapa said to Mama, this I never understood
CHow he picks his guitar, make it sound so good
CUsed to sound goofy but I guess it's all right
CPapa's taking Mama to the gig tomorrow night, C7oh Fbaby
Instrumental outro fade:
F   C    G   F   C    G7  C

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Go Go Go

by Chuck Berry

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Go, Go, Go - Chuck Berry

Composer: C. Berry

Label: Pye International

Originally released as the B side to "Come On"

Reached #38 in 1963 in the UK. Released on the album "Chuck Berry on stage".

For younger readers - Ahmad Jamal and Errol Garner were jazz pianists, Stan Kenton

a band leader, pianist and composer.

Intro:

C7 G7

#1:

Down goes the sun, sitting, ducking on guitar

Up comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star

One and one is two hitching two, to make it four

C C7 F

Johnny, get your guitar, let's go, go, go, oh baby

Instrumental break:

F C G F C G7

#2:

Johnny plays the guitar at the weekly record hop

He starts to twist and turn and then they wouldn't let him stop

Girls so shook up, seeing him shaking on the show

C C7 F

Everybody starts to holler go, go, go, oh baby

Instrumental break (sax. solo):

F C G F C G7

Duckwalking on his knees, pecking like a hen

Looking like a locomotive, here he comes again

Meow said the kitty, puppy, bow, wow, wow

C C7 F

Go and pick your guitar, Johnny don't stop now, oh baby

Instrumental break:

F C G F C G7

#4:

Backed up by a jazz band, laying on the wood

Mixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B Goode

Sneaking Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen

C C7 F

Now they tell me Stan Kenton's cutting Maybelline, oh baby

Instrumental break (sax. solo):

F C G F C G7

#5:

Papa said to Mama, this I never understood

How he picks his guitar, make it sound so good

Used to sound goofy but I guess it's all right

C C7 F

Papa's taking Mama to the gig tomorrow night, oh baby

Instrumental outro fade:

F C G F C G7 C

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