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Chuck Berry
Stimme und Gesang
Lafayette Leake
Klavier
Willie Dixon
Bass
Freddie Below
Schlagzeug
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Chuck Berry
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Leonard Chess
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Phil Chess
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 a guitar just like a-ringing a bell
[Chorus]
Go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Johnny B. Goode
[Verse 2]
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath a tree by the railroad track
Old engineer would see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by, they would stop and say
"Oh my, but that little country boy can play"
[Chorus]
Go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Johnny B. Goode
[Verse 3]
His mother told him, "Someday, you will 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 will be in lights
Saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'"
[Outro]
Go, go
Go, Johnny, go
Go, go, go, Johnny, go
Go, go, go, Johnny, go
Go, go, go, Johnny, go
Go
Johnny B. Goode
Written by: Chuck Berry