JOHNNY B GOODE Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Johnny B. Goode chart by Chuck Berry. This is a really great chord chart to learn power chords. The down side of this song is that it is FAST!!! Like super fast. So you will really be working on the endurance of your strumming hand in this one.
In the guitar lesson video below, I used a simplified version of this song with a capo on the 1st fret using 1 finger A5, D5 and E5 power chords.
Watch the guitar lesson video below to learn how you can apply a cool blues riff over the song.
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JOHNNY B GOODE Guitar Chords:
JOHNNY B GOODE Strumming Patterns:
Easier Strumming:
1 + 2 + 3+ 4 +
DD DD DD DD
TAB for Blues Riff as explained in lesson video:
JOHNNY B GOODE NAME Guitar Lesson:
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JOHNNY B GOODE Chord Chart:
CAPO at 1st FRET
Intro:
A A A A
D D A A
E E A A
Verse:
A A
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
A A
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
D D
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
A A
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
E E
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
A A
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell
Chorus:
A A A A
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
D D A A
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
E E A A
Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
Verse:
A A
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
A A
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
D D
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,
A A
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
E E
The people passing by, they would stop and say,
A A
"Oh my, what that little country boy could play"
Chorus:
A A A A
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
D D A A
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
E E A A
Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
Solo:
A A A A
D D A A
E E A A
A A A A
D D A A
E E AA
Verse:
A A
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man,
A
And you will be the leader of a big old band
D D
Many people coming from miles around
A A
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
E E
Maybe someday your name will be in lights,
A A
saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'"
Chorus:
A A A A
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
D D A A
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
E E A A
Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
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