CAPO at 1st FRET
Intro:
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Verse:
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Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
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Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
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There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
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Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
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Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
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But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin” a bell
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Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
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Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
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Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
Verse:
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He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
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Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
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Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,
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Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
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The people passing by, they would stop and say,
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“Oh my, what that little country boy could play”
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Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
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Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
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Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
Solo:
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Verse:
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His mother told him, “Someday you will be a man,
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And you will be the leader of a big old band
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Many people coming from miles around
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To hear you play your music when the sun go down
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Maybe someday your name will be in lights,
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saying “Johnny B. Goode tonight””
Chorus:
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Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
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Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
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Go Woah Johnny B. Goode