The Canettes Blues Band - Lyrics

Johnny B Goode

Chuck Berry [as performed by the Canettes]

Deep down in Louisiana back in New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
Stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a hillbilly boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could rock n' roll like ringing a bell

Go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Johnny B. Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Down by the tree by the railroad track
The engineer could see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say,
my that St. Genis boy can play

Go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Johnny B. Goode

His mother told him someday you'll be a man,
You'll be the leader of a really cool band
People will be coming from a-miles around,
To hear you get it on when the sun goes down
And maybe someday your name will be in lights,
Saying "Johnny B. Goode tonight"

Go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Johnny B. Goode

Good bye
Good bye baby bye bye
Ooh, I gotta fly
The hour's nye
So bye bye, bye bye
Baby, bye bye

[quieter]
So long
Good be baby, so long
I hope you liked the song
I don't think we got it wrong
So long, so long, so long

crescendo at end
Hey now, baby, we got chicken in a barn
(in a barn, in a barn)
C'mon over baby, we got chicken in a barn
(in a barn, in a barn)
C'mon over baby, there's a whole lot of shaking going on!

His mother told him someday you'll be a man,
You'll be the leader of a really cool band
People will be coming from a-miles around,
To hear you get it on when the sun goes down
And maybe someday your name will be in lights,
Saying "Johnny B. Goode tonight"

Go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Go Johnny go, go
Johnny B. Goode
Oh ho, Johnny B. Goode

Last modified: Mon Sep 18 17:40:44 CEST 2017