Johnny B. Goode Chord Chart by Chuck Berry
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.
Let’s take a look.
JOHNNY B GOODE CHORDS:
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. Which the video below to learn how you can apply this cool blues riff over the song.
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Strumming Pattern:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
DD DD DD DD
If doing all 8ths notes is going to be too much, you can always do 4 down strums per chord until you can pick up your speed.
JOHNNY B. GOODE CHORD CHART By Chuck Berry
Intro:
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Eb Eb Bb Bb
F F Bb Bb
Verse:
Bb Bb
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Bb Bb
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
Eb Eb
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,
Bb Bb
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
F F
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
Bb Bb
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell
Chorus:
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
Eb Eb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
F F Bb Bb
Go Woah Johnny B. Goode
Verse:
Bb Bb
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Bb Bb
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Eb Eb
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,
Bb Bb
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
F F
The people passing by, they would stop and say,
Bb Bb
"Oh my, what that little country boy could play"
Chorus:
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
Eb Eb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
F F Bb Bb
Go Johnny B. Goode
Solo:
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Eb Eb Bb Bb
F F Bb Bb
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Eb Eb Bb Bb
F F Bb Bb
Verse:
Bb Bb
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man,
Bb Bb
And you will be the leader of a big old band
Eb Eb
Many people coming from miles around
Bb Bb
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
F F
Maybe someday your name will be in lights,
Bb Bb
saying 'Johnny B. Goode tonight'"
Chorus:
Chorus:
Bb Bb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go go Johnny go
Eb Eb Bb Bb
Go go Johnny go go, go Johnny go
F F Bb Bb
Go Johnny B. Goode
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.