BERRY CHUCK - "johnny b goode4" Tablature
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JOHNNY B GOODE
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 2000 Album ANTHOLOGY)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck amp overdrive'
Intro
Q=164
4/4
Gtr I
a E E E a E E E a E E E a E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|-7----------------|
|-----7-9-|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|---10-9-7---------|
|-7s8-----|-----------------------|----------7-8-----|
|---------|-----------------------|--------------9-9-|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----7-9-7-----------|
|-----------------|-7s8-8-8-8-7s6-4-----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------6---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +Q q
|--------------------------------------------|-7----------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +Q q
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +Q E E E E E E E E E E a E S S E E
|-------------7--------9-7-|------------------7----|
|---------------10-9-7-----|-10-9-7---------7---10s|
|-10b11-(11)---------------|--------9-7s8-8--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E E a +E E a +E E E a E Q Q H
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-9-7------------7------------7-9---7-|------------||
|-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-6h8-|------------||
|-------------------------------------|-9----------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||
Verse
$
$$
B E
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||---------------------||-||--9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||-||o-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||-||---------------------||
B
E E E E E E E E
||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||
On D.S. To Coda
On D.S.S. to Double To Coda
F# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||--11-11-13-11-11-11-13-11--||-||---------------------||
||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||-||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||---------------------------||-||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||
Chorus 1
E a E E E E Q E W 4x
||--------------------------|-------||
||o----9s10-10-10-10-12\----|------o||
||----10s11-11-11-11-11\----|-------||
||--------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------||
D.S. al Coda
E a E E E E Q E W W W
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----9s10-10-10-10-12--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|---10s11-11-11-11-11--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
Chorus 2
&
E a +E E E a +E E a +q W 3x
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o--------------7-7------------7-------------|------o||
||----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)--|-------||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
E a +E E E a +E E Q W
|----------------------------------|----------|
|--------------7-7------------7----|----------|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
E a +E E E a +E E a +E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7------------7------------7--|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
a +E E a +q H W H E a E E E
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|------------7------------------|----------|------------7---||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)-------|----------|--------7s8---9-||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-6h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E a E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---7---7---------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7---7---7-----7---|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8---|-------9---9-6h8---|
|---------9---------9-|-----------------9-|
|---------9---------9-|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E a e E E E E E E E E E E a E S S E E
|-----------7------9-7-|------7-----------7--7--|
|-------------10-------|-10-9-7---------7-7-(7)-|
|---10s11--------------|--------9-7h8-8---------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-------7--7---7---7--|-7-------7---------|
|---9-7---7-(7)-(7)-(7)-|---9-7---7-9-7-----|
|-------8---------------|-------8-------8---|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E a E E E a +Q a +Q a +Q a +E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|---9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10==(10)r|
|-----------9-7h8---|---9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11==(11)r|
|-----------------9-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
+E e Q E a E E E q Q H
|--------------------|------------||
|-(9)-7----9---7-----|------------||
|-(9)-8----9-7h8-----|-8----------||
|----------------9---|-9----------||
|--------------------|-9----------||
|--------------------|------------||
E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9---7---|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-7h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E a E E E E a E E E E a E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---------7----------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7-9---7---7----------|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8-|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8--|
|---------9---------9-|---------9---------9--|
|---------------------|-------9--------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Q a +Q E a +E E E a +Q E a +E E E a +Q
|---------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7------------|
|----9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-9b10-(10)--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----9b11-(11)--|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Q a +Q E a +E E E a +Q E a +E E E E E
|-7-------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7-7-7--|
|-7--9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-7-7--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)----------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +E E E E E E a E E
|-10b11-(111)-7-9-7--------------|
|------------7-7-7-10-9---7-----|
|------------------10-9-7h8-----|
|---------------------------(9)-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
a +E E a +E E a +E E E a E Q E E E E E a E q Q H
|----------------------------------------------|----7---7-7-------|------------||
|------------7------------7------------7-------|----7---7-7-9---7-|------------||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-7h8-|------------9-7h8-|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|-x----------------|-9----------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||
Out-Chorus
&&
H E a E E E E E Q H
|--------------------|----------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10-------|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11-------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
H E a E E E E E E E H
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10\--------o||
||---------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11\---------||
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o--------------------|------------------o||
||---------------------|-------------------||
H E a E E E E E q E a E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10----9s10---10-|-12-------10-10-10-|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11----9s11---11-|-11-------11-11-11-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-4-4---x-4-4---x-|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
Way down 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 name of Johnny B. Goode...
He never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
His mama told him someday he would be a man,
And he would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music when the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 2000 Album ANTHOLOGY)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Chuck amp overdrive'
Intro
Q=164
4/4
Gtr I
a E E E a E E E a E E E a E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|-7----------------|
|-----7-9-|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-|---10-9-7---------|
|-7s8-----|-----------------------|----------7-8-----|
|---------|-----------------------|--------------9-9-|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E a E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----7-9-7-----------|
|-----------------|-7s8-8-8-8-7s6-4-----|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------------6---|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +Q q
|--------------------------------------------|-7----------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +E E E a +Q q
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------------7--|
|--------------7--------------7--------------|-7--------------7-------------7--|
|-10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)-----|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +Q E E E E E E E E E E a E S S E E
|-------------7--------9-7-|------------------7----|
|---------------10-9-7-----|-10-9-7---------7---10s|
|-10b11-(11)---------------|--------9-7s8-8--------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E E a +E E a +E E E a E Q Q H
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-9-7------------7------------7-9---7-|------------||
|-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-6h8-|------------||
|-------------------------------------|-9----------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------||
Verse
$
$$
B E
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||-||---------------------||
||---------------------||-||--9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9--||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||-||o-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||-||---------------------||
B
E E E E E E E E
||---------------------||
||o-------------------o||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||
On D.S. To Coda
On D.S.S. to Double To Coda
F# B
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||o-------------------------o||-||o-------------------o||
||---------------------------||-||---------------------||
||--11-11-13-11-11-11-13-11--||-||---------------------||
||o--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-o||-||o-9-9-11-9-9-9-11-9-o||
||---------------------------||-||--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--||
Chorus 1
E a E E E E Q E W 4x
||--------------------------|-------||
||o----9s10-10-10-10-12\----|------o||
||----10s11-11-11-11-11\----|-------||
||--------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------|-------||
D.S. al Coda
E a E E E E Q E W W W
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|----9s10-10-10-10-12--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|---10s11-11-11-11-11--9\-|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
|-------------------------|----------|----------|-----------||
Chorus 2
&
E a +E E E a +E E a +q W 3x
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o--------------7-7------------7-------------|------o||
||----10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)--|-------||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
||o-------------------------------------------|------o||
||--------------------------------------------|-------||
E a +E E E a +E E Q W
|----------------------------------|----------|
|--------------7-7------------7----|----------|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
|----------------------------------|----------|
E a +E E E a +E E a +E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-7------------7------------7--|
|---10b11-(11)-----10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
a +E E a +q H W H E a E E E
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|------------7------------------|----------|------------7---||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)-------|----------|--------7s8---9-||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
|-------------------------------|----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-6h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E a E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---7---7---------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7---7---7-----7---|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8---|-------9---9-6h8---|
|---------9---------9-|-----------------9-|
|---------9---------9-|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
E a e E E E E E E E E E E a E S S E E
|-----------7------9-7-|------7-----------7--7--|
|-------------10-------|-10-9-7---------7-7-(7)-|
|---10s11--------------|--------9-7h8-8---------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7-------7--7---7---7--|-7-------7---------|
|---9-7---7-(7)-(7)-(7)-|---9-7---7-9-7-----|
|-------8---------------|-------8-------8---|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E a E E E a +Q a +Q a +Q a +E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|---9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10-(10)--9b10==(10)r|
|-----------9-7h8---|---9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11-(11)--9b11==(11)r|
|-----------------9-|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
+E e Q E a E E E q Q H
|--------------------|------------||
|-(9)-7----9---7-----|------------||
|-(9)-8----9-7h8-----|-8----------||
|----------------9---|-9----------||
|--------------------|-9----------||
|--------------------|------------||
E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E
|-7-7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-7---------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9-------|-7-7-7-7-7-9---7---|
|-----------9-7h8---|-----------9-7h8-8-|
|-----------------9-|-----------------9-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E a E E E E a E E E E a E E E E a E E
|-7---------7---------|-7---------7----------|
|-7-9---7---7-9---7---|-7-9---7---7----------|
|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8-|---9-7h8-----9-7h8-8--|
|---------9---------9-|---------9---------9--|
|---------------------|-------9--------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Q a +Q E a +E E E a +Q E a +E E E a +Q
|---------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7------------|
|----9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-9b10-(10)--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----9b11-(11)--|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Q a +Q E a +E E E a +Q E a +E E E E E
|-7-------------7-------------7-|------------7-------------7-7-7--|
|-7--9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-|-9b10-(10)--7-9b10-(10)---7-7-7--|
|----9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)-----|-9b11-(11)----9b11-(11)----------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
a +E E E E E E a E E
|-10b11-(111)-7-9-7--------------|
|------------7-7-7-10-9---7-----|
|------------------10-9-7h8-----|
|---------------------------(9)-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
a +E E a +E E a +E E E a E Q E E E E E a E q Q H
|----------------------------------------------|----7---7-7-------|------------||
|------------7------------7------------7-------|----7---7-7-9---7-|------------||
|-10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---10b11-(11)---9-7h8-|------------9-7h8-|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|-x----------------|-9----------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||
|----------------------------------------------|------------------|------------||
Out-Chorus
&&
H E a E E E E E Q H
|--------------------|----------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10-------|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11-------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
H E a E E E E E E E H
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10\--------o||
||---------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11\---------||
||---------------------|-------------------||
||o--------------------|------------------o||
||---------------------|-------------------||
H E a E E E E E q E a E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---------9s10-10-10-|-10-12-10----9s10---10-|-12-------10-10-10-|
|--------10s11-11-11-|-11-11-11----9s11---11-|-11-------11-11-11-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E +H
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-4-4---x-4-4---x-|-4-4---4-(4)----*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
|----------|-----------------|----------------*|
Way down 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 name of Johnny B. Goode...
He never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.
Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
His mama told him someday he would be a man,
And he would be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music when the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight.
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