Elvis Presley

Johnny B. Good

(words & music by Chuck Berry)

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

Go, 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
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
All the engineers would see him sittin' in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm by the drivers made
The people passing by they would stop and say
"Oh may, how that little countryboy could play")*

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

His mama told him "Someday you will be a man.
And you will be the leader of a big band.
Many people coming from miles around
Will hear your playing music when the sun goes down
Maybe someday you will be in light
saying Johnny B. Goode tonight"

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


*(): verse 2 was seldom sung by EP