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Johnny B Goode

Track 1Guitar
TabSheetNotes
Tuning: E A D G B E

Capo: No capo

BPM: 240

    [Intro]
e|----------------------|--------------------|5/---6----6----6----|5/---6----6----6----|5/---6----6----6----|
B|----------------------|----------6----8----|5/---6----6----6----|5/---6----6----6----|5/---6----6----6----|
G|----------------------|6/---7--------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                                                                                   the second guitar starts here:
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
B|--9----8----6---------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|-----6----8----6----|
G|-----------------6h---|7-------------------|--------------------|---------------|7----7----7----7----|
D|----------------------|-----8----8----8----|8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----|--------------------|
A|----------------------|---------------8----|8----8----8----8----|8----8----8----|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|

e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|----------------------|---------------**---|----------**--------|----------**--------|-----**-------------|
G|--**---**-------------|-----**---**--------|**---**--------**---|**-------------**---|**--------**---**---|
D|------------**---**---|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

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B|--**------------------|**-------------**---|----------|-----**-------------|**-------------**---|
G|------------**---**---|-----**---**--------|**---**---|----------**---**---|-----**---**--------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|--------------------|
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B|-----------------**---|**---**-------------|-----**---**---**---|--------------------|**--------**---|
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D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|

                                                                   [Verse riff]
                                                                   (second guitar) Bb
e|-------**-------------|**-------------**---|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--**---**-------------|**-------------**---|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|------------**---**---|-----**---**--------|**---**---**--------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|

                         Eb                                        F
e|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
B|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|
D|-------**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**--------|
A|-------**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**--------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|

    [Chorus riff]
    The bends here are a little less then a half a tone up.
    1. time last riff on 1. refrain second time last riff on 2 refrain
e|--**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**--------**--------|--------------------|
B|--**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|**--------**--------|**--------**--------|
G|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|-----**--------**---|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|-------**-------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
B|-------**-------------|**-------------**---|----------**--------|-----**-------------|**-------------|
G|--**--------**---**---|-----**---**--------|**---**--------**---|**--------**---**---|-----**---**---|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------|

    [Verse]
    Bb
    Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
    Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
    Eb
    There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
    Bb
    Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
    F
    Who never ever learned to read or write so well
    But he could play the guitar just a like ringin' a bell.
    [Chorus]
    Go! Go! go, Johnny, go, go!
    Go! Johnny, go, go!
    Go! Johnny, go, go!
    Go! Johnny, go, go!
    Johnny B. Goode
    [Verse]
    Bb
    He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
    Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
    Eb
    Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade
    Bb
    Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
    F
    The people passin' by they would stop and say:
    "Oh my, but that little country boy could play."
    [Chorus]
    Bb
    Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
    Go, Johnny, go! Go!
    Go, Johnny, go! Go!  Eb
    Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode Bb
    [Solo] Bb Bb         F                         Bb
e|----------------------|---------------**---|**---**---**---**---|--------------------|**---**---**---**---|
B|----------------------|-----**---**---**---|**---**---**---**---|--------------------|**---**---**---**---|
G|-----------------**---|**------------------|--------------------|**---**---**--------|--------------------|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|---------------**---|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--**------------------|-----|**------------------|-----**-------------|----------**--------|
B|--**------------------|-----|**------------------|-----**-------------|----------**--------|
G|-------**---**---**---|-----|-----**---**---**---|----------**---**---|**------------------|
D|----------------------|**---|--------------------|**------------------|-----**-------------|
A|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

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B|--**--------**--------|**------------------|----------**--------|----------|**---**---**--------|
G|----------------------|---------------**---|--------------------|----------|---------------**---|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------|--------------------|

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G|--**---**---**--------|---------------**---|--------------------|---------------**---|---------------**---|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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e|-------|**---**---**---**---|**------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------|**---**---**---**---|**------------------|----------**--------|**---**--------**---|
G|-------|--------------------|-----**---**---**---|----------**--------|**---**--------**---|
D|-------|--------------------|--------------------|**------------------|--------------------|
A|-------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
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e|----------------------|--------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------**-------------|-----**---**--------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-------**---**--------|-----**---**---**---|-----|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------**---|--------------------|**---|**------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|-----|-----**---**---**---|--------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------|-----|--------------------|--------------------|

              [Verse 3]
              Bb
              His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,
              You will be the leader of a big ol' band.
              Eb
              Many people comin' from miles around
              Bb
              Will hear you play your music when the sun go down.
              F
              Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
              Bb
              Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight''
              [Chorus]
              Bb
              Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go!
              Eb
              Go, Johnny, go! Go!
              Bb
              Go, Johnny, go! Go!
              F Bb
              Go, Johnny, go! Go! Johnny B. Goode
              | / Slide up
              | h Hammer-on
              | b Bend
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
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Instruments
Guitar
Genres
Rock
Tracks
1
Tempo
240 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
E A D G B E
Published 26 Feb 2020

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