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Deep [A]down in Louisiana close to New Orleans

Way back up in the woods among the evergreens

There [D]stood a log cabin made of earth and wood

Where [A]lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode

Who [E7]never ever learned to read or write so well

But he could [A]play the guitar just like ringin a bell

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[A]Go! Go! Go, Johnny go! Go!

Go, Johnny go! [D]Go!

Go, Johnny, go! [A]Go!

Go, Johnny, go! [E7]Go! Johnny B. [A]Goode

He used to [A]carry his guitar in a gunny sack

Or sit beneath the tree by the railroad track

Oh an [D]engineer could see him sitting in the shade

[A]Strummin' to the rhythm that the drivers made

[E7]People passing by they'd stop and say

Oh [A]my but that little country boy can play

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His [A]mother told him some day you will be a man

And you will be the leader of a big old band

[D]Many people coming from miles around

And [A]hear you play your music till the sun goes down

[E7]Maybe someday your name gonna be in light

Sayin' [A]Johnny be Goode tonight

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