Deep down in 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 named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell.
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Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Or sit beneath the trees by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade,
strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made.
The people passing by, they would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play
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His mother told him someday you will be a man,
And you will be the leader of a big old band.
Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying “Johnny B. Goode Tonight”
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