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 ringin` a bell

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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
Or sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh an engineer could see him sitting in the shade
Strummin` with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by they would stop and say
Oh my but that little country boy could play

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

His mother told him `some day 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 till the sun go down
Maybe someday your name gonna be in lights
Sayin` `Johnny B. Goode tonight`

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