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Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood an old cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who'd never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ringin' 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 gurny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Old engineers in the train would see him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by they would stop and say
Oh, my but that little country boy could play

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 someday you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big old band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down
Maybe some day your name will be in lights
Sayin' '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