Chuck Berry

Johnny B Good Tab

Artist: Chuck Berry
Song: Johnny B. Goode
Tab for: Guitar
Setting: Use a clean tone with a little bit distortion, and adjust the tone to about 60%.

Legend:
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/      Slide
h       Hammer on
p       Pull of
b       ex: 8b9, bend fret 8 up to 9

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Chords Used
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    Bb  Eb  F
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|------8---10---------|
A|--8---6---8----------|
E|--6------------------|



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--9--8--6------------|------------------------|
G---------------6/7-----|-----------------------|-------------6h7-------|------------------------|
D-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------8--8-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
A-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

the second guitar starts here:
e-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
B------6-8-6------------|-----6--------6--------|--6-------6--------6---|------6--------6--------|
G----7-7-7-7-7--5-------|-8b9----8b9------8b9---|-----8b9-----8b9-------|--8b9----8b9------8b9---|
D-----------------8-5-5-|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
A-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|


e---------------------6-|--------6---------8-6--|-------------------6---|
B------6-------6------6-|-----------9-8-6-------|--9-8-6----------6---9-|
G---------8b9----8b9----|-8b9-------------------|--------8--6-7-7-------|
D-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
A-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

e---6-----6-----6----------|
B-8-6-----6-----6----------|
G-----8b9---8b9---8-6-7----|
D------------------------8-|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|



Verse riff:
(second guitar) 

           Bb                          Eb                        F
e--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
B--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
G--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D--------------------------|-8--8-10-10--8--8-10-10-|-10-10-12-12-10-10-12-12-|
A--8--8-10-10--8--8-10-10--|-6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
E--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|------------------------|-------------------------|


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--4--4--4--4--6-|--4--4--4--4--6--2----|-6-------------|-6----------------------------------------------|
B--6--6--6--6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--4----|-6---6---6-----|-6-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----------------|
G------------------|------------------------|---8---8---8b9-|---8b9---8b9---8b9---8b9---8b9---8b9------------|
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
              Bb
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 rythm that the drivers made
      F
The people passin' by they would stop and say:
           Bb
"Oh my, but that little country boy could play."



Solo:

e-6--6--6--6--6-------|--6--6--6--6--6-------|--6---------6-------|--6---6---6---6-----6----8-6-------|
B-6--6--6--6--6-------|--6--6--6--6--6-------|--6---------6-------|--6---6---6---6--------9-----9-8-6-|
G---------------8-7---|-----------------8-7--|-----8-7-------8-7--|------------------8----------------|
D-------------------8-|--------------------8-|--------8---------8-|-----------------------------------|
A---------------------|--------------------8-|--------------------|-----------------------------------|
E---------------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------|