Song
Johnny B. Goode
Chuck Berry
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Song Meaning of Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry, and what it about
The first rock and roll song to discuss rock and roll stardom was "Johnny B. Goode." Chuck Berry, "more or less," as he told Rolling Stone in 1972, plays the title role.
“The original words [were], of course, ‘That little colored boy could play.’ I changed it to ‘country boy’ — or else it wouldn’t get on the radio.”
The best illustration of Berry's poetry in motion is "Johnny B. Goode". Berry's piercing, single-note lick in the chorus sounds, as he phrased it, "like a-ringin' a bell" — a wonderful description of how rock & roll guitar can make you feel on top of the world. The rhythm section rolls with freight-train pace.
One of the most well-known songs in the annals of popular music is "Johnny B. Goode".
Lyrics of Johnny B Goode by Chuck Berry
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 a guitar just like a-ringing 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 gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineer 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 ol' band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights
Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight!'"
Go go
Go Johnny go!
Go go go Johnny go!
Go go go Johnny go!
Go go go Johnny go!
Go
Johnny B. Goode!
Release Date
1958
Songwriter/s
Chuck Berry
Producer/s
Leonard Chess, Phil Chess
Label/s
Chess
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