Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods
Among the evergreens
There stand a country cabin
Made of tar and wood
Where lives a country boy
Named Johnny B goode
He never learned to read or
Write a book so well
He could play his guitar just
Like a-ringing the bell

Go, go, go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go aah - Johnny B goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sit beneath the trees by the railroad track
Oh, sitting and a-playing in the shade
Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by used to stop and say:
"My, but how that country boy could play"

Go, go, go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go aah - Johnny B goode

Ooh

Well, his mama 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
Till the sun goes down
Maybe someday, your name will be in lights
Saying: '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, go johnny B goode