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Johnny B Goode

from My Chuck Berry Tribute by Mikka Grytviken

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This is my version of this Rock 'n Roll monument recorded by Chuck in 1957. It reached number eight on the charts in 1958. The song is considered one of the most iconic pieces in Rock'n Roll.
In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine dedicated it the seventh greatest song of all time. It is the only Voyager Golden Record Rock 'n Roll song sent to space.

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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-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 gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by they would stop and say
"Oh my what 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 coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying "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

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

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from My Chuck Berry Tribute, released September 23, 2021
Composer : ANDERSON E
Author : ANDERSON E
Editor : ARC MUSIC CORP
Sub Editor : BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT

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Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz and Soul music guitarist, singer, song writer and producer based in France. The artist with Scandinavian roots who lived in the Caribbean experiments on the basis of his blues influences with genre-blending and tells you stories through immense sound and musical landscapes. Change of scenery guaranteed ! ... more

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