Johnny B Bad - Chuck Berry / BUJ Songwriters Verse 1: Deep [A] down in Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There [D] stood a lonely cabin made of earth and clad Where [A] lived a scary boy named Johnny B. Bad Who [E7] never ever learned to read or write so well, but he could [A] play the UKULELE like a casting a spell. |Chorus: |[A] Go go.....go Johnny go go go |Go Johnny go go go [D] |[D] Go Johnny go go [A] go |[A] Go Johnny go go [E7] go..... Johnny B. [A] Bad... Verse 2: He used to [A] put his UKULELE in a gunny sack and sit beneath a tree by the railroad track. An [D] engineers could see him sitting with a shade [A] strummin’ to the rhythm that the drivers made [E7] People passing by... they would stop and say Oh [A] my but that little scary boy can play. Chorus: Verse 3: His [A] mother told him “someday you will be a man” And you will be the leader of a big ol' band [D] Many, many people come from miles around to [A] hear your UKULELE till the sun go down [E7] Maybe someday your name will be in lights Sayin’ [A] ‘ Johnny B. Bad tonight’. |Chorus: x2 |[A] Go go.....go Johnny go go go |Go Johnny go go go [D] |[D] Go Johnny go go [A] go |[A] Go Johnny go go [E7] go..... Johnny B. [A] Bad...