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Johnny B Bad [A]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...

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