Elton John
Johnny B. Goode lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Beginner
- Released
- 1979
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 8:07
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Uh-uh
Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood an log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like ringing a bell
Go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go go Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sat beneath the tree by the railroad track
An engineer could 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, how that little 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
Go go Johnny B. Goode
His mother told him, someday you will be a man
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 goes down
And 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
Go go Johnny B. Goode
Go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
Go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go go Johnny B. Goode
His mother told him, someday you will be a man
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 goes down
And maybe someday your name will be in lights
Saying Johnny B. Goode tonight
Go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Uh-uh Johnny B. Goode
Go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
Go uh-uh
Go uh-uh
Go uh-uh
Go, go, go, go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go Johnny go, go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
B. Goode
B. Goode
B. Goode
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go
And go, go
And go, go
And go, go
And go, go
Go, go
Go, go
Go, go Johnny B. Goode
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Key vocabulary
- back
- toward the rearA1
- bell
- small metal sound-makerB1
- close
- near in distance
- orleans
- city in France
- passing
- moving by; happening soonC1
- told
- said information
- someday
- at a future time
- maybe
- perhapsA1
- lights
- makes bright
- band
- group of musiciansA1
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About this song
Elton John is an English singer-songwriter and pianist known for his role in pop rock and piano-driven glam rock. He became famous for the songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin and for a career that produced major chart hits and award-winning performances.