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Johnny B. Goode Lyrics by Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett

1977

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-ringing a bell
Go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, go, go, go, Johnny B. Goode
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the trees besides the railroad tracks
Oh, engineers see him sitting in the shade
Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made
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
Go, Johnny, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, go, 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 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
Go, go, go, go, Johnny B. Goode
Go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, Johnny, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go, Johnny B. Goode
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Leif Garrett

Leif Garrett

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"Johnny B. Goode" appears on "Leif Garrett" in 1977.

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