Original key = C5
C5
She drew out all her money at the Southern Trust
And put her little boy upon a Greyhound bus
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Leaving Louisiana for the golden west
C5
Down came the tears from her happiness
G5
Her own little son named Johnny B Goode
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Was going to make some motion pictures out in Holliwood
C5 F5 C5
Bye bye bye bye, Bye bye bye bye
G5 F5 C5
Bye-bye Johnny, Goodbye Johnny B Goode
C5
She remembered taking money earnt from gathering crop
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker's shop
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As long as he would play it by the railroad side
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He wouldn't get in trouble, he was satisfied
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But never thought there'd ever come a day like this
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When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss
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Bye bye bye bye, Bye bye bye bye
G5 F5 C5
Bye-bye Johnny, Goodbye Johnny B Goode
[GUITAR SOLO]
C5
She finally got the letter she'd been dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
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As soon as he was married he would bring her back
C5
And build a mansion for them by the railroad track
G5
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
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They'd be standing and waving in the kitchen door
C5 F5 C5
Bye bye bye bye, Bye bye bye bye
G5 F5 C5
Bye-bye Johnny, Goodbye Johnny B Goode
Repeat ad lib to fade