Johnny B. Goode Lyrics

The song Johnny B. Goode is performed by Grateful Dead in the album named Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) in the year 1990 .



Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back in the woods among the evergreens
There in an old cabin made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode.
He never learned to read or write so well,
But he could play a guitar like ringin' a bell.

Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go;
go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny B. Goode.

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit up in the trees by the railroad track.
The engineers seen him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People pa*sin' by would stop and say
"My my, but that little country boy can play!"

Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go;
go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny B. Goode.

His mamma told him "Someday you will be a man."
You will be the leader of a big old band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down.
Maybe someday your name will be in lights.




Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)

Oct 1990

  1. Bertha
  2. Mama Tried
  3. Big Railroad Blues
  4. The Other One
  5. Big Boss Man
  6. Me & Bobby McGee
  7. Johnny B. Goode
  8. Wharf Rat
  9. Not Fade Away/Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad


Johnny B. Goode