Este extraordinario tema de Chuck Berry es todo un hito en la historia de la música. El estilo de punteado de la guitarra fue en su momento algo inaudito, creando escuela hasta nuestros días. No se concibe un punteo de guitarra solista sin imitar el estilo de gran Chuck Berry.
Considerada como una canción fuera de lo normal, fue enviada al espacio en el Voyager I dentro de nuestros más grandes logros culturales.
La canción sale al mercado en 1959 y al canza la fama rápidamente.
Yo creo que la han versionado prácticamnte todos los grandes grupos de rock, incluyendo los Heavy Metal
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1. Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
back up in the woods among the evergreens,
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stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
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where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
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Who never ever learned to read or write so well,
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But he could play the guitar just like a ringin' a bell.
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Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go, Johnny, go, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go! Johnny B. Goode.
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2. He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
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Old engineers would see him sittin' in the shade,
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Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
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When people passed him by they would stop and say,
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'oh, my but that little country boy could play'
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Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go, go ! Go! Go, Johnny, go, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go! Johnny B. Goode.
---Punteo de guitarra
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3. His mother told him, 'someday you will be a man,
You will be the leader of a rock `n`roll band.
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Many people comin' from miles around
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Will hear you play your music when the sun goes down.
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Maybe someday your name'll be in lights,
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Sayin' 'Johnny B. Goode tonight''
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Go! Go! Go, Johnny, go, go ! Go! Go, Johnny, go, go! Go!
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Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go, Johnny, go! Go! Go! Johnny B. Goode.
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