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Peter Tosh
Johnny B Goode
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Reggae
Johnny B Goode was released on June 1, 1983 by Parlophone UK as a part of the album Mama Africa (Bonus Tracks Edition) [2002 Remaster]
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Peter Tosh
Peter Tosh
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Deep down in Jamaica, close to Mandeville
Back up in the woods on top of a hill
There stood an old hut made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode
He never learned to read and write so well
But he could play his guitar like ringing a bell, yeah
[Verse 2]
I said, go (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, be good tonight, yeah
I said, go (Go, Johnny)
Johnny B Goode
[Verse 3]
He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sitting in a tree in a railroad track, yeah
Old engineer and the train sitting in the shade
Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my, oh my, how a good boy can play
[Verse 4]
I said, oh (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, be good tonight, yeah
Said oh, oh (Go, Johnny)
Johnny B Goode
[Verse 5]
Mama said, son, you gotta be a man
(Go be a man)
You've got to be the leader of a reggae band
People coming in from miles around
To hear you play until the sun goes down
Boy, someday, your name will be in the lights
Saying, Johnny, Johnny B Goode tonight
[Verse 6]
I said, go (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, be good tonight, yeah
I said, oh (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, you better be good
[Verse 7]
I said, go (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, be good tonight
Play, Johnny (Go, Johnny)
Johnny B Goode
[Verse 8]
I said, go, go, go, go (Go, Johnny)
Johnny, be good tonight
You can hear him play
Go, Johnny
You better be good
Written by: Chuck Berry

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