Way 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'd never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play a guitar just like a ringing bell Go, go, go Johnny go Go Johnny go Go Johnny go, go Go Johnny go, go Johnny B Goode He used to carry his guitar in his gunny sack Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track Ol' engineer in the train sittin' in the shack Strumming with the rhythm that the drivers made The people passing by would stop and say Oh my but that little country boy could play Go, go, go Johnny go Go Johnny go Go Johnny go, go Go Johnny 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 til the sun goes down Maybe someday your name'll be in lights A saying Johnny B Goode tonight Go, go, go Johnny go Go Johnny go Go Johnny go, go Go Johnny go, go Johnny B Goode