Bye Bye Johnny


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