Chords for Chuck Berry & John Lennon (1972) HQ
Tempo:
75.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
John, as we were saying earlier, although you had this admiration for Chuck for this many years, today was the first actual meeting.
I met him, yeah.
I think he's the greatest.
I really love him.
It's an honor to be here backing him.
That's very lovely.
You want to handle this introduction?
Yeah.
If you were to try and give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.
Right.
In the 1950s, the whole generation worshipped his music, and when you see him perform today, past and present all come together, and the message is, hail, hail, rock and roll.
Right on.
Here he is, Chuck Berry!
[B] [C]
Oh.
Long [G] distance information, give me Memphis, [C] Tennessee.
Tryin' to find a [G] party, tryin' to get in touch with me.
[C] Could not leave a number, but I know a place called,
[G]
Chuck the message and he wrote it on.
[C]
[G] Help me information, get in touch with my Marie.
She's the only one who could phone me, it's from Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] I hope it's on the south side, high up on the ridge.
[G] That's the part of Memphis, Tennessee.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] [Dm] [G] [C]
[G] Help me [C] information, more than that I cannot [G] last.
Oh, damn that I miss her, I know the time we had.
[C] But we are part of a party, where my heart does not agree.
[G] Joy upon a happy home in [C] Memphis, Tennessee.
[G] Last time I saw Marie, she's waving me goodbye.
I've been handing her my treat, crinkled from her eyes.
[C] Marie is only six years old, information's [G] sweet.
I'm gonna put a treat through to her in [C] Memphis, Tennessee.
[G] [C] [G]
[Am]
[G] [Gm]
[Em] [Dm] [G] [E] [Cm]
[C]
[G]
[Ab] [G] [N]
Oh, damn [C]
[B]
[C] that [Em]
[C] I miss her, I know the time we had.
Deep [F]
[C] down [G]
[Cm] [C] in Louisiana, across the New Orleans.
Way back up in the woods, I'm in New Orleans.
[F] I stood alone, family need a verse in the woods.
[C] Read it in the country boy, named Johnny B.
Goode.
[G] Never ever learned [Cm] Marie to write well.
[C] Playing guitar just like a ring and a bell.
[Cm] Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
[C] Go, Johnny, go, [F] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [G] go, go.
[Cm]
[Fm] [C] He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
But beneath the tree by the railroad track.
[F] Old man, did you see him, sitting in the shade.
[C] Strumming with the rhythm of the vibes.
[G] People passing by, they would stop and [C] say,
Oh my, but that little country boy.
Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, [F] Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [C] go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [G] go.
[F] Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
[G] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Cm] [G] [Cm] Mother [F]
[C] told [Cm] her someday you will be a [C] man.
And you will be the leader of a big [F] old band.
Many people coming from [C] miles around.
To hear you play your music when the sun go down.
[G] Maybe someday your name will be back in [C] sight.
Johnny B.
Goode.
Go, Daddy Goat!
Go, Daddy [F] Goat!
Go, Daddy [C] Goat!
Go, [F] Daddy [G] Goat!
Go, Go, Go, Go!
[C]
[Ab] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [D] [C] Go,
[A] [C] Daddy Goat!
I met him, yeah.
I think he's the greatest.
I really love him.
It's an honor to be here backing him.
That's very lovely.
You want to handle this introduction?
Yeah.
If you were to try and give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.
Right.
In the 1950s, the whole generation worshipped his music, and when you see him perform today, past and present all come together, and the message is, hail, hail, rock and roll.
Right on.
Here he is, Chuck Berry!
[B] [C]
Oh.
Long [G] distance information, give me Memphis, [C] Tennessee.
Tryin' to find a [G] party, tryin' to get in touch with me.
[C] Could not leave a number, but I know a place called,
[G]
Chuck the message and he wrote it on.
[C]
[G] Help me information, get in touch with my Marie.
She's the only one who could phone me, it's from Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] I hope it's on the south side, high up on the ridge.
[G] That's the part of Memphis, Tennessee.
[C]
[G]
[C]
[G] [Dm] [G] [C]
[G] Help me [C] information, more than that I cannot [G] last.
Oh, damn that I miss her, I know the time we had.
[C] But we are part of a party, where my heart does not agree.
[G] Joy upon a happy home in [C] Memphis, Tennessee.
[G] Last time I saw Marie, she's waving me goodbye.
I've been handing her my treat, crinkled from her eyes.
[C] Marie is only six years old, information's [G] sweet.
I'm gonna put a treat through to her in [C] Memphis, Tennessee.
[G] [C] [G]
[Am]
[G] [Gm]
[Em] [Dm] [G] [E] [Cm]
[C]
[G]
[Ab] [G] [N]
Oh, damn [C]
[B]
[C] that [Em]
[C] I miss her, I know the time we had.
Deep [F]
[C] down [G]
[Cm] [C] in Louisiana, across the New Orleans.
Way back up in the woods, I'm in New Orleans.
[F] I stood alone, family need a verse in the woods.
[C] Read it in the country boy, named Johnny B.
Goode.
[G] Never ever learned [Cm] Marie to write well.
[C] Playing guitar just like a ring and a bell.
[Cm] Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
[C] Go, Johnny, go, [F] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [G] go, go.
[Cm]
[Fm] [C] He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
But beneath the tree by the railroad track.
[F] Old man, did you see him, sitting in the shade.
[C] Strumming with the rhythm of the vibes.
[G] People passing by, they would stop and [C] say,
Oh my, but that little country boy.
Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, [F] Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [C] go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [G] go.
[F] Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
[G] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Cm] [G] [Cm] Mother [F]
[C] told [Cm] her someday you will be a [C] man.
And you will be the leader of a big [F] old band.
Many people coming from [C] miles around.
To hear you play your music when the sun go down.
[G] Maybe someday your name will be back in [C] sight.
Johnny B.
Goode.
Go, Daddy Goat!
Go, Daddy [F] Goat!
Go, Daddy [C] Goat!
Go, [F] Daddy [G] Goat!
Go, Go, Go, Go!
[C]
[Ab] [C] [F]
[C] [G] [F]
[C] [D] [C] Go,
[A] [C] Daddy Goat!
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
B
C
G
F
John, as we were saying earlier, although you had this admiration for Chuck for this many years, today was the first actual meeting.
I met him, yeah.
I think he's the greatest.
I really love him.
It's an honor to be here backing him.
That's very lovely.
You want to handle this introduction?
Yeah.
If you were to try and give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.
Right.
In the 1950s, the whole generation worshipped his music, and when you see him perform today, past and present all come together, and the message is, hail, hail, rock and roll.
Right on.
Here he is, Chuck Berry! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh.
Long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] distance information, give me Memphis, [C] Tennessee.
Tryin' to find a [G] party, tryin' to get in touch with me.
[C] Could not leave a number, but I know a place called,
[G]
Chuck the message and he wrote it on.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Help me information, get in touch with my Marie.
She's the only one who could phone me, it's from Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] I hope it's on the south side, high up on the ridge.
[G] _ _ That's the part of Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Help me [C] information, more than that I cannot [G] last.
Oh, damn that I miss her, I know the time we had.
[C] But we are part of a party, where my heart does not agree.
[G] Joy upon a happy home in [C] Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Last time I saw Marie, she's waving me goodbye.
I've been handing her my treat, crinkled from her eyes.
[C] Marie is only six years old, information's [G] sweet.
I'm gonna put a treat through to her in [C] Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [E] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ Oh, damn _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] that _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] I miss her, I know the time we had. _ _
_ _ _ Deep [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] down _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ in Louisiana, across the New Orleans.
Way back up in the woods, I'm in New Orleans.
[F] I stood alone, family need a verse in the woods.
[C] Read it in the country boy, named Johnny B.
Goode.
[G] Never ever learned [Cm] Marie to write well.
[C] Playing guitar just like a ring and a bell.
[Cm] Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
[C] Go, Johnny, go, [F] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [G] go, go.
_ [Cm] _
[Fm] _ [C] _ _ He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
But beneath the tree by the railroad track.
[F] Old man, did you see him, sitting in the shade.
[C] Strumming with the rhythm of the vibes.
[G] People passing by, they would stop and [C] say,
Oh my, but that little country boy.
Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, [F] Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [C] go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [G] go.
[F] Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] [Cm] Mother [F] _
[C] told _ _ _ [Cm] her someday you will be a [C] man.
And you will be the leader of a big [F] old band.
Many people coming from [C] miles around.
To hear you play your music when the sun go down.
[G] Maybe someday your name will be back in [C] sight.
Johnny B.
Goode.
_ Go, Daddy _ Goat!
Go, Daddy [F] Goat!
Go, Daddy [C] Goat!
Go, [F] Daddy [G] Goat!
Go, Go, Go, Go!
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] Go, _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] Daddy Goat! _
I met him, yeah.
I think he's the greatest.
I really love him.
It's an honor to be here backing him.
That's very lovely.
You want to handle this introduction?
Yeah.
If you were to try and give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry.
Right.
In the 1950s, the whole generation worshipped his music, and when you see him perform today, past and present all come together, and the message is, hail, hail, rock and roll.
Right on.
Here he is, Chuck Berry! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh.
Long _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] distance information, give me Memphis, [C] Tennessee.
Tryin' to find a [G] party, tryin' to get in touch with me.
[C] Could not leave a number, but I know a place called,
[G]
Chuck the message and he wrote it on.
[C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Help me information, get in touch with my Marie.
She's the only one who could phone me, it's from Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] I hope it's on the south side, high up on the ridge.
[G] _ _ That's the part of Memphis, Tennessee.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] Help me [C] information, more than that I cannot [G] last.
Oh, damn that I miss her, I know the time we had.
[C] But we are part of a party, where my heart does not agree.
[G] Joy upon a happy home in [C] Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Last time I saw Marie, she's waving me goodbye.
I've been handing her my treat, crinkled from her eyes.
[C] Marie is only six years old, information's [G] sweet.
I'm gonna put a treat through to her in [C] Memphis, Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Gm] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [E] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ Oh, damn _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] that _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [C] I miss her, I know the time we had. _ _
_ _ _ Deep [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] down _ [G] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ in Louisiana, across the New Orleans.
Way back up in the woods, I'm in New Orleans.
[F] I stood alone, family need a verse in the woods.
[C] Read it in the country boy, named Johnny B.
Goode.
[G] Never ever learned [Cm] Marie to write well.
[C] Playing guitar just like a ring and a bell.
[Cm] Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
[C] Go, Johnny, go, [F] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, [G] go, go.
_ [Cm] _
[Fm] _ [C] _ _ He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
But beneath the tree by the railroad track.
[F] Old man, did you see him, sitting in the shade.
[C] Strumming with the rhythm of the vibes.
[G] People passing by, they would stop and [C] say,
Oh my, but that little country boy.
Go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, [F] Johnny, go, go, go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [C] go.
Go, Johnny, go, go, [G] go.
[F] Go, Johnny, go, [C] go, go.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] [Cm] Mother [F] _
[C] told _ _ _ [Cm] her someday you will be a [C] man.
And you will be the leader of a big [F] old band.
Many people coming from [C] miles around.
To hear you play your music when the sun go down.
[G] Maybe someday your name will be back in [C] sight.
Johnny B.
Goode.
_ Go, Daddy _ Goat!
Go, Daddy [F] Goat!
Go, Daddy [C] Goat!
Go, [F] Daddy [G] Goat!
Go, Go, Go, Go!
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [C] Go, _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [C] Daddy Goat! _