Lady B. Goode Chords by Chuck Berry

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_ [Gm] She was _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
down in [F] Louisiana right there in New [Cm] Orleans.
Back there in the 60s was a little [F] too queen.
Fell down the lassie in [Cm] love with a [C] lad.
Jolly took him to vindicate the feelings she [G] had.
She beat him as she promised [Cm] every prayer she could.
Tell everybody whispered to her, baby be good.
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_ She followed him [F] around where he would play [C] sometimes.
Till he got so popular they made him a [F] star.
Then she could only see him on a TV [C] screen.
And hoped someday that he'd come back to New [G] Orleans.
Everybody liked her and was knocking [C] on wood.
But soon there came [Cm] a baby from the lady be good.
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[C] _ She wondered if [F] he's ever coming back [C] someday.
The brighter lights and glory may just keep him [Fm] away.
But then he wrote her and told her do not be [C] dismayed.
The love you have for me will never be [Gm] strayed.
They want me to do a movie about my livelihood.
[Cm] And I want you to play the part of lady be good.
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She went to see [F] the movie when it hit the [C] screen.
Baby sitting Johnny Junior down in New Orleans.
[F] Saw his daddy sing a song he heard in [C] school.
The one his mother told him about the golden [G] rule.
Tears filled her eyes when [Gm] they misunderstood.
[C] [Cm] But everybody knew she was lady be [C] good.
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