Chords for Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" Guitar Intro | Reverb Learn to Play

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_ [Bb] Hey friends, Joe here at Reverb.
We're going to take a couple quick minutes to celebrate the influence of Chuck Berry.
In his recent passing, we look back to the massive influence that he had on rock and
roll from John Lennon to Brian Wilson to Brian May to anybody, all of our favorites.
_ Chuck Berry was their number one.
So we're going to take a quick look at Chuck Berry's style and influence through the window
of Johnny B.
Goode.
We've all heard it a thousand times, but its impact on rock and roll and the history of
popular music is undeniable.
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[Bb] _ _ _ as most of you know, used _ _ 335s, 345s or 355s.
We don't have one of those around right now, but we have an Ultra _ 339.
And so that's going to get the job done for today.
And we're going through a Fender Vibra-Luxe.
Okay.
First part of the riff in B flat on the G string, sliding up to seventh [Dm] fret, _ _ _ [G] up to
six on the B, [Bb] eight.
And then we got the famous _ _ _ _ _ [G] just sixth fret on the E and B string.
_ [Bb] And _ _ _ [Abm] then we descend [G] down and [Dbm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [Db] _ _
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[Bb] _ _ then sliding into eighth fret on the D and seventh fret on
the G and _ _ kind of pulsing that. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And then another [Dm] slide, _ seventh fret on the G, sixth fret on the B.
_ You hit that twice.
_ _ _ [G] _ Keep that D there on the G string.
Grab the G up here on [Dm] the B string and then back off, _ _ _ sliding down on the [C] G.
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[F] Then we've got the famous Chuck Berry riff here.
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That riff alone influenced so many players, so many songs, solos of all kinds.
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_ _ [Abm] And then on the third time you're going [Bb] and [G] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Abm] _
[G] _ [Ab] then up to the eighth fret on the E [C] string.
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ Quick little hammer there from six to [C] seven on the G.
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_ _ Keep that shape after you hammer that on there.
And you've got the upper structure of the B flat major chord that you're kind of raking
from the G string up to the E. _ _ _
_ _ Just give a nice little rake. _
_ After that rake, you're going from ninth fret to eighth fret on the B string, [E] _ [Bb] _ _
sliding into
that eighth fret from the ninth fret.
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[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] So after you slide that down from the rake, _ then you do the Chuck Berry again.
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That hammer on there from the minor third to the major [Bb] third. _
_ All these licks, all these tiny little hammer-ons, double stops, bends.
We really can't speak to the volume of impact that it had.
It's pretty amazing.
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Hopefully you can use some of these licks in an intro like Chuck did or like in a solo or whatever.
It's awesome to think that a lot of these riffs have become rock and roll guitar playing 101.
You know, I can teach you more of these riffs.
You can learn.
You can also find them on your own.
That's what's great about those old records, too.
It's like finding these riffs.
Once you have your position in there, you know, you find your key.
You can find all those riffs.
And it's the standard.
It's what everything is.
What rock and roll was built on.
It sounds cliche to say these things now, but it's like it's true.
You know, this guy like invented this stuff and get after it. _ _ _ _
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