Grateful Dead

Johnny B. Goode


Print songSend correction to the songSend new songfacebooktwitterwhatsapp


Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans,
Way back in the woods among the evergreens
There in an old cabin made of earth and wood
There lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode.
He never learned to read or write so well,
But he could play a guitar like ringin' a bell.

Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go;
go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny B. Goode.

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack,
Go sit up in the trees by the railroad track.
The engineers seen him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' to the rhythm that the drivers made.
People passin' by would stop and say
"My my, but that little country boy can play!"

Go go, go Johnny go, go; go Johnny go, go;
go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny go, go; Go Johnny B. Goode.

His mamma told him "Someday you will be a man."
You will be the leader of a big old band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun goes down.
Maybe someday your name will be in lights.

Johnny B. Goode de Grateful Dead

This song appears in 20 albums

Complete Road Trips - Grateful Dead
Complete Road Trips
2014
Live Albums Collection - Grateful Dead
Live Albums Collection
2013
Europe '72 Vol 6: 4/17/72 (Live At Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark) - Grateful Dead
Europe '72 Vol 6: 4/17/72 (Live At Tivoli Concert Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark)
2011
Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 4: 5/6/80 (Penn State University, State College, PA) & 5/7/80 (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY) - Grateful Dead
Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 4: 5/6/80 (Penn State University, State College, PA) & 5/7/80 (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
2010
Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 2: 11/15/71 (Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX) - Grateful Dead
Road Trips, Vol. 3 No. 2: 11/15/71 (Municipal Auditorium, Austin, TX)
2010
Road Trips, Vol. 1 No. 3: 7/31/71 (Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT) & 8/23/71 [Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL] - Grateful Dead
Road Trips, Vol. 1 No. 3: 7/31/71 (Yale Bowl, New Haven, CT) & 8/23/71 [Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL]
2008
Download Series Vol. 11: 6/20/91 (Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI) - Grateful Dead
Download Series Vol. 11: 6/20/91 (Pine Knob Music Theater, Clarkston, MI)
2006
Download Series Vol. 9: 4/2/89 & 4/3/89 (Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA) - Grateful Dead
Download Series Vol. 9: 4/2/89 & 4/3/89 (Civic Arena, Pittsburgh, PA)
2006
Download Series Vol. 7: 9/30/80 (Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA) & 9/4/80 (Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI) - Grateful Dead
Download Series Vol. 7: 9/30/80 (Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA) & 9/4/80 (Providence Civic Center, Providence, RI)
2005
Download Series Vol. 3: 10/26/71 (The Palestra, Rochester, NY) - Grateful Dead
Download Series Vol. 3: 10/26/71 (The Palestra, Rochester, NY)
2005
Dick's Picks Vol. 35: 8/7/71 (Golden Hall, San Diego, CA) & 8/24/71 (Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 35: 8/7/71 (Golden Hall, San Diego, CA) & 8/24/71 (Auditorium Theater, Chicago, IL)
2005
Dick's Picks Vol. 33: 10/9/76 & 10/10/76 (Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 33: 10/9/76 & 10/10/76 (Oakland Coliseum Stadium, Oakland, CA)
2004
The Closing of Winterland: December 31, 1978 (Live) - Grateful Dead
The Closing of Winterland: December 31, 1978 (Live)
2003
Dick's Picks Vol. 25: 5/10/78 (Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT) & 5/11/78 (Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 25: 5/10/78 (Veterans Memorial Coliseum, New Haven, CT) & 5/11/78 (Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, MA)
2002
Dick's Picks Vol. 20: 9/25/76 (Capital Centre, Landover, MD) & 9/28/76 (Onondaga County War Memorial, Syrcause, NY) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 20: 9/25/76 (Capital Centre, Landover, MD) & 9/28/76 (Onondaga County War Memorial, Syrcause, NY)
2001
Dick's Picks Vol. 19: 10/19/73 (Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 19: 10/19/73 (Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK)
2000
Dick's Picks Vol. 18: 2/3/78 (Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI) & 2/5/78 (UNI-Dome, University of Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 18: 2/3/78 (Dane County Coliseum, Madison, WI) & 2/5/78 (UNI-Dome, University of Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA)
2000
Dick's Picks Vol. 10: 12/29/77 (Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 10: 12/29/77 (Winterland Arena, San Francisco, CA)
1998
Dick's Picks Vol. 5: 12/26/79 (Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA) - Grateful Dead
Dick's Picks Vol. 5: 12/26/79 (Oakland Auditorium Arena, Oakland, CA)
1996
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) [Remastered] - Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) [Remastered]
1971
See all discs