Bye Bye Johnny
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Van Morrison
(From the 2023 Album ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE)
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
C
She drew out all her money at the Southern Trust
C
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 gonna make some motion pictures back in Hollywood
[Chorus]
C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
F C
Singin' bye, bye, bye, bye
G
Goodbye Johnny
C G
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
[Verse 2]
C
She remembered taking money out from gathering crop
C
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
F
As long as he would play it by the railroad track
C
And wouldn't get in trouble, she was satisfied
G
Never thought that there would be a day like this
C
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss
[Chorus]
C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
F C
Singin' bye, bye, bye, bye
G
Goodbye Johnny
C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
[Guitar Solo]
C F C G C
[Verse 3]
C
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of
C
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 her by the railroad track
F
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
C
They'd be a standing, waving at the kitchen door
[Out-Chorus]
C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
F C
Well, bye, bye, bye, bye
G
Goodbye Johnny
C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
F C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
G
Bye, bye Johnny
C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
F C
Bye, bye, bye, bye
G
Goodbye Johnny
C N.C. C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
How to play Bye Bye Johnny
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