Chuck Berry

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode guitar tab

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From: Scott A. Yanoff

Here's a version (Chuck berry's I presume - wasn't he the guy that

wrote it?) that sounds O.K. - play with a triplet feel, and play

it fast!

If anybody knows something different/better.... I'm all eyes.

INTRO:

e|------------------------|6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|6-----------------------|

b|------------------6--8--|6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|6--9--8--6--------------|

g|------------6--7--------|------------------------|------------6--7--------|

d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------8--8--|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

b|------------------------|---6--8--6--------------|-----6-------6----------|

g|7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|7--7--7--7--7--5--3-----|8-b10---8-b10---8-b10---|

d|8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|8--------------------5--|------------------------|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|6-----------------------|------------------------|6-----------------------|

b|6-------6-------6-------|-----6-------6----------|6-------6-------6-------|

g|---8-b10---8-b10--------|8-b10---8-b10---8-b10---|---8-b10---8-b10--------|

d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------6-----------8--6--|------------------6-----|---------6-----6--------|

b|---------9--8--6--------|9--8--6-----------6--9--|8--6-----6-----6--8--6--|

g|8--b10------------------|---------8--6-h7--7-----|------b8----b8----8-6h7-|

d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

* b8 means 8 b up to 10

e|------------------------||

b|------------------------||

g|------------------------||

d|8-----------------------||

a|------------------------||

e|------------------------||

FIRST BREAK:

e|------------------------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|

b|------------------6--8--|6--6--6--6--6-----------|6--6--6--6--6-----------|

g|------------6--7--------|---------------8-6h7----|---------------8-6h7----|

d|------------------------|---------------------8--|---------------------8--|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|---------6--------8--6--|

b|6-----------6-----------|6--r--6--r--6--r--6--r--|------------9--r--------|

g|---8-6h7-------8-6h7----|------------------------|r--b8-r-----------------|

d|---------8-----------8--|------------------------|------------------------|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

* r -rest

e|------6-----------6--6--|6-----------6--6--6--6--|6-----------6-----------|

b|9--8--6-----------6--6--|6--8--6-----6--6--6--6--|6--8--6-----6--8--6-----|

g|---------8--6-h7--7-----|---------7--------------|---------7-----------7--|

d|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|6--6--6--6--6-----------|------------------------|------------------------|

b|6--6--6--6--6-----------|8-b9--8-b9--8-b9--8-b9--|8-----------8--6--------|

g|---------------8-6h7----|8-b10-8-b10-8-b10-8-b10-|8--6--------8-6h7-------|

d|---------------------8--|------------------------|------8--r---------8--r-|

a|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

e|------------------------||

b|------------------------||

g|------------------------||

d|8-----------------------||

a|---8--10-8--------------||

e|------------------------||

John Laban,

Dept of Physics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

email: phys174@csc.canterbury.ac.nz

From: Nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk (Nigel)

Intro to Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)

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tabbed by nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk

s = slide

h = hammer-on

p = pull-off

b = bend

E--------5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6---------------|---------------------------

B----6-8-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-5s6-6-6-9-6-----------|---------------------------

G--7---------------------------------8-6h7-----|-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-7-6s7-7-----

D------------------------------------------8-8-|-7s8-8-8-7s8-8-8-7s8-8-----

A----------------------------------------------|---------------------------

E----------------------------------------------|---------------------------

10 times |rake|

E----------------------||---------||------6-------8-6-----------------6----

B------6-8-6-----------||------6--||--------9-8-6-----9-8-6---------6------

G--5s7-7-7-7-5s7-5-----||-8b10----||-8b10-------------------8-6h7-7--------

D------------------8-5-||---------||---------------------------------------

A----------------------||---------||---------------------------------------

E----------------------||---------||---------------------------------------

E------------------------------|-------------------------------------------

B--9-8-6------6------6---------|-------------------------------------------

G--------8b10---8b10---8-6h7---|-------------------------------------------

D----------------------------8-|-------------------------------------------

A------------------------------|-------------------------------------------

E------------------------------|-------------------------------------------

Chords

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Walking Bass

| Bb7 | === | === | === | Eb7 | === |

| Bb7 | === | F7 | === | Bb7 | Bb7 | (chorus) or

| F7 | (verse)

Errors or omissions to nigel@amlor.demon.co.uk

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Nigel

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