Biography:
Men at Work are an ARIA Music Award winning and Grammy winning rock band that formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1979. Considered a popular part of the new wave movement in Australia, the band's best known line-up consisted of Colin Hay (vocals, guitar), Ron Strykert (guitar, vocals), John Rees (bass), Greg Ham (saxophone, flute, keyboards), and Jerry Speiser (drums). They are best known their worldwide hit singles "Who Can It Be Now?", "Down Under", and "Overkill".
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Other songs:
- Blue For You
- Down Under
- Land Down Under
- Overkill
- Underground
- Who Can It Be Now
- Be Good Johnny
- Catch A Star
- Down By The Sea
- Dr Heckyll And Mr Jive
- Everything I Need
- Helpless Automaton
- High Wire
- I Can See It In Your Eyes
- Its A Mistake
- No Restrictions
- No Sign Of Yesterday
- People Just Love To Play With Words
- Settle Down My Boy
- Still Life
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During the chorus and verses, keyboards and guitar are rolling back and forth with D, C, Bm, C, D, etc. In the
pre-chorus, guitar goes back and forth on F and G. Then for the Be good be good's, the D, C, Bm, C pattern
continues. It was hard to indicate in the notation,
but the final C of the "be good" stanzas occurs precisely when the background singers say "Jooohnny."
Verse:
D C
Skip de skip, up the road
Bm C
Off to school we go
D C
"Don't you be a bad boy Johnny
Bm C
Don't you slip up or play the fool"
D C
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
Bm C
I'll be your golden boy
D C Bm C
I will obey ev'ry golden rule"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
Get told by the teacher
F G
Not to day-dream
F G
Told by my mother:
Chorus:
D
Be good Be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good
D
Be good be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good.
Verse:
D C
"Are you going to play football this year, John?"
Bm C
"No!"
D C Bm
"Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny?"
C
"No! no! no!"
D C Bm
"Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! So tell me,
C
What kind of a boy are you, John?"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
I only like dreaming
F G
All the day long
F G
Where no one is screaming
Chorus
Repeat Pre-Chorus, followed by a verse of nothing but D
Chorus, ending with screamed Joohnnyy!
pre-chorus, guitar goes back and forth on F and G. Then for the Be good be good's, the D, C, Bm, C pattern
continues. It was hard to indicate in the notation,
but the final C of the "be good" stanzas occurs precisely when the background singers say "Jooohnny."
Verse:
D C
Skip de skip, up the road
Bm C
Off to school we go
D C
"Don't you be a bad boy Johnny
Bm C
Don't you slip up or play the fool"
D C
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
Bm C
I'll be your golden boy
D C Bm C
I will obey ev'ry golden rule"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
Get told by the teacher
F G
Not to day-dream
F G
Told by my mother:
Chorus:
D
Be good Be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good
D
Be good be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good.
Verse:
D C
"Are you going to play football this year, John?"
Bm C
"No!"
D C Bm
"Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny?"
C
"No! no! no!"
D C Bm
"Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! So tell me,
C
What kind of a boy are you, John?"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
I only like dreaming
F G
All the day long
F G
Where no one is screaming
Chorus
Repeat Pre-Chorus, followed by a verse of nothing but D
Chorus, ending with screamed Joohnnyy!
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