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Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer-songwriter and is one of the pioneers of rock and roll music.
Chuck Berry remains an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. Cub Koda wrote, "Of all the early breakthrough rock & roll artists, none is more important to the development of the music than Chuck Berry. He is its greatest songwriter
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Go, Go, Go - Chuck Berry
Composer: C. Berry
Label: Pye International
Originally released as the B side to "Come On"
Reached #38 in 1963 in the UK. Released on the album "Chuck Berry on stage".
For younger readers - Ahmad Jamal and Errol Garner were jazz pianists, Stan Kenton
a band leader, pianist and composer.
Intro:
C7 G7
#1:
C
Down goes the sun, sitting, ducking on guitar
C
Up comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star
C
One and one is two hitching two, to make it four
C C7 F
Johnny, get your guitar, let's go, go, go, oh baby
Instrumental break:
F C G F C G7
#2:
C
Johnny plays the guitar at the weekly record hop
C
He starts to twist and turn and then they wouldn't let him stop
C
Girls so shook up, seeing him shaking on the show
C C7 F
Everybody starts to holler go, go, go, oh baby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F C G F C G7
#3
C
Duckwalking on his knees, pecking like a hen
C
Looking like a locomotive, here he comes again
C
Meow said the kitty, puppy, bow, wow, wow
C C7 F
Go and pick your guitar, Johnny don't stop now, oh baby
Instrumental break:
F C G F C G7
#4:
C
Backed up by a jazz band, laying on the wood
C
Mixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B Goode
C
Sneaking Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen
C C7 F
Now they tell me Stan Kenton's cutting Maybelline, oh baby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F C G F C G7
#5:
C
Papa said to Mama, this I never understood
C
How he picks his guitar, make it sound so good
C
Used to sound goofy but I guess it's all right
C C7 F
Papa's taking Mama to the gig tomorrow night, oh baby
Instrumental outro fade:
F C G F C G7 C
Composer: C. Berry
Label: Pye International
Originally released as the B side to "Come On"
Reached #38 in 1963 in the UK. Released on the album "Chuck Berry on stage".
For younger readers - Ahmad Jamal and Errol Garner were jazz pianists, Stan Kenton
a band leader, pianist and composer.
Intro:
C7 G7
#1:
C
Down goes the sun, sitting, ducking on guitar
C
Up comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star
C
One and one is two hitching two, to make it four
C C7 F
Johnny, get your guitar, let's go, go, go, oh baby
Instrumental break:
F C G F C G7
#2:
C
Johnny plays the guitar at the weekly record hop
C
He starts to twist and turn and then they wouldn't let him stop
C
Girls so shook up, seeing him shaking on the show
C C7 F
Everybody starts to holler go, go, go, oh baby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F C G F C G7
#3
C
Duckwalking on his knees, pecking like a hen
C
Looking like a locomotive, here he comes again
C
Meow said the kitty, puppy, bow, wow, wow
C C7 F
Go and pick your guitar, Johnny don't stop now, oh baby
Instrumental break:
F C G F C G7
#4:
C
Backed up by a jazz band, laying on the wood
C
Mixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B Goode
C
Sneaking Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen
C C7 F
Now they tell me Stan Kenton's cutting Maybelline, oh baby
Instrumental break (sax. solo):
F C G F C G7
#5:
C
Papa said to Mama, this I never understood
C
How he picks his guitar, make it sound so good
C
Used to sound goofy but I guess it's all right
C C7 F
Papa's taking Mama to the gig tomorrow night, oh baby
Instrumental outro fade:
F C G F C G7 C
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