Bye Bye Johnny Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]

[Verse 1]
She [G]drew out all her money
from the Southern Trust
But her baby boy bought
a Greyhound bus
He's [C]leaving Louisiana for
the Golden West
[G]Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own [D]little boy named Johnny B. Goode
[G]Gonna make

[Verse 2]
some motion pictures
out in Hollywood

[Verse 3]
She's crying [G]bye, bye, bye, bye

[Verse 4]
[G]
[C]Bye, bye, bye, bye
[G]

[Verse 5]
Bye, [D]bye, Johnny,
Lordy son [G]Johnny be good

[Verse 6]
[D]
She re[G]membered taking money
and from gathering crops

[Verse 7]
[G]Buying Johnny's guitar
at a broker's shop

[Verse 8]
As [C]long as he had played
by the railroad side
He [G]wouldn't get in trouble, she is satisfied
But never [D]thought there'd ever
come a day like this
[G]She'd have to give that
boy a goodbye kiss
She's cryin' bye -bye, bye [C]-bye
Bye -bye, bye [G]-bye
[D]Bye -bye, Johnny
[G]Naughty son Johnny,

[Interlude 1]
be good
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[C]
[G][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
She fi[G]nally got the letter
she's a dreamin' of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
[C]As soon as he has met
he'll bring her back

[Verse 10]
And [G]build a mansion for him
by the railroad track

[Verse 11]
So [G]every [D]time they heard that
locomotive roar
There'd [G]be a

[Verse 12]
standing man
a -waving at the kitchen [C]door

[Verse 13]
Howlin' [G]bye -bye, bye -bye

[Verse 14]
[G]
[C]Bye -bye, bye -bye
[G]

[Verse 15]
[D]Bye -bye, Charlie,
Lordy, [G]son, you sure done good

[Verse 16]
[D]She's cryin' [G]bye, bye, bye, bye
[C]Bye, bye, bye, [G]bye
[D]Bye, bye, Charlie
Lordy [G]son, you sure done [C]good[D]
Bye, [G]bye, bye, bye