Bb

down

in

Lou-

'si-

an-

a

close

to

Bb

New

Or-

leans,

'Way

Bb

back

up

in

the

woods

a-

moung

the

Bb7

ev-

er

greens;

There

Eb7

stood

an

old__

cab-

in

made

of

Eb7

earch

and

wood,

Where

Bb

lived

a

coun-

try

boy__

named

Bb

JOHN-

NY

B.

GOODE.

Who'd

F7 ONE_MAJOR

nev-

er

ev-

er

learned

to

read

or

F7 ONE_MAJOR

write

so

well,

But

he

could

Bb

play

a

gui-

tar__

just

like

a-

Bb

ring-

in'

a

bell.

Go!

Go!__

Bb

car-

ry

his

gui-

tar__

in

a

Bb

gun-

ny

sack,

Go

Bb

sit

be-

neath

the

tree__

by

the

Bb7

rail-

road

track;

Ol'

Eb7

en-

gineer

in

the

train__

sit-

tin

Eb7

in

the

shade,__

Bb

Strum-

min'

with

the

rhy-

thm

that

the

Bb

driv-

ers

made.__

The

F7 ONE_MAJOR

peo-

ple

pass-

in'

by,__

they

would

F7 ONE_MAJOR

stop

and

say__

Bb

Oh

my,

but

that

lit-

tle

coun-

try

Bb

boy__

could

play.

Go!

Go!__

Bb

moth-

er

told

him,

"Some

day

you

will

Bb

be

a

man

And

Bb

you

will

be

the

lead-

er

of

a

Bb7

big

old

band;_

Eb7

Man-

y

peo-

ple

com-

in'

from__

Eb7

miles

a-

round,

To

Bb

hear

you

play

your

mu-

sic

till

the

Bb

sun

goes

down.__

May-

F7 ONE_MAJOR

be

some

day

your

name-

'll

be

in

F7 ONE_MAJOR

lights__

A-

say-

in'

Bb

JOHN-

NY

B.

GOODE__

to

Bb

night."__

Go!

Go!__