E

down

in

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close

to

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New

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back

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the

woods

a-

moung

the

E7

ev-

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greens;

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old__

cab-

in

made

of

A7

earch

and

wood,

Where

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lived

a

coun-

try

boy__

named

E

JOHN-

NY

B.

GOODE.

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B7

nev-

er

ev-

er

learned

to

read

or

B7

write

so

well,

But

he

could

E

play

a

gui-

tar__

just

like

a-

E

ring-

in'

a

bell.

Go!

Go!__

E

car-

ry

his

gui-

tar__

in

a

E

gun-

ny

sack,

Go

E

sit

be-

neath

the

tree__

by

the

E7

rail-

road

track;

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A7

en-

gineer

in

the

train__

sit-

tin

A7

in

the

shade,__

E

Strum-

min'

with

the

rhy-

thm

that

the

E

driv-

ers

made.__

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B7

peo-

ple

pass-

in'

by,__

they

would

B7

stop

and

say__

E

Oh

my,

but

that

lit-

tle

coun-

try

E

boy__

could

play.

Go!

Go!__

E

moth-

er

told

him,

"Some

day

you

will

E

be

a

man

And

E

you

will

be

the

lead-

er

of

a

E7

big

old

band;_

A7

Man-

y

peo-

ple

com-

in'

from__

A7

miles

a-

round,

To

E

hear

you

play

your

mu-

sic

till

the

E

sun

goes

down.__

May-

B7

be

some

day

your

name-

'll

be

in

B7

lights__

A-

say-

in'

E

JOHN-

NY

B.

GOODE__

to

E

night."__

Go!

Go!__