Van Morrison – Bye Bye Johnny (Guitar)

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As recorded by Van Morrison (From the 2023 Album ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE) [Intro] G [Verse 1]

    C
She drew out all her money at the Southern Trust

C
And put her little boy upon a Greyhound bus

F
Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West

C
Down came the tears from her happiness

    G
Her own little son named Johnny B. Goode

          C
Was gonna make some motion pictures back in Hollywood

[Chorus]

C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

        F              C
Singin' bye, bye, bye, bye

G
Goodbye Johnny

                  C     G
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode

[Verse 2]

      C
She remembered taking money out from gathering crop

C
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop

   F
As long as he would play it by the railroad track

    C
And wouldn't get in trouble, she was satisfied

G
Never thought that there would be a day like this

               C
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss

[Chorus]

C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

        F              C
Singin' bye, bye, bye, bye

G
Goodbye Johnny

                  C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode

[Guitar Solo] C F C G C [Verse 3]

C
She finally got the letter she was dreaming of

C
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love

   F
As soon as he was married, he would bring her back

    C
And build a mansion for her by the railroad track

   F
So every time they heard the locomotive roar

            C
They'd be a standing, waving at the kitchen door

[Out-Chorus]

C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

      F              C
Well, bye, bye, bye, bye

G
Goodbye Johnny

                  C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode

C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

F              C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

G
Bye, bye Johnny

                  C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode

C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

F              C
Bye, bye, bye, bye

G
Goodbye Johnny

                  C       N.C. C
Goodbye Johnny B. Goode