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Today I want to share with you how to play “Johnny B. Goode” on guitar.
This song is iconic and has a number of quintessential Chuck Berry guitar moves in it. We'll unpack rhythm & blues rhythm patterns, early blues rock licks, his signature double-stops, and even how to get a Chuck Berry-style guitar tone.
In this guitar lesson, I am going to highlight specific areas of his playing with the goal of players being able to take some of his guitar style and infuse it into their own music.
So with that said let’s get started!
Who wrote Johnny B. Goode?
"Johnny B. Goode" was written and first recorded by legendary guitarist and singer Chuck Berry. The song was released in 1958 first as a single and it reached #2 on the Billboard charts.
This song is considered one of the most recognizable songs in the history of popular music, and it was even ranked #33 in Rolling Stone Magazine’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Johnny B. Goode Chords
There are only 3 chords you need to play Johnny B. Goode, Bb, Eb, and F. The song is in the key of Bb and uses the I, IV, and V chords of that key.
Bb = I chord
Eb = IV chord
F = V chord
These chords get their Roman numeral from the scale of the key of the song. So since the song is in the key of Bb the chords all relate to a Bb major scale.
A Bb major scale consists of these notes:
Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
The same strings and frets can be played like this:
6th string: 6, 8
5th string: 5, 6, 8
4th string: 5, 7, 8
3rd string: 5, 7, 8
2nd string: 6, 8
1st string: 5, 6, 8
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