Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans Way back up in the woods among the evergreens There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B Goode He never ever learned to read or write so well But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell Go GoGo Johnny GoGo GoJohnny B Goode He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track Oh the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade Strumming to the rhythm that the drivers made People passing by would stop and say Oh my that little country boy could play