JOHNNY B GOODE
As recorded by Marty McFly And The Starlighters
(From the 1985 Album BACK TO THE FUTURE SOUNDTRACK)
Transcribed by 01meliac
Enjoy this one, because its the only all text full version on the web. GREAT SONG!!
Words and Music by Chuck Berry
Arranged by Tim May
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Marty McFly'
Intro
Q=165
Bb5
4/4
Gtr I
H E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6---------------|------------------||---------------6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-9-8-6---------|------------------||-----------6h7---|-----------------|---------6h7-----|------------------||--------/8-------|-----------------|-------------8-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E +E e E E S +e. E E +S S|----------------------|-6---6----------6------------||-6---8-6--------------|-6---6----------6------------||-6-7-8-6h7---8b10-(8)-|-------8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)---||-----------8----------|-----------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------|-----------------------------|
E a +E E E a +E E E E|-6------------6------------6----||-6------------6------------6----||---8b10-(8)-----8b10-(8)--------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
a +E E E E +S S E a +E E|------------6------------6------------||------------6------------6------------||-8b10-(8)-----8b10-(8)-----8b10-(8)---||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
E E +S S E a +E E E E a +E E E E E E E E|-6------------6------------6---|------------6---9-8-6----||-6------------6------------6---|----------------------9--||---8b10-(8)-----8b10-(8)-------|-8b10-(8)----------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-8-6-----8---6---|---------8p6-----|-----------------|||-----6-7-8---6h7-|-----6---8p6h7---|-----------------|||-----------8-----|-8-8---8-------8-|---8-8-8-8-8-8---|||-----------------|-----------------|---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-||
Verse E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|-----------------8--||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-6--||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6----|
Eb5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10---||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-8-||-------------------|-----------------6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|-----------------10--||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10--8--||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-----|
F5 Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12---||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-8-||-------------------------|----------------------6-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--|||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--||
Chorus E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-8---------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-6---------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-8---------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-6---------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
Eb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
F5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6------|-------------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-||------------------8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||--------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar Solo 1 E a E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E|---4S6-------6------||-----------6-6-6---||---4S6-6-6-6-6------||-6---8-6---------8-||--------------------||-6---8-6h7---------||-----------------/8-||---8-------8-------||--------------------||-------------------||--------------------||-------------------|
E E E E E Q E E T T E. E E E E E|-6---6---6----6-|--------------------||----------------|---8S9p8--6-6---8-6-||----------------|------------6h7-8-6h||----------------|--------------------||----------------|--------------------||----------------|--------------------|
E E E E Q E E E E +E E a +E E a +E E|------------------|------------------------------------||------------------|-6----------6----------6----------6-||-7----------------|-6-8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)---||---8-8---8\----/8-|------------------------------------||------------------|------------------------------------||------------------|------------------------------------|
E +E E E. S S +E. E E +E E E E E +E E|----------------------------|-------------------------6-||--------------------------9-|---------------------------||-8b10r(8)-6------8b10-(8)---|-8b10r(8)-6---6-8b10-(8)---||------------8---------------|------------8--------------||----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------|
E E E E E E a +E E E +E E Q E a +E E|-9-8-6------------------|-----------------------------||-------9-8-6----------6-|---------------6----------6--||-------------8b10-(8)---|-8b10r(8)-6------8b10-(8)----||------------------------|------------8----------------||------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------|-----------------------------|
a +E E a +E E a +E E E E|--------------------------------------||----------6----------6----------6-----||-8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)---8-6-||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
E E E E. +S E E E E E E E E E E E +Q H Q|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|||-8-6------------------|-----6---8p6-----|--------------|||-8-6-8-8b10r(8)-6-----|-----6---8p6-----|--------------|||------------------8-6-|-8-8---8-----8-8-|-(8)----------|||----------------------|-----------------|--------------|||----------------------|-----------------|--------------||
Chorus Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-8---------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-6---------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
Eb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
F5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6------|-------------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-||------------------8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||--------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2 E a E E E E E E E +E S S E E E E E E|---4S6-------6--------||---------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6--------||-----------6---------||-----------------8b10-||-(8)-8p6-8---6-----6-||----------------------||---------------8-6---||----------------------||---------------------||----------------------||---------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E Q. E +e|----------------|--------6----8b9.5-(8)-||----6---8-6-----|----6-8----------------||----6---8-6h7---|-/7--------------------||-8----8-------8-|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E +E E S +S E E Q E E E|-8p6-----6-----------|--------------------||-----8-6---8b9r(8)-6-|--------------------||---------------------|-6-(6)S5--------6---||---------------------|---------8-8--8---8-||---------------------|--------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E S +S E E S +S E E a E E|-----------------|----------------------|---------6----------10-------13--||-8-8-6---8-8-6---|-8-6-8----------------|---------------------------------||-8-8-6---8-8-6---|-8-6-8-8b10r(8)-6---8-|-6-(6)S7---7-(7)S10----10S13-----||-------8-------8-|------------------8---|---------------------------------||-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|--3--|
+Q E E E E +S S E E +Q S S E E E E E|-(13)--15p13h15-15b17r(15)p13-15-13-|-(13)--15p13----13-12-11----||------------------------------------|-------------15----------13-||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------|
+E S S S +S E S +S E S +S E|--------------------------------------------------------||-(13)b15-13p11------------11------------11------------8-||---------------13b15-(13)----13b15-(13)----11b13-(11)---||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------|
S +S E S +S E E E E E +H H|-------------------------------|-------------||----------6--------------------|-------------||-8b10-(8)---8b10-(8)-8-6-------|-------------||-------------------------8-6-8-|-(8)---------||-------------------------------|-------------||-------------------------------|-------------|
a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----6-------------|----------------||-----6---8-6---8-6-|-----8-6--------||-6h7-----8-6h7-8-6h|=7---8-6h7------||-------------------|---8-------8----||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------|
a E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E|-----6-------------|-----------------||-----6-x-x-8---6---|-8-6-------------||-6h7---x-x-8---6h7-|-8-6h7---------6-||-------------x-----|-------8----/8---||-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|
S +S E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E|-------------------------------|----------------------||-8b9===(8)-8-8-8r(8)-6-8-8b9===|=(8)-8-8-8r(8)--------||-8b10==(8)-8-8-8r(8)-6-8-8b10==|=(8)-8-8-8r(8)p6------||-------------------------------|-----------------8-6--||-------------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------|
PM---------------------------------------------------------- H Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------|-------------------------------------------------||-8\-------x-x-x-15-|-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-||-------------------|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-9-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-3-3---||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------- E E Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------|-----------------------------------------||-----------------|-----------------------------------------||-3-3-3--1--------|-----------------------------------------||----------4-1/---|-13-13-12-12-11-11-10-10-9-9-8-8-7-7-6-6-||-----------------|-----------------------------------------|
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S S S S S S S S Q Q|-----------------------|||-----------------------|||-----------------------|||-----------------------|||-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-----|||-----------------------||
Out-Chorus Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-8---------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-6---------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
Eb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
F5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6------|-------------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-||------------------8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||--------------------|-------------------------|
Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-8---------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-6---------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
Eb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|-------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-||-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6-----|--------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6-----|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-----------------8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8--||-----------------6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6--|
F5 E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---4S6-------6------|-------------------------||---4S6-6-6-6-6------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------10-|-10-10-12-10-10-10-12-10-||------------------8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||--------------------|-------------------------|
Bb5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------*||-------------------|-------------------*||-------------------|-------------------*||-------------------|-------------------*||-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-*||-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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