Peter Tosh - Johnny B Goode

"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song originally written and Performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among black and white Both Audiences peaking at # 2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R & B Sides chart and # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is one of Chuck Berry's most famous recordings, Has Been covered by many artists, and has received honors and accolades Several. It Is Also Considered to be one of the most recognizable songs in music history.

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Peter Tosh picked up this rock and roll song in 1983 for the album "Mama Africa" by giving his personal touch, with the reggae sound.

Deep down in Jamaica close to Mandeville
Back up in the woods on top of a hill
There stood an old hut made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode
He never learned to read or write so well
But he could play his guitar like ringin' a bell yell

Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny be good tonight!
Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny B. Goode...

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Sitting in a tree in the railroad track
Old engineer in the train sitting in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that them drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my oh my what the boy can play

Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny be good tonight!
Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny B. Goode...

Mama said son you gotta be a man
You gotta be the leader of a reggae band
People coming in from miles around
To hear you play until the sun goes down
Boy someday your name will be in the lights
Saying Johnny B Goode tonight

I said go, go Johnny!
Johnny be good tonight!
Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny you better be good

Said go, go Johnny!
Johnny be good tonight!
Go, go Johnny!
Johnny B. Goode...