CHUCK BERRY
01-CAROL – Do M7
Chuck Berry
Oh Carol,
don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance
if it takes me all night and day
Climb into my machine
so we can cruise on out
I know a swingin' little joint
where we can jump and shout
It's not too far back off the highway,
not so long a ride
You park your car out in the open,
you can walk inside
A little cutie takes your hat
and you can thank her, ma'am
Every time you make the scene
you find the joint is jammed
Oh Carol,
don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance
if it takes me all night and day
piano break
And if you wanna hear some music
like the boys are playin'
Hold tight, pat your foot,
don't let 'em carry it away
Don't let the heat overcome you
when they play so loud
Oh, don't the music intrigue
you when they get a crowd
You can't dance, I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby,
'cause you dance so good
Oh Carol,
don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance
if it takes me all night and day
Don't let him steal your heart away
I've got to learn to dance if it takes
Oh Carol
02-MAYBELLENE – C1 La M
Chuck Berry
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started doin',
The things you used to do.
As I was motivatin' over the hill,
I saw Mabellene in a Coup de Ville.
A Cadillac a-rollin' on the open road,
Nothin'll outrun my V8 Ford.
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five.
She's bumper to bumper,
Rollin' side by side.
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin',
The things you used to do.
The Cadillac pulled up ahead of the Ford.
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more.
It then got cloudy and started to rain.
I tooted my horn for a passin' lane.
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood.
I know that I was doin' my motor good.
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin',
The things you used to do.
[Instrumental break.]
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin',
The things you used to do.
The motor cooled down, the heat went down.
And that's when I heard that highway sound.
The Cadillac a-settin' like a ton of lead,
A hundred and ten half a mile ahead.
The Cadillac lookin' like it's settin' still,
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill.
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
Oh, Maybellene, why can't you be true?
You done started back doin',
The things you used to do.
03-GOOD GOLLY MISS MOLLY – Do M
Chuck Berry
Good Golly Miss Molly, you sure have to ball.
Good Golly Miss Molly, you sure have to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
can't hear your momma call.
From the early early mornin'
till the early early night
You can see Miss Molly rockin'
at the house of blue light.
Good Golly Miss Molly, you sure have to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
can't hear your momma call.
Momma, pappa told me - Son,
you better watch your step.
For you have to marry Molly
just as sure as you can bet.
Good Golly Miss Molly,
you sure have to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
-Piano solo-
Well, I'm gone to the store,
I'm gonna buy a diamond ring.
She hugged me and she kissed me
made me ting-a-ling-a-ling
Good Golly Miss Molly, you sure have to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
can't hear your momma call.
Good golly, Miss Molly,
sure like to ball.
Good golly, Miss Molly,
sure like to ball.
When you're rockin' and a rollin'
04-JOHNNY B. GOODE – C1 La M
Chuck Berry
Deep down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans,
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens,
There stood a log cabin made of earth an' wood,
Where lived a country boy, named, Johnny B. Goode,
Who never, ever learned to read or write so well,
But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell.
Go-go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, Johnny B. Goode.
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack.
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.
Oh, the engineer would see him sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made.
The people passin' by, they would stop an' say,
"Oh, my, but that little country boy could play."
Go-go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, Johnny B. Goode.
[Instrumental break]
His mother told him, "Someday you will be a man,
An' you would be the leader of a big ol' band.
Many people comin' from miles around,
To hear you play your music when the sun go' down.
Maybe someday your name will be in lights.
Sayin', 'Johnny B. Goode tonight.'"
Go-go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, go, go, Johnny, go.
Go, Johnny B. Goode.
05-LUCILLE – C1 Do M
Chuck Berry
Lucille,
you won't do your sister will,
Lucille,
you won't do your sister will,
you ran off and married,
but I love you still.
Lucille,
please come back where you belong,
Lucille,
please come back where you belong,
I've been good to you baby,
please don't lead me along.
I woke up this mornin',
Lucille was not in sight,
I asked my friends about her
but all their lips was tight,
Lucille, please come back where you belong,
I've been good to you baby,
please don't lead me along.
Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart,
Lucille, baby, satisfy my heart,
I played love with you baby,
and gave you such a wonderful
06-YOU NEVER CAN TELL –Do M
Chuck Berry
It was a teenage wedding
and the old folks wished `em well
You could see that Pierre did
truly love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madam
have rung the chapel bell
C'est la vie say the old folks,
it goes to show you never can tell
They finished off an apartment
with a two-room Roebuck sale
The coolerator was jammed
with TV dinners and ginger ale
And when Pierre found work,
the little money comin' worked out well
C'est la vie say the old folks,
it goes to show you never can tell
They had a hi-fi phono, boy did they let it blast
Seven hundred little records,
all blues, rock, rhythm, and jazz
But when the sun went down,
the volume went down as well
C'est la vie say the old folks,
it goes to show you never can tell
They bought a souped-up jitney,
it was a cherry red `53
And drove it down to New Orleans
to celebrate their anniversary
It was there where Pierre
was wedded to the lovely mademoiselle
C'est la vie say the old folks,
it goes to show you never can tell
They had a teenage wedding
and the old folks wished `em well
You could see that Pierre did truly
love the mademoiselle
And now the young monsieur and madam
have rung the chapel bell
C'est la vie say the old folks,
it goes to show you never can tell07-SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN – C1 Do M
Chuck Berry
They're really rockin Boston in Pittsburgh, p. a.
deep in the heart of Texas and 'round the Frisco bay
all over st. Louis way down in New Orleans
all the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen
Sweet little sixteen she's just got to have
about half a million framed autographs
her wallet's filled with pictures
she gets 'em one by one
she gets so excited watch her look at her run
Oh mommy mommy
please may i go
it's such a sight to see
somebody steal the show
oh daddy daddy
i beg of you
whisper to mommy
it's all right with you
Cause they'll be rockin on bandstand
in Philadelphia P.A.
deep in the heart of Texas
and 'round the Frisco Bay
all over st. Louis
way down in New Orleans
all the cats wanna dance with
sweet little sixteen
PIANO BREAK
Sweet little sixteen
she's got the grown up blues
tight dress and lipstick
she's sportin' high heal shoes
oh, but tomorrow morning
she'll have to chang her trend
and be sweet sixteen
and back in class again
Cause they'll be rockin on bandstand….
08-NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO – Sol M
Chuck Berry
Ridin' along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin' wild
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
Ridin' along in my automobile
I'm anxious to tell her the way I feel
So I told her softly and sincere
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
With no particular place to go
guitar solo
No particular place to go
So we parked way out on the kokomo
The night was young and the moon was bold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you imagine the way I felt?
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt
Ridin' along in my calaboose
Still tryin' to get her belt aloose
All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go
09-LET IT ROCK – C1 La M
Chuck berry
In the heat of the day
down in mobile Alabama
Working on the railroad
with the steel driving hammer
Gotta make some money
to buy some brand new shoes
Tryin' to find somebody
to take away these blues
"She don't love me"
hear them singing in the sun
Payday's coming
and my work is all done
piano solo
Later in the evening
when the sun is sinking low
All day I been waiting
for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a teepee
built right on the tracks
Rolling them bones
until the foreman comes back
Pick up you belongings
boys and scatter about
We've got an off-schedule train
comin' two miles out
Piano & guitar solo
Everybody's scrambling,
'n'jumping around
Picking up their money,
tearing the teepee down
Foreman wants to panic,
'bout to go insane
Trying to get the workers
out the way of the train
Engineer blows
the whistle long and long
Can't stop the train,
gotta let it roll on10-ROCK N' ROLL MUSIC – C1 Re M
Chuck Berry
Just let me hear some of that rock'n'roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock - roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
I have no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until it sounds just like a symphony
That's why I go for that rock'n'roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock - roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So she could her my man a - whalin' sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man they were goin' like a hurricane
That's why I go for that rock'n'roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock - roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
Way down South they gave a jubilee
Them country folks they had a jamboree
They're drinkin' home - brew from a wooden cup
The folks dancin' got all shook up
And started playin' that rock'n'roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock - roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me
Don't care to hear 'em play the tango
I'm in no mood to dig a mambo
It's way too early for the congo
So keep a - rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that rock'n'roll music
any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock - roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me