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Be Good Johnny by Men at Work
Be Good Johnny
During the chorus and verses, keyboards and guitar are rolling back and forth with D, C, Bm, C, D, etc. In the
pre-chorus, guitar goes back and forth on F and G. Then for the Be good be good''s, the D, C, Bm, C pattern
continues. It was hard to indicate in the notation,
but the final C of the "be good" stanzas occurs precisely when the background singers say "Jooohnny."
Verse:
D C
Skip de skip, up the road
Bm C
Off to school we go
D C
"Don''t you be a bad boy Johnny
Bm C
Don''t you slip up or play the fool"
D C
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
Bm C
I''ll be your golden boy
D C Bm C
I will obey ev''ry golden rule"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
Get told by the teacher
F G
Not to day-dream
F G
Told by my mother:
Chorus:
D
Be good Be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good
D
Be good be good
C
Be good be good be good
Bm
be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
C
Be good be good.
Verse:
D C
"Are you going to play football this year, John?"
Bm C
"No!"
D C Bm
"Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny?"
C
"No! no! no!"
D C Bm
"Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! So tell me,
C
What kind of a boy are you, John?"
Pre-Chorus:
F G
I only like dreaming
F G
All the day long
F G
Where no one is screaming
Chorus
Repeat Pre-Chorus, followed by a verse of nothing but D
Chorus, ending with screamed Joohnnyy!
Skip de skip, up the road
Off to school we go
"Don''t you be a bad boy Johnny
Don''t you slip up
Or play the fool"
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
I''ll be your golden boy
I will obey ev''ry golden rule"
Get told by the teacher
Not to day-dream
Told by my mother:
Be good Be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good (Johnny)
Be good be good.
"Are you going to play football this year, John?"
"No!"
"Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then,
Are you Johnny?"
"No! no! no!"
"Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! So tell me,
What kind of a boy are you, John?"
I only like dreaming
All the day long
Where no one is screaming
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Johnny!
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version 2
Standard Tuning:
Low to High: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-eb
Notes:
Two guitars are in standard Tuning
One guitar is in Drop-D Tuning.
Guitar one is primarily clean with a Delay in the Intro and Chorus.
The other guitars are overdriven, with a light Chorus effect.
BPM: Allegro (approx) = 152
[Intro:] Fade In
Play intro motif 2x''s
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|Pluck ------------------> ------------------------> ------------------------> ------------------------>
|w/Delay at approx: 275 ms
|
|Gtr 2 C5
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------5/|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------3/|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Gtr 2 enters after 2nd x
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D5 C G C Play 2x''s
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------(5)/|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-(3)/|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
w/Overdrive
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[Verse:]
*Superimposed keyboard notes
*(A) (G) (F#) (G)
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|
D|7------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0---------5/|
A|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|5----------------------3/|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1. Skip de skip Up the road____ Off to school__ you go.
2. Are you going to play football this year, John? No? Oh...
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|
D|7------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|
A|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1. Don''t you be a bad boy Johnny ------- Don''t you slip up Or play the fool
2. You must be gonna play cricket this year then, are you John? Nah! Nah!
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|
D|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|
A|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1. Oh no Ma Oh no Da I''ll be your golden boy
2. Nah! Heh! Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny. But I like you! So
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|-------------7-----------|
D|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|0------------0-----------|
A|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|5------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
1. I will obey ev''ry golden rule____
2. Tell me, what kind of boy are you John?
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[Pre Chorus]
F G F G
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------0------------|------------0------------|------------0------------|------------0------------|
G|------------2------------|------------4------------|------------2------------|------------4------------|
D|--------3-------3--------|--------5----------------|--------3-------3--------|--------5----------------|
A|----3---------------3----|----5--------------------|----3---------------3----|----5--------------------|
E|1------------------------|3------------------------|1------------------------|3------------------------|
1. Get told by the teacher not to day-dream
2. I only like dreaming all the day long
3. I only like dreaming all the day long
F G
E|-------------------------|-------------------------||
B|------------0------------|------------0------------||
G|------------2------------|------------4------------||
D|--------3-------3--------|--------5----------------||
A|----3---------------3----|----5--------------------||
E|1------------------------|3------------------------||
1. Told by my mother
2. Where no one is screaming
3. Where no one is screaming [Proceed to Bridge]
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[Chorus]
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! etc. |
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7------------------------|-------------------------|7------------------------|-----------------------5/|
A|5------------------------|-------------------------|5------------------------|-----------------------3/|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good!_____|
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7------------------------|(7)----------------------|7------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|(5)----------------------|5------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
After 1st time, proceed to Verse 2.
After 2nd time, continue on...
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D5 C G C Play 2x''s
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
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E|-------------3-----------|-------------------------||
B|---------3---------------|-------------------------||
G|----2---------------2--2-|2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---||
D|0-------------------0--0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---||
A|-------------------------|-------------------------||
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|| Continue to Pre-Chorus 3
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[Bridge]
E|-------------------------|---12--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------12-|-------------------------|---7---------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------12-------|-------------------------|---------7---------------|-------------------------|
D|---------12--------------|-------------------------|----------------7--------|-------------------------|
A|---12--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|---12--------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------5-|-------------------------|
|N.H. |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|7--------7---------------|7--------7---------------|7--------7---------------|7--------7---------------|
D|0--------0---------------|0--------0---------------|0--------0---------------|0--------0---------------|
A|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
w/Slight PM.
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|---7---------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------12----------|-------------------------|---------7-------------5-|---3-----5------3--------|
D|---------12--------------|-------------------------|-------------7---------5-|---3-----5------3--------|
A|---12--------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|N.H. |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------17|---15----17-----15-------|
G|7--------7---------------|7--------7---------------|7--------7-------------17|---15----17-----15-------|
D|0--------0---------------|0--------0---------------|0--------0---------------|-------------------------|
A|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|---5--5------5--5--5--5--|---5--5------5--5--5-----|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Drum Fill]
E|-------------------------||
B|-------------------------||
G|-------------------------||
D|-----------------------7\\||
A|-----------------------5\\||
E|-------------------------||
Fade in
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[Outro Chorus]
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! etc. |
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
|Gtr 2 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|3------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|2------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good!_____|
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
|Gtr 2 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|2------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
***********************************************************************************************************
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! etc. |
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
|Gtr 2 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|3------------------------|-------------------------|3------------------------|3------------------------|
G|2------------------------|-------------------------|2------------------------|2------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|0------------------------|0------------------------|
A|0------------------------|-------------------------|0------------------------|0------------0-----------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
|Gtr 3 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
Gtr 3 is subtle in the mix.
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! Be good! etc. |
|Be good! Be good! Be good! Johnny!___________ |
|Gtr 2 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|3------------------------|-------------------------|3------------------------|-------------------------|
G|2------------------------|-------------------------|2------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|0------------------------|-------------------------|
A|0------------------------|-------------------------|0------------------------|-------------------------|
D|0------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
|Gtr 3 |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
***********************************************************************************************************
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
| [Johnny!___________] |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|7----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
D G C6sus2/D G D
E|-------------------------|------7------------7-----|------8------------8-----|------7------------------|
B|7--x--10--x--7--x--10--7-|8--x--8---x--8--x--8---8-|10-x--10--x--10-x--10--10|8--x--8---x--7--x--10--7-|
G|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x------x--7--x------7-|7--x--7---x--7--x--7---7-|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| |
| Johnny!___________ |
| |
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------------3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|5------------------------|3------------------------|2---------2--------2-----|3---------3--------3-----|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------3--------3-------|--------3--------3-------|
Free Time (birdseye)
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E|---------------3-----------------------------------||
B|----------3----3-----------------------------------||
G|-----2----2----------------------------------------||
D|0----0---------------------------------------------||
A|0--------------------------------------------------||
E|---------------------------------------------------||
Johnny____________________________
Skip de skip, up the road
Off to school we go
"Don''t you be a bad boy Johnny
Don''t you slip up
Or play the fool"
"Oh no Ma, Oh no Da,
I''ll be your golden boy
I will obey ev''ry golden rule"
Get told by the teacher
Not to day-dream
Told by my mother:
Be good Be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good (Johnny)
Be good be good.
"Are you going to play football this year, John?"
"No!"
"Oh, well you must be going to play cricket this year then,
Are you Johnny?"
"No! no! no!"
"Boy, you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! So tell me,
What kind of a boy are you, John?"
I only like dreaming
All the day long
Where no one is screaming
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good be good (Johnny)
Be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Be good be good be good
Johnny!
/ = slide up
\\ = slide down
PM = palm mute
N.H = natural harmonic
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