0098 – Bye bye Johnny - Chuck Berry (1960)

Escrita por Chuck Berry, foi lançada em 1960 no compacto que tinha Worried life blues como Lado B e no disco Rockin' at the hops, o quarto da carreira de Chuck, em julho de 1960. Chuck Berry tocou guitarra e cantou. Matt Guitar Murphy também tocou guitarra. Willie Dixon tocou baixo. Eddie Hardy tocou bateria. The Ecuadors fizeram os backing vocals.

She drew out all her money out of the Southern Trust
And put her little boy aboard a Greyhound bus
Leaving Louisiana for the Golden West
Down came the tears from her happiness
Her own little son name 'o Johnny B. Goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood

Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye Johnny
Good bye Johnny B. Goode

She remembered taking money out from gathering crop
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he would play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble he was satisfied
But never thought that there would come a day like this
When she would have to give her son a goodbye kiss

Going, bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye Johnny
Bye bye Johnny B. Goode

She finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for 'em by the railroad track
So every time they heard the locomotive roar
They'd be a' standin', a' wavin' in the kitchen door

Howling, bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye, bye, bye, bye
Bye bye Johnny
Good bye Johnny B. Goode

A versão original de Chuck Berry, de 1960, somente áudio:

 

Rolling Stones ao vivo, em 1972, com Bye bye Johnny:



Agora num medley com Bye bye bue Johnny be Hohbby Be Good.