Key: C
Introduction: G F C G
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Down goes the sun, sittin', dickin' on guitar
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Up comes the moon, twinkle, twinkle little star
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One and one is two, hitchin' two to make it four
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Go and get your guitar, Johnny, go go go, oh baby
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Johnny plays his guitar at the weekly record hop
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He start to shakin', turnin', and they wouldn't let him stop
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Girls so shook up, see 'em shakin' on the show
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Everybody starts to holler: Go go go, oh baby
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Duck walkin' on his knees, peckin' like a hen
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Lookin' like a locomotive, here he comes again
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Meow, said the kitty, puppy bow wow wow
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Go and get your guitar, Johnny, don't stop now, oh baby
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Yeah, backed up by a jazz band, layin' on the wood
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Mixin' Ahmad Jamal in my Johnny B. Goode
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Sneakin' Errol Garner in my Sweet Sixteen
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Now they tell me Stan Kenton's cuttin' Maybellene, oh baby
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Papa said to mama: This I've never understood
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How he picks his guitar, make the sound so good
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He used to sound goofy, but I guess it's alright
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Papa's takin' mama to the gig tomorrow night, oh baby