When I was a boy growing up in kentucky

Always kinda felt stuck in a rut

See, I couldn't see

What the future held for me

One day a sound I'd never heard before

Came rumbling through the walls of the house next door

So I had to peek inside

What I saw there blew my mind

I saw guitar slingin'

Everybody singin'

Johnny b. goode

Right away I understood what I was meant to do...

Learn to play three chords

Get 'em on the dance floor

Maybe buy some blue suede shoes

If it gets in your soul, that's what rock and roll does to you

First things first, join a band

Live on the road, sleep in the van

Every day's a new day but the same old scene

Ears are still ringin' from the night before

So you turn it up just a little more

Drummer counts the first song off in four

And you're right back to living the dream

With the guitar slingin'

Everybody singin'

I wanna hold your hand

But the little girls don't understand

This ain't nothin' new

Beat your stratocaster

Louder and faster

'til everybody's raising the roof

Once it gets in your soul, that's what rock and roll does to you

The years have flown by, I've played 'em all

From little dives to concert halls

Every show's different but some things never change

Once you get the

Guitar slingin'

Everybody singin'

Johnny b. goode

I'm so glad I understood

What I was meant to do

Tried to look just like the beatles, party like the eagles

Went too far a time or two

Once it gets in your soul, that's what rock and roll does to you

If it gets in your soul, that's what rock and roll does to you

Once it gets in your soul, that's what rock and roll will do