Men At Work

Be Good Johnny

Men At Work


Tom: G

D             C
Skip de skip, up the road
Bm                C
Off to school you go
D                          C
"Don't 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
And told by my mother:

[Chorus]

        D                        Dsus4
        Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)
        D                        Dsus4
Be good Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)

[Verse]

D               C                       Bm        C                            
"Gonna play football this year, John?"            "Nuh"
    D                          C                                     Bm
"Oh, you must be going to play cricket this year then, are you Johnny?"
C          D
"Nuh! nuh! nuh!"
      C                         Bm                 C
"Huh, well you sure are a funny kid, Johnny, but I like you! 
   D        C                           Bm      C
So tell me, 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]

        D                        Dsus4
        Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)
        D                        Dsus4
Be good Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)

[Instrumental]

D  C  Bm  C  x2

Dsus4

[Pre-Chorus]

F            G
I only like dreaming
F          G
All the day long
F                 G
Where no one is screaming

[Solo]

D

[Chorus]

        D                        Dsus4
        Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)
        D                        Dsus4
Be good Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)
[Chorus]
        D                        Dsus4
Be good Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good
                                 (John-ny)
        D                        Dsus4
Be good Be good Be good, be good be good be good
        D5                       Dsus4
Be good be good be good, be good be good be good...!
                                 (John-ny)

[Outro]

D  C  Bm  C 
D  C  Bm  C 
          (John-ny)

Dsus4
Johnnyyyy -yy yy yyy ...