1.

(# 32 pop hit)

Almost Grown

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

You know I'm almost grown

Yeah and I'm doing all right in school
They ain't said I broke no rule
I ain't never been in Dutch
I don't carouse around too much
Don't bother me leave me alone
Anyway I'm almost grown

I don't run around with no mob
Got myself a little job
I'm goin' to buy me a little car
Drive my girl in the park
Don't bother us leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown
[ instrumental ]
Got my eye on a little girl
Ah she's really out of this world
Now I take her to a dance
We started talkin' about romance
Don't bother us leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown
[ instrumental ]
You know I'm still livin' in town
But I done married and settled down
Now I really have a ball
So I don't browse around at all
Don't bother us leave us alone
Anyway we almost grown

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2.

(# 18 pop hit)

Carol

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

Oh Carol don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day

Climb into my machine so we can cruise on out
I know a swingin' little joint where we can jump and shout
It's not too far back off the highway not so long a ride
You park your car out in the open you can walk inside
A little cutie takes your hat and you can thank her ma'am
Every time you make the scene you find the joint is jammed
[ instrumental ]
Oh Carol don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
[ instrumental ]
And if you want to hear some music like the boys are playin'
Hold tight pat your foot don't let 'em carry it away
Don't let the heat overcome you when they play so loud
Oh don't the music intrigue you when they get a crowd
You can't dance I know you wish you could
I got my eyes on you baby cause you dance so good
[ instrumental ]
Oh Carol don't let him steal your heart away
I'm gonna learn to dance if it takes me all night and day
[ instrumental ]
Don't let him steal your heart away
I've got to learn to dance if it takes you all night and day

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3.

(# 5 pop hit)

Maybelline

Chuck Berry - Alan Freed - Russ Fratto

© Arc Music, BMI

Maybellene why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
You done started doin' the things you used to do

As I was motorvatin' over the hill
I saw Maybellene in a Coupe de Ville
A Cadillac a rollin' on the open road
Nothin' will outrun my V8 Ford
The Cadillac doin' about ninety-five
She's bumper to bumper rollin' side by side

Maybellene why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

The Cadillac pulled up to a hundred and four
The Ford got hot and wouldn't do no more
It then got cloudy and started to rain
I tooted my horn for the passin' lane
The rainwater blowin' all under my hood
I know that I was doin' my motor good

Maybellene why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do
[ instrumental ]
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

The motor cooled down the heat went down
And that's when I heard that highway sound
The Cadillac a sittin' like a ton of lead
A hundred and ten half a mile ahead
The Cadillac lookin' like it's sittin' still
And I caught Mabellene at the top of the hill

Maybellene why can't you be true
Oh Maybellene why can't you be true
You done started back doin' the things you used to do

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4.

(# 47 pop hit)

Sweet Little Rock And Roller

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

She's nine years old and sweet as she can be
All dressed up like a downtown Christmas tree
Dancin' and hummin' a rock-roll melody

She's the daughter of a well respected man
Who taught her how to judge and understand
Since she became a rock-roll music fan

Sweet little rock and roller sweet little rock and roller
Her daddy don't have to scold her her mother can't hardly hold her
She never gets any older sweet little rock and roller
[ instrumental ]
Should've seen her eyes when the band began to play
And the famous singers sang and barred away
When the stars performed she screamed and yelled hooray

Ten thousand eyes were watching them leave the floor
Five thousand tongues were screaming more more
And about fifteen hundred waitin' outside the door

Sweet little rock and roller sweet little rock and roller
Sweet little rock and roller sweet little rock and roller
Sweet little rock and roller sweet little rock and roller
Sweet little rock and roller sweet little rock and roller

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5.

(# 60 pop hit)

Anthony Boy

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

Eight o'clock in the morning and I'm movin' on out to school
With an open book and a sleepy look the teacher can't be fooled
I took a pass in the early class the teacher will never know
That I postponed my work at home watching the evening show

Hey there Anthony boy why are you in such a rush
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush
Three o'clock in the afternoon completes the day of school
Before the ding can feast a ring he's in the vestibule

Betty and Barbara and Jeannie and Jane are yakety yakin' with Joan
About some things that Anthony told her over the telephone
Here there Tony me boy why are you in such a rush
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush
[ instrumental ]
Hey there Anthony boy why are you in such a rush
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him how he blush
Betty told Lee the second that I had told her not to tell
Now that you know she knows I know you know that all is well

Calm down Tony me boy don't let them get in your hair
With a good education you may become a multi millionaire
Hey there Anthony boy why are you in such a rush
The girl she wanna talk to you look at him he's a blush

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6.

(# 8 pop hit)

Johnny B. Goode

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

Deep down in Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play a guitar just like a ringin' a bell

Go go go Johnny go go
Go Johnny go go
Go Johnny go go
Go Johnny go go
Johnny B Goode

He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh the engineer would see him sittin' in the shade
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
The people passing by they would stop and say
Oh my but that little country boy could play

Go go go Johnny go go...
[ instrumental ]
His mother told him someday you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big ol' band
Many people comin' from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name'll be in lights
Sayin' Johnny B Goode tonight

Go go go Johnny go go...

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7.

(# 80 pop hit)

Little Queenie

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

I got lumps in my throat
When I saw her comin' down the aisle
I got the wiggles in my knees
When she looked at me and sweetly smiled
There she is again
Standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen

Meanwhile I was thinkin'
If she's in the mood no need to break it
I got the chance and I oughta take it
If she can dance we can make it
C'mon queenie let's shake it

Go go go little queenie
Go go go little queenie
Go go go little queenie

Tell me who's the queen standin' over by the record machine
Looking like a model on the cover of a magazine
She's too cute to be a minute over seventeen

Meanwhile I was still thinkin'
If it's a slow song we'll omit it
If it's a rocker then we'll get it
And if it's good she'll admit it
C'mon queenie let's get with it

Go go go little queenie
Go go go little queenie
Go go go little queenie

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8.

(# 83 pop hit)

Jo Jo Gunne

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

It was in ancient history four thousand BC
Back up in the jungle in a coconut tree
Hanging on a branch up under the sun
Was a meddlesome monkey named Jo Jo Gunne

Old Leo the lion came down from the mountain
To get a drink of water from the jungle fountain
Jo Jo the monkey started tellin' him jive
About the elephant who was gonna skin him alive

Leo tried to reach and grab Jo Jo's tail
Got mad and went roarin' through the jungle trail
He ran upon an elephant beneath a tree
And said put up your dukes you gotta tussle with me

An ol' eagle from Asia made a non stop flight
Tryin' to make it in time just to see them fight
A crocodile phoned and reversed the charge
Comin' all the way from India on a local barge

Ol' gorilla heard 'em talking in the lion's den
But Jo Jo bet him three bucks the elephant wins
Jo Jo yelled at Leo Go on knock him down
He don't outweigh you but a thousand pounds

Leo left wailin' with a left upper cut
The elephant took his snoot and grabbed a coconut
Leo fired a beautiful short back cross
That's when the coconut landed up against his jaw

Leo grew tired but he wouldn't give in
The elephant all loose beat his jawbone in
The buzzard said they fought furious all day
He couldn't understand how Leo got away

Jo Jo runnin' everywhere spreadin' the news
To the zebras and the leopards and the kangaroos
A hoot owl reported everything he saw
Had his eyes wide open they called it a draw

Leo limping back with his jawbone bruised
Jo Jo in the trees started singin' the blues
Laughin' meddling jumpin' up and down
Till his foot missed a limb and he fell to the ground

Just like a bolt of thunder and a streak of heat
Leo covered Jo Jo with all four feet
Jo Jo was screamin' with tears in his eyes
Said please mister Leo I apologize

Said if you let my feet upon solid ground
I'll fight you close range fifteen rounds
Leo got back to the square of the fight
Jo Jo took a leap and jumped out of sight

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9.

(# 29 pop hit)

Roll Over Beethoven

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

Well I'm a write a little letter I'm gonna mail it to my local DJ
Yes it's a jumpin' little record I want my jockey to play
Roll over Beethoven I gotta hear it again today

You know my temperature rising and the jukebox blowin' a fuse
My heart beatin' rhythm and my soul keep a singing the blues
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

I got the rockin' pneumonia I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I caught the rollin' arthritis sittin' down at a rhythm review
Roll over Beethoven they rockin' in two by two

Well if you feel it and like it
Go get your lover then reel and rock it
Roll it over then move on up just a trifle further
Then reel and rock with one another
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
[ instrumental ]
Well early in the mornin' and I'm givin' you my warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle I'm a play my fiddle ain't got nothing to lose
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news

You know she wiggle like a glow worm dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner you oughta see him reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music won't never stop

Roll over Beethoven roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

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10.

Around And Around

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

They say the joint was rockin' a goin' round and round
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down

Oh it sounds so sweet I gotta take me a chance
Rose out of my seat just had to dance
Started movin' my feet well a clappin' my hands

Well the joint started rockin' going round and around
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
A well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down
[ instrumental ]
Twelve o'clock well the place was packed
Front doors was locked well the place was packed
When the police knocked both doors flew back

But they kept on a rockin' going round and around
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down

Oh they kept on a rockin' going round and around
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down

Oh the joint kept on a rockin' going round and around
Yeah reelin' and a rockin' what a crazy sound
Well they never stopped rockin' till the moon went down

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11.

Hey Pedro

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

Yeah Pedro you have to go to the well to get the water
[ instrumental ]
Hey Pedro dance with the little girl
[ instrumental ]
Ah this little girl dance good no
[ instrumental ]
Como dice Vaya go into Havana
[ instrumental ]
Yeah Pedro the bucked have a hole in no
[ instrumental ]


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12.

Blues For Hawaiians

Chuck Berry

© Arc Music, BMI

[ instrumental ]


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