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Chuck Berry

Chuck

Dualtone 01793
Jun / 2017

Produced by Chuck Berry

Cover image of Chuck

Chuck Berry – vocal/guitar
Charles Berry Jr, Charles Berry III, Tom Morello, Gary Clark - guitar
Jimmy Marsala - bass
Keith Robinson, Debra Dobkin, Jeremy Lulito - drums
Robert Lohr – piano
Ingrid Berry – harmonica
Additional musicians
Vocals:
The New Respects, Nathaniel Rateliff, Ingrid Berry
Recorded 1991-2014

1.

Wonderful Woman

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

Oh well look at here now
This just makes my day
Yes a wonderful woman
She just woke my way

Well I was standing in [] like a leaf on a willow tree
Open the great big beautiful eyes following me
I keep just wish thinking but I hope that it still might be

Man she's so beautiful she have long brown wavy hair
Wearing a [] that was whoo on a van
Man she could pull up a man in a beauty scene anywhere
You don't think

Have you ever seen a woman done harm your kid
Who would betray you twice and you know will still forgive
If you have they were alive to [] to live

Man it's too good she's all that I could hold and stare
By the star above she knew that my heart goes there
She just went over control my heart but she didn't dare

When I feel this way I just sing what I just have to say
You know I need satisfaction I didn't get any yesterday
Well it's up to me if it be that she gets away

I feel good like's it party time don't you know
It done blew my mind when she smiled and said hello
Well it broke my heart when she told me it's time to go

You know I wish you for luck
But I know I have to close the show
I but you was rocking me baby with your rhythm in the second row
Just thinking about it breaks my heart I have to let you go
Oh yeah

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2.

Big Boys

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

When I was just a little boy like you
I wanted to do things the big boys do
Wherever they went you knew they wouldn't let me go
And I got suspicious and I wanted to know
I was bright in school but my future looked dim
'Cause the big boys wouldn't let me party with them

Yes yes
I didn't cry
Yes yes
And you know why
Yes yes
I knew when and what
Yes yes
No ifs ands or buts
I was looking for joy
Yes yes yes yes
When I was little bitty boy

All of the big girls with their to
And I asked them what's happening nobody knew
But when I found out where what when and why
I didn't let a single week pass by
Till the school dance when I first met you
And I learned to party like the big boys do

Yes yes
I didn't cry
Yes yes
And you know why
Yes yes
I knew when and what
Yes yes
No ifs ands or buts
I was looking for joy
Yes yes yes yes
When I was little bitty boy

If I would have known what makes a world go 'round
I would have known what goes up must come down
If you love me like I love you
Mademoiselle je vous aime voulez-vous
The girls want to stay and the boys want to play
So let's a-rock and roll till the break of day

Yes yes
I didn't cry
Yes yes
And you know why
Yes yes
I knew when and what
Yes yes
No ifs ends or buts
I was looking for joy
Yes yes yes yes
When I was little bitty boy

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3.

You Go To My Head

Haven Gillespie - Fred J. Coots

© Remick Music, ASCAP

You go to my head
And you linger like a haunting refrain
And I find you spinning round in my brain
Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne

You go to my head
Like the sparkles in a burgundy brew
And I find the very mention of you
Is like the kicker in a julep or two

Oh what a thought that you might give a thought to my plea
Cast a spell over me
But then I say to myself ah get hold to yourself can't you see
It could never be

You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
It's like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes

Oh what a thought that you might give a thought to my plea
Cast a spell over me
But then I say to myself ah get hold to yourself can't you see
It could never be

You go to my head
With a smile that makes my temperature rise
It's like a summer with a thousand Julys
You intoxicate my soul with your eyes

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4.

3/4 Time (Enchiladas)

Tony Joe White

© Tennessee Swamp Fox, ASCAP

I like Enchiladas all the El Dorados that shine
Old red guitar rock'n roll nice girls and wine
Say it ain't good for me but people I'm still feeling fine
I just hold onto my guitar and rock it out 4/5 time

Sometimes I get sideways stay up all night writing songs (you know)
I know it ain't healthy but somehow I keep going on
Just sit there and write don't care if the darn thing don't rhyme
As long as I've got my guitar rock it out 4/5 time

That's called titillating

You know it's a mean old world and we all gotta live our lives (Yes we do)
Dang one thing for certain ain't none of us gonna get away from here alive
So while I'm still kicking I'm gonna keep picking my tunes
I love what I'm doing I hope it don't end too soon
All of my life there's one thing I've been hoping to find
A woman like you honey whose software matches this hard drive of mine

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5.

Darlin'

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

Darlin' your father's growing older each year
Strands of gray are showing bolder come here
And lay your head upon my shoulder my dear
The time is passing fast away

There has been many sundown that I've seen come by
Since you were just sweet sixteen and I
I have played these same songs of yesterday oh my
How the time has passed away

Yes there's been fame and there's been fortune
But there's been heartache combined
Hear me now as I cry oh loving fans of mine
The good times come but do not stay you'll find
Time will take them fast away

Darlin' hear these words and true are they my dear
Life can pass so fast away

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6.

Lady B. Goode

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

It was down in Louisiana right down New Orleans
Back down in the '60s with the little teen queen
Fell down a lassie in love with a lad
Tell her come to vindicate take the feelings she had
She beated as she promised every brass she could
To everybody who's been listening to her Lady B. Goode

She followed him around where he'll raise his guitar
Till he got so popular that made him a star
Then she could only see him on a TV screen
And hoped someday that he come back to New Orleans
Everybody liked her and was knocking on wood
But soon there came a baby from Lady B. Goode

She wanted him to rest and come back someday
The Friday lights in Cleveland just keep him away
But then he wrote and told her Do not miss me
We'll have you look whenever he'll be betrayed
There won't be do a movie about my livelihood
And I want you to play the part of Lady B. Goode

She went to see the movie when it hit the screen
Babysitting Johnnie Jr. down in New Orleans
So is dead and sick as he heard him in school
The one his mother told him about the golden rule
Tears shed her eyes when they misunderstood
When everybody knew that she was Lady B. Goode

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7.

She Still Loves You

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

She came to me when
My own heart was in much need of hers
Sometimes we'll try and reach
For things we know we each want and don't deserve
I felt I was wrong it seemed she belonged to someone else
She heard my words and trust
But in her arms I just could not help myself

It showed she was blue
She talked about you the whole night through
I don't think you'll ever know
How sincerely she is so much in love with you

When she came to me
It was so hard to see
How she loved you so
I wonder if you know
Someone should tell you so
Because she'll never will

A few times that she
Had turned towards me
She was so blue
And hungry just to hear
The words of love as clear
Come to her from you

When I gave up on her
As much as we were both lonely and blue
She still love you so
I thought you out to know
She still loves you

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8.

Jamaica Moon

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

Me walking alone me bring jug of rum
Me sit down on the sea shore till dee boat she come
It long dee night it's quiet dee dock
The boat a little late she do a 12 o'clock
Me watch the tide come easy in
It low the moon but high dee wind

Jamaica moon Jamaica moon

Me was so alone me couldn't help but open dee rum
So long maybe dee wait until dee boat she come
Me girl she love me she come back for me
We set sail in dee morning go back across dee sea
We dock in New York the building be so high
She promised me dee honeymoon be so near dee sky

Jamaica moon Jamaica moon

Me still alone me sip on dee rum
Me head began to tell me that dee boat no come
To bring me me love bringing me me ting ting ting
She rock and roll beautiful she dance and sing
She hold me closer me she pushed me lip
Me eyes they close and me heart she go flip

Jamaica moon Jamaica moon

Me lay down a little woozy me been drinking dee rum
Jamaica moon please tell me that dee boat will come
She no can be me bride with dee game she play
Me head tell me to go but me body say stay
Me lay down on dee dock was so good dee rum
Me fall asleep at noon here when de boat she come

Jamaica moon Jamaica moon

At twelve she come till dawn she roam
They tell me that she look and wait and cry and go back home
Dee boat whistle blew me open me eyes
So bright were dee sun blue Jamaica sky
Down the pier me run dee boat I still can see
Sailing fast away with me bride to be

Jamaica moon Jamaica moon

Now me broken heart is sailing on that boat she on
Me see dee water trailing but dey boat she gone
Me missed me bride to be now me head low hung
Me sleep too long no more me touch dee rum
Is so dry me throat me no more can sing
Me miss me bride to be no have no ting ting

Jamaica moon me love when she gone
Me walking back home me still all alone

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9.

The Dutchman

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

A bunch of guys was in this bar room
Most of them had been there half the day
They'd been telling jokes and fairy tales lying
Just to pass the time away
Then suddenly someone cracked the bar room door
And then pushed it open wide
And this huge tall dark dude
Bowed his head and stepped inside
I wonder where he's from
Some blonde asked
The wind must have blown him in
But an old Dutchman offered him a drink
What will it be whisky rum or gin
Sick him Fido a redhead shouted
Show him his way back to the street
But the Great Dane just walked over and licked his hand
And lay down at his feet
He said if you spare me that drink Dutchman
I promise I'll tell you how
That I came to be the helpless sight
That stands before you now
I used to be an artist
Not one who sits and fiddle out on the curb
But in my day and time
My music was considered superb
I wrote a song about a poor kid
Raised down in New Orleans
It didn't make the hall of fame
But it bought us shrimp rice and beans
He kept at it until it made the big time
Playing town after town
Until he met a woman he fell in love with
And it really turned his life around
She had eyes like Cleopatra
And a head of luxurious hair
With the brilliance of her beauty
None other could compare
When she lifted her eyes to his
Her lips would fall apart
Each time she allowed him kiss her
It near petrified his heart
But when he ask her would she marry him
He'd give her everything he had
She turned and walked away
And it nearly drove him mad
He promised her a half a million
And would even pay in advance
If she would let him prove himself
Or at least give him a chance
And if he should go blind
And had to use his hands to feel
He would hire someone to do her work
And prepare her every meal
How could a man love a woman so much
Not one of you would think
Well I did and I still do
Hey Dutchman you promised me a drink

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10.

Eyes Of A Man

Chuck Berry

© Isalee Music, BMI

A many a man has built his own temple
Shown to convey his grace and skill
Having red domes and pillars and arches
All fashioned to fit his will

When other men observe its beauty
They stand and see and sigh and say
Great is your work oh yes oh builder
Your fame shall never fade away

Those who do not know
And do not know that they do not know
Are foolish avoid them

Then there is woman a builder of nations
Laden with labor love and care
They place each pillar with pride and patience
Pops every plan she'll pose to a prayer

Those who do not know
And know that they do not know
Are children adopt them

But few men will praise her cause and omen
Some may not even understand
Most of the struggle borne by woman
Is seldomly held in the eyes of man

Those who know
And do not know that they know
They're asleep awake them

So be the temples men have cherished
Crumbled in ruins to rot and rust
No lies each pillar and arch to perish
Doomed to decay and rot to dust

Oh but those who know
And know that they know
Are of wisdom appreciate them

Oh but the temples created in woman
Never have failed in statue and goal
Deep in her heart she fills her temple
In her own child's immortal soul

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