Song Help Request Johnny B.Goode

smithpaul60

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I would like to learn to play Johnny B. Goode by chuck berry and I have found this tab for the solo and this tab for the verses. I am fairly sure they are in different keys but I don't know enough to recognize which is which or how to reconcile them. I have spent a good bit of time (about two weeks trying t figure out the intro but I can't seem to get it right. Any and all help would be great. And if anyone has a good bit of time I would really like a video lesson (hint Aldrine) as I learn better that way.
 
The first (uke) tab is in C, set up for low G. The second one (guitar) is in Bb (although he says it's in B, it's really Bb). If you play the guitar notation on your uke two frets lower than shown, they should be the same key. I.e. where it says fret 5 play 3.

I can't recall the original key, but something tells me he played it in A. Doesn't really matter. It's essentially a 12-bar shuffle: C-F-G.
 
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