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Festival - Chuck Berry Chords

Chords: As, Chuck, Berry, Album, DUES), G, F, C, Fifth, D

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Genre: rock and roll, pop, boogie

FESTIVAL
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1971 Album SAN FRANCISCO DUES)

[Intro]
G F C

[Verse 1]
C
Having a nationwide festival for fourteen days and nights
G
Ah, there's fifty four bands on a river boat spot in the lights
C
Hundred of vans and tents all on the banks of the Ohio
F
Bandstands floating from Paducah to Cairo
G C
Be over a million freaks there digging the sights

[Guitar Solo]
C G C G C F
G C

[Verse 2]
C
There's so many beautiful people there to love and cheer
G
Some of the greatest guitar playing in the western hemisphere
C F
Got the Who, the Band from across the north border, Canned Heat
F
The Fifth Dimension, Creedence Clearwater
G C
Oh, brother Hendrix, sister Joplin, we wish you were here

[Piano Solo]
C G C F D F G N.C. C

[Verse 3]
C
Early in the morning Johnny Cash and old Elvis got loose
G
By noon, Vanilla Fudge and the Woolies start paying their dues
C F
All evening Ike Turner and Aretha right on with the Drifters
F
And the Coasters in the Loading Zone
G C
All night Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters in a battling mood

[Piano Solo]
C G C F G C

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