Misheard Song Lyrics -> Artist -> B -> Chuck Berry
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There are 26 misheard song lyrics for Chuck Berry on amIright currently.
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"Bare Footin'"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bad puddin'
Original Lyrics:
Bare footin'
"Johnny B. Goode"
Misheard Lyrics:
Go, Charlie, go, go, go!
Charlie be good
Charlie be good
Original Lyrics:
Go, Johnny, go, go, go!
Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode"
Misheard Lyrics:
Johnny be good
Original Lyrics:
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode"
Misheard Lyrics:
Oh, livin' in the fields, sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
Original Lyrics:
Ol' engineer see him sittin' in the shade,
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
Strummin' with the rhythm that the drivers made
"Johnny B. Goode"
Misheard Lyrics:
There stood a log cabin made of earthen wood
Original Lyrics:
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
"Maybellene"
Misheard Lyrics:
They believe, why can't you be true?
Original Lyrics:
Maybellene, why can't you be true?
"Memphis"
Misheard Lyrics:
With hairy moondrops on her cheek
That trickled from her eyes
That trickled from her eyes
Original Lyrics:
With hurry home drops on her cheek
That trickled from her eyes
That trickled from her eyes
"Nadine"
Misheard Lyrics:
Please let me octopus.
Original Lyrics:
Please let me off the bus.
"No Particular Place To Go"
Misheard Lyrics:
All the way home, I held her crutch.
Original Lyrics:
All the way home, I held a grudge.
"Rock & Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
I've got no kick against Michael Jack
I'm in the nude to take a mango.
I'm in the nude to take a mango.
Original Lyrics:
I've got no kick against modern jazz
I'm in the mood to take a mambo.
I'm in the mood to take a mambo.
"Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So we could hear 'em havin' whale attacks.
So we could hear 'em havin' whale attacks.
Original Lyrics:
I took my loved one over 'cross the tracks
So we could hear the man a-wailin' sax.
So we could hear the man a-wailin' sax.
"Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's got a bad bead, you can't loose it.
Original Lyrics:
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it.
"Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
They drinking Homer from a wooden jug.
Original Lyrics:
They're drinking home brew from a wooden cup.
"Rock and Roll Music"
Misheard Lyrics:
They're drinking whole fruit from a wooden cup
Original Lyrics:
They're drinking home brew from a wooden cup
"Roll Over Beethoven"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'm gonna write a little letter,
gonna mail it to my mother in jail
gonna mail it to my mother in jail
Original Lyrics:
I'm gonna write a little letter,
gonna mail it to my local dj.
gonna mail it to my local dj.
"Roll Over Beethoven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Move on up and try for further.
Original Lyrics:
Move on up just drop her further.
As in 'dropping' a dance partner, holding the hand and then leading up.
"Roll Over Beethoven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Move on up and try for further
Original Lyrics:
Move on up just a trifle further
"Roll Over Beethoven"
Misheard Lyrics:
Roll over, Beethoven
Tell my jockey the news.
Tell my jockey the news.
Original Lyrics:
Roll over, Beethoven
Tell Tschaikowsky the news.
Tell Tschaikowsky the news.
"Run Rudolph Run"
Misheard Lyrics:
And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a suffragette
Original Lyrics:
And away went Rudolph a whizzing like a Saber jet
"Run Run Rudolph"
Misheard Lyrics:
Sent Santa to a boy's town
What has he been wanting for?
What has he been wanting for?
Original Lyrics:
Said Santa to a boy child
'What have you been longing for?'
'What have you been longing for?'
"Sweet Little Sixteen"
Misheard Lyrics:
There's a rockin' old man, Stan.
Original Lyrics:
They'll be rockin' on 'Bandstand.'
"You Can Never Tell (C'est La Vie)"
Misheard Lyrics:
And now the young monsieur and madame
Have run to Taco Bell.
or
And now the young monsieur and madame
Have run to Chaque Hôtel.
Have run to Taco Bell.
or
And now the young monsieur and madame
Have run to Chaque Hôtel.
Original Lyrics:
And now the young monsieur and madame
Have rung the chapel bell.
Have rung the chapel bell.
"You Never Can Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
But when the sun went down, the record tipped over, the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
Original Lyrics:
But when the sun went down, the rapid tempo of the music fell
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
"C'est la vie", say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
Chris adds: "Good Chuck Berry tune in vintage 50s stereo to feel good and dance along with care free."
"You Never Can Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
C'est la vie, c'est les old folks.
C'est quoi? Le show, you never can tell
C'est quoi? Le show, you never can tell
Original Lyrics:
C'est la vie, said the old folks
it goes to show you never can tell
it goes to show you never can tell
"You Never Can Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
It was a teenage rabbit
and the old folks wished him well
and the old folks wished him well
Original Lyrics:
It was a teenage wedding
and the old folks wished them well
and the old folks wished them well
"You Never Can Tell"
Misheard Lyrics:
You could see that the air did truly love the mademoiselle.
Original Lyrics:
You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle.
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The Great Twenty-Eight album at Amazon.com
Anthology album at Amazon.com
His Best, Vol. 1 album at Amazon.com
20th Century Masters: The Best Of Chuck Berry (Millennium Collection) album at Amazon.com
3-CD Chess Boxed Set album at Amazon.com
St. Louis to Liverpool album at Amazon.com
Gold album at Amazon.com
His Best, Vol. 2 album at Amazon.com
Blues album at Amazon.com
Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'N' Roll (1987 Documentary) album at Amazon.com
