Bob Marley – Johnny Was (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*
Intro:
D C#m7 E Bm7
D C#m7 F#m
Verse 1:
F#m Woman hold her head and cry, D C#m7 E Bm7 'Cos her son had been shot down in the street and died, D C#m7 F#m From a stray bullet.
Verse 2:
F#m Woman hold her head and cry, D C#m7 E Bm7 Ex-plaining to her, was a passer-by; D C#m7 F#m Who saw the woman cry. Wondering...
Verse 3:
F#m How can she work it out, D C#m7 E Bm7 Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah? D C#m7 F#m Gift of Jah is life. She cried...
Chorus 1:
A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 A Bm7 Ah-um, I, I know; Johnny was a good man. C#m7 Bm7 A Bm7 I, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good, C#m7 Bm7 Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man". A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 (Johnny was good man), she cried, she cri....ed.
Interlude:
F#m
Verse 4:
F#m Woman hold her head and cry, D C#m7 E Bm7 As her son had been shot down in the street and died, D C#m7 F#m Just be-cause of the system.
Verse 5:
F#m Woman hold her head and cry, D C#m7 E Bm7 Comforting her, I was passing by. D C#m7 F#m She com-plained, then she cry.
Chorus 2:
A Bm7 Yeah, yeah, I know now, C#m7 Bm7 A No I know, I know now; (Johnny was a good man). Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 A Bm7 Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, (never did a thing wrong). C#m7 Bm7 A Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man), Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 A Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong). Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 Cease towards the child she bear? A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 (Johnny was a good man), woman cry, woman, A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 She cried, wo-oh! she cried, yeah! A (Johnny was a good man), Bm7 C#m7 Can a woman tender care, Bm7 A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 Cease towards the child she bear?
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D C#m7 E Bm7 F#m A
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])