Bob Marley – Johnny Was (Guitar Tab)

Tabbed By: Tommy Nelson These fills are mostly improvisions out of the A Major scale. Because they will likley vary everytime you play it, I left out hammer-on notations, etc.

 Fill 1				                            Fill 2
e----------------------------------------12-10-9-10-9-10-9-10---------------|
B-----------2-0----------------------------------------------10-12----------|
G---------------2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------4---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--0-2-0-2------------------------------------------------------------------|

       Fill 3			                       	   Fill 4
e-------19-17-16-17-16-17-16-17------------------------9-12-10-9-10-9----9--|
B-------------------------------17-19-----------7-9-10----------------12----|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    Fill 5			                        Fill 6
e-----------------------------------12-10-9---------------------------------|
B---10-12-12-10----10----------------------10-12----------------------------|
G---------------13----------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro F#m E C#m F#m F#m E F#m [Fill 1 2x] Verse 1 F#m [Fill 2] Woman hold her head and cry D C#m E D C#m Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died, from a stray F#m [Fill 1] bullett F#m [Fill 3] Woman hold her head and cry, D C#m E D C#m F#m [Fill 1] Explaining to her was a passerby who saw the woman cry (wondering) F#m [Fill 4] How can she work it out D C#m E D C#m F#m7 [Fill 1] Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, oh gift of Jah is life (life) (she cried) Chorus 1 A Bm C#m Bm A Bm C#m Bm Oh, oh, I know, Johnny was a good man, I know A Bm C#m Bm Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, A Bm C#m Bm F#m [Fill 1 4x] She cried, she cried Verse 2 F#m [Fill 5] Woman hold her head and cry D C#m E D C#m cause her son had been shot down in the street and died, just because of F#m [Fill 1] the system F#m [Fill 6] Woman hold her head and cry D C#m E D C#m F#m Comforting her, I was passing by, she complained, then she cried (cried) Chorus 2 A Bm C#m Bm (ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah) no I know, I know now (Johnny was a good man) Said I know, mmmmmmmm (Never did a thing wrong) Ah, ah, uh, uh (Johnny was a good man) Can a woman tender care, she cried (Never did a thing wrong) Cease towards the child she bear (Johnny was a good man) Woah! Woman cry, woman (Never did a thing wrong) She cried, woah, she cried, yeah (Johnny was a good man) Can a woman tender care Cease towards the child she bear (Never did a thing wrong) Woman cry! (Johnny was a good man)