Bob Marley – Johnny Was chords
Chords:
...JOHNNY WAS... by Bob Marley ----------------.............. *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 Bm7Ex-plaining to her, was a passer-by;D C#m7 F#mWho saw the woman cry. Wondering...Verse 3:F#m How can she work it out,D C#m7 E Bm7Now 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 Allah, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good,C#m7 Bm7Good, 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 Bm7As 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#mShe 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 Bm7Said 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 Bm7She 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: --------------- D C#m7 E Bm7 F#m A EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x57775 x46454 x79997 x24232 244222 577655 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)