Johnny Was chords by Bob Marley
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Woman
hold her head and cry
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'Cause her son had been shot
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down in the street and died
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From a stray bul let
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Verse 2
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Woman hold her head and cry
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Explaining to her was a passerby
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Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering
How can she work it out
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Now she knows that the wages of sin is death,
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yeah!
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Gift of Jah is life (life)
Verse 3
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She cried
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Ah-um, I, I I know!
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Johnny was a good man
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I, I know! (never did a
thing wrong)
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Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good,
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good, good, good, good, good man
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(Johnny was good man) He cried,
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he cried
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Verse 4
Wo-ooh! Woman Woman
hold her head and cry
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As her son had been shot
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down in the street and died
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Just because of the sys
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tem (system)
Verse 5
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Woman hold her head and cry
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Comforting her I was passing by
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She complained, then she cry
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Verse 6
Oh-whoah
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yeah, yeah, I know now, I know,
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I know now (Johnny was a good man)
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Said I know, hmm (Never did a
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thing wrong)
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(Johnny was a good man)
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Can a woman tender care, she cried,
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(Never did a thing wrong)
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Cease towards the child she bear?
(Johnny was a good man)
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Wo-ho-ho-ooh! Woman Woman Woman cry,
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woman (Never did a thing wrong)
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She cried, wo-oh! She She cried,
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yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
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Can a woman tender care
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Cease towards the child she bear?
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(Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now,
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cry! (Johnny was a goodman)
Johnny Was
Bob Marley
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