Johnny Was chords by
Bob Marley
Bob Marley

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Key: A major
Intro 1
D
D

C#m
C#m

E
E

Bm
Bm

D
D

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

Verse 1
F#m
F#m

Woman
hold her head and cry
D
D

C#m
C#m

'Cause her son had been shot
E
E

Bm
Bm

down in the street and died
D
D

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

From a stray bul let
Verse 2
F#m
F#m

Woman hold her head and cry
D
D

C#m
C#m

E
E

Bm
Bm

Explaining to her was a passerby
D
D

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering
How can she work it out
D
D

C#m
C#m

E
E

Now she knows that the wages of sin is death,
Bm
Bm

yeah!
D
D

C#m
C#m

F#m
F#m

Gift of Jah is life (life)
Verse 3
F#m
F#m

She cried
A
A

Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

Ah-um, I, I I know!
A
A

Bm
Bm

Johnny was a good man
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

I, I know! (never did a
thing wrong)
A
A

Bm
Bm

Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, good,
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

good, good, good, good, good man
A
A

Bm
Bm

(Johnny was good man) He cried,
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

he cried
F#m
F#m

Verse 4
Wo-ooh! Woman Woman
hold her head and cry
D
D

C#m
C#m

As her son had been shot
E
E

Bm
Bm

down in the street and died
D
D

C#m
C#m

Just because of the sys
F#m
F#m

tem (system)
Verse 5
F#m
F#m

D
D

Woman hold her head and cry
C#m
C#m

E
E

Bm
Bm

Comforting her I was passing by
D
D

C#m
C#m

She complained, then she cry
F#m
F#m

Verse 6
Oh-whoah
A
A

Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

yeah, yeah, I know now, I know,
A
A

Bm
Bm

I know now (Johnny was a good man)
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

Said I know, hmm (Never did a
A
A

Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

D
D

thing wrong)
A
A

Bm
Bm

(Johnny was a good man)
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

Can a woman tender care, she cried,
A
A

Bm
Bm

(Never did a thing wrong)
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

Cease towards the child she bear?
(Johnny was a good man)
A
A

Bm
Bm

Wo-ho-ho-ooh! Woman Woman Woman cry,
C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

woman (Never did a thing wrong)
A
A

Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

She cried, wo-oh! She She cried,
Bm
Bm

A
A

yeah! (Johnny was a good man)
Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

Can a woman tender care
Bm
Bm

A
A

Cease towards the child she bear?
Bm
Bm

C#m
C#m

Bm
Bm

(Never did a thing wrong)
Wo-now,
A
A

Bm
Bm

cry! (Johnny was a goodman)

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