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Johnny Was chords by 
Bob MarleyGuru 
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Key: F# minor•BPM: 87
Intro 1
Em
C
Bm
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
C
Bm
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
Verse 1
Em
Woman hold her head and cry
C
Bm
Cause her son had been shot
D
Am
down in the street and died
C
Bm
Em
From a stray bullet
Verse 2
Em
Woman hold her head and cry
C
Bm
D
Am
Ex plaining to her was a passer- by
C
Bm
Who saw the woman cry
Em
Verse 3
Wondering can she work it out
C
Now she knows that the
Bm
D
Am
wages of sin is death
C
Bm
The gift of God is life
Em
Verse 4
G
Am
Bm
Am
Oh, oh, oh, oh
G
Johnny was a good man
Am
Bm
oh yeah
Am
Woman hold
Verse 5
G
Am
Bm
Am
her
G
Am
Bm
Am
Em
head and cry
Cause her son had been shot down
in the street and died
Just because of the system
Verse 6
Em
Woman hold her head and cry
C
Bm
Comforting her I was passing by
D
Am
C
And I saw the woman
cry
Bm
She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man
Verse 8
Em
Take it down
Verse 9
C
Johnny went out on a Saturday
Bm
night
D
Am
Never hurt anybody never started
C
Bm
Em
no bar room fight
Johnny never did nobody no wrong
C
Never hurt anybody never
Bm
hurt anybody
D
Johnny was a good man
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
Am
Johnny was a good man
(Repeat)
Verse 10
C
In a top floor flat in the middle
of the night
Bm
Em
There's a man with rifle
and Johnny in his sight,
I said oh no, we can't let that kind
G
of thing happen here nomore
Am
Bm
Oh no
Am
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
Verse 11
G
Am
Bm
Am
A single shot rings out in a Belfast
G
Am
Bm
Am
night and I said oh
G
Johnny was a good man
Am
Can a woman's tender care
Verse 12
Bm
Am
G
Am
Bm
Am
G
Am
Bm
Am
G
Cease towards the child she
Am
Bm
Am
Em
C
Bm
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
C
Bm
bears
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
Johnny (Repeat)
Outro 1
Em
C
Bm
D
Am
C
Bm
Em
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