Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
D
C#m
E
Bm
D
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D
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E
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D
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Verse 1
D
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Cause her son had been shot
E
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down in the street and died
D
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F#m
From a stray bullet
Verse 2
D
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E
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Ex plaining to her was a passer- by
D
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Who saw the woman cry
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Verse 3
Wondering can she work it out
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wages of sin is death
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The gift of God is life
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Verse 4
A
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Oh, oh, oh, oh
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oh yeah
Verse 5
A
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C#m
Bm
her
A
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Bm
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head and cry
Cause her son had been shot down
in the street and died
Just because of the system
Verse 6
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Comforting her I was passing by
E
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D
And I saw the woman
cry
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She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh Johnny was a good man
Verse 8
Verse 9
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Never hurt anybody never started
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F#m
no bar room fight
Johnny never did nobody no wrong
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hurt anybody
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
(Repeat)
Verse 10
of the night
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There's a man with rifle
and Johnny in his sight,
I said oh no, we can't let that kind
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C#m
Oh no
Verse 11
A
Bm
C#m
Bm
A single shot rings out in a Belfast
A
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C#m
Bm
night and I said oh
Verse 12
C#m
Bm
A
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C#m
Bm
A
Bm
C#m
Bm
A
Cease towards the child she
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F#m
D
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E
Bm
D
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F#m
D
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bears
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D
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Outro 1
F#m
D
C#m
E
Bm
D
C#m
F#m
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