Johnny Was chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(D major) (C sharp minor) (E major) (B minor7)
(D major) (C sharp minor) (F sharp minor7) (F sharp minor7)
Verse 1
(F sharp minor7) Woman hold her head and cry
Cause her (D major) son had been (C sharp minor) shot down
in the (E major) street and died (B minor7)
(D major) From (C sharp minor) a stray (F sharp minor7) bullet
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Verse 2
(F sharp minor7) Woman hold her head and cry
Ex (D major) plaining to her (C sharp minor) was a (E major) passer- by (B minor7)
Who (D major) saw (C sharp minor) the woman cry (F sharp minor7)
Pre-chorus 1
Wondering (F sharp minor7) how can she work it out
Now she (D major) knows
that the (C sharp minor) wages of (E major) sin is death (B minor7)
The (D major) gift (C sharp minor) of Jah is life (F sharp minor7)
Chorus 1
(Life) She cried
(A major) Oh, (B minor) oh, (C sharp minor) ah, (B minor) ah
Johnny was a (A major) good man (B minor) (C sharp minor) oh (B minor) yeah
Johnny was a (A major) good, good, (B minor) good,
good, (C sharp minor) (B minor) good, man
(A major) She cried, (B minor) she (C sharp minor) cried (B minor)
(F sharp minor7) (F sharp minor7) (F sharp minor7) (F sharp minor7)
Verse 3
(F sharp minor7) Woman hold her head and cry
As her (D major) son had been (C sharp minor) shot down
in (E major) the street and (B minor7) died
(D major) Just (C sharp minor) because of the sys (F sharp minor7) tem (system)
Verse 4
(F sharp minor7) Woman hold her head and cry
(D major) Comforting (C sharp minor) her I (E major) was passing (B minor7) by
She com (D major) plained (C sharp minor)
And she cryed (F sharp minor7) (cryed)
Chorus 2
Whoa-oh, oh, ah
(A major) (B minor) Yeah, I know now (C sharp minor) (B minor)
(Johnny was a (A major) good man)
Said I (B minor) know
(C sharp minor) (B minor) (Never did a (A major) thing wrong) (B minor)
(C sharp minor) Ah (B minor) ah
(Johnny was a (A major) good man)
(B minor) Can a woman tender care? (C sharp minor)
(B minor) She cried (Never did a (A major) thing wrong)
Cease (B minor) towards the child (C sharp minor) she bear
(B minor) (Johnny was a (A major) good man)
Oh, (B minor) woman cried
(C sharp minor) Woman, (B minor) she cried, (A major) (B minor) oh, she cried, (C sharp minor) (B minor) yeah
(A major) Can (B minor) a woman tender care (C sharp minor)
(B minor) Cease towards the (A major) child she (B minor) bears
(C sharp minor) Woman (B minor) cry
[Fade Out]
Johnny Was
Bob Marley & The Wailers
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