Johnny Was chords by Skip Marley

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
Am 
Woman hold her head and cry
Em 
C 
Bm 
'Cause her son had been shot down
D 
Am 
C 
in the street and died
Bm 
Em 
From the stray bullet (bullet)
C 
A woman hold her head and cry
Em 
C 
Bm 
Explaining to her was
D 
Am 
a passer- by
C 
Bm 
Who saw the woman cry
Em 
(cry)
Wondering
Bm 
Em 
How can she work it out?
Am 
C 
Bm 
Now she knows that the
D 
Am 
wagers of sin is dead
C 
Bm 
Em 
The gift of  Jah is life (life)

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Verse 2

She cried

Oh,

Johnny was a good man,

Never did a thing wrong,

oh yeah

Johnny was a good man

She cried

Interlude 1

Verse 3
Em 
G 
Wo  man hold her head
Em 
G 
and cry
C 
Bm 
'Cause her son had been shot
D 
C 
down in the street and  died
Bm 
Em 
From the same, the system
A woman hold her head
G 
C 
and cry
Bm 
D 
Bm 
C 
Comforting her, I was passing by
Bm 
Em 
She complained and then she cried
She cried

Verse 4
G 
Am 
Oh, oh,
C 
Bm 
Am 
G 
Am 
Lord (Johnny was a good man)
Can the woman turn to care,
Bm 
Am 
G 
she cried (never did a thing wrong)
Am 
Bm 
Am 
Sister was a child she bear
G 
Someone is guilty,
Am 
Bm 
someone is guilty (Johnny was a good man)
Am 
Someone is guilty (never did a
G 
thing wrong)
Am 
Bm 
Johnny been shot down in the street
Am 
G 
Am 
All because of the system
Bm 
Am 
C 
G 
(Johnny was a good man)
Am 
Bm 
What good is it?
Am 
What good is it?
G 
Am 
Johnny go, Johnny was,
Bm 
Johnny, Johnny was
Am 
Oh, oh (never did a
G 
Am 
thing wrong)
Bm 
Am 
Mama cries, she cries
G 
Am 
Mama cried, Johnny was a good man
Bm 
Am 
G 
(Johnny was a good man)
Am 
The gift of  Jah is life (never did
Bm 
Am 
G 
a thing wrong)
Am 
Bm 
Am 
G 
The gift of Jah is life
(Johnny was a good man)
Am 
Bm 
Am 
The gift of God is life
G 
Am 
Bm 
Johnny was a good man
Am 
G 
Am 
Bm 
Am 
Never did a thing wrong
G 
Johnny was a good man,
Am 
Bm 
Am 
cry

Interlude 2

Verse 5
Em 
G 
Wo  man hold her head and
Em 
G 
cried
C 
Bm 
'Cause her son had been shot
D 
C 
down in the street and  died
Bm 
Em 
From the same system
A woman hold her head
G 
C 
and cried
Bm 
D 
Bm 
C 
Comforting her, I was passing by
Bm 
Em 
She complained and then she fight
She cried
G 
Am 

Verse 6
Bm 
Am 
Oh, oh, Lord (Johnny was a good
G 
Am 
man)
Can the woman turn to care,
Bm 
G 
she cried (never did a thing wrong)
Bm 
Sister was a child she bear
Am 
Someone is guilty,
Am 
Bm 
someone is guilty
G 
Someone is guilty
Am 
Bm 
Johnny been shot down in the street
Am 
Em 
All because of the sys
G 
Am 
Bm 
Am 
G 
tem
Am 
Bm 
What good is it?
Am 
What good is it?
G 
Am 
Johnny go, Johnny was, Johnny,
Bm 
Johnny was
Am 
G 
Am 
Oh, oh
Bm 
Am 
Mama cries, she cries
G 
Am 
Mama cried, Johnny was a
Bm 
Am 
G 
good man
Am 
The gift of Jah is life