Johnny Was chords by
Skip Marley

N/A

Key: G minor

Intro 1

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

Verse 2
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
She cried
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
Oh,
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
Johnny was a good man,
Am Am 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
oh
G G 
 
Never did a thing wrong,
Am Am 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
oh  yeah
G G 
 
Am Am 
 
Johnny was a good man
Bm Bm 
 
Am Am 
 
She cried

Interlude 1

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

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

Interlude 2

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

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

Outro 1

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