...JOHNNY WAS... by Bob Marley
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*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*

Intro:

D  C#m7, E  Bm7
D  C#m7, F#m

Verse 1:

F#m (244222@1)Woman hold her head and cry,
         D (xx0232@1)          C#m7 (x4242x@1)           E (022100@1)        Bm7'Cos (x20202@1)her son had been shot down in the street and died,
D (xx0232@1)     C#m7 (x4242x@1)F#m (244222@1)From a stray bullet.

Verse 2:

F#m (244222@1)Woman hold her head and cry,
   D (xx0232@1)         C#m7 (x4242x@1)     E (022100@1)    Bm7Ex-plaining (x20202@1)to her, was a passer-by;
    D (xx0232@1)     C#m7 (x4242x@1)F#mWho (244222@1)saw the woman cry. Wondering...

Verse 3:

F#m (244222@1)How can she work it out,
        D (xx0232@1)            C#m7 (x4242x@1)   E (022100@1)    Bm7Now (x20202@1)she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah?
D (xx0232@1)      C#m7 (x4242x@1) F#m (244222@1)Gift of Jah is life. She cried...

Chorus 1:

A (x02220@1) Bm7C#m7 Bm7 (x20202@1)              A (x02220@1)      Bm7 (x20202@1)Ah-um, I, I know; Johnny was a good man.
C#m7 (x4242x@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)              A (x02220@1)         Bm7 (x20202@1)Allah, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good,
      C#m7 (x4242x@1)      Bm7Good, (x20202@1)good, good, good, good, good, good, good man".
            A (x02220@1)                   Bm7C#m7   Bm7(Johnny (x20202@1)was good man), she cried, she cri....ed.

Interlude:

F#m (244222@1)Verse 4:

F#m (244222@1)Woman hold her head and cry,
       D (xx0232@1)          C#m7 (x4242x@1)           E (022100@1)        Bm7As (x20202@1)her son had been shot down in the street and died,
D (xx0232@1)      C#m7 (x4242x@1)       F#m (244222@1)Just be-cause of the system.

Verse 5:

F#m (244222@1)Woman hold her head and cry,
D (xx0232@1)         C#m7 (x4242x@1)     E (022100@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)Comforting her, I was passing by.
        D (xx0232@1)     C#m7 (x4242x@1)    F#mShe (244222@1)com-plained, then she cry.

Chorus 2:

A (x02220@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)Yeah, yeah, I know now,
C#m7 (x4242x@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)                   A (x02220@1)No I know, I know now; (Johnny was a good man).
       Bm7 (x20202@1)C#m7 (x4242x@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)               A (x02220@1)          Bm7Said (x20202@1)I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, (never did a thing wrong).
C#m7Bm7               A (x02220@1)Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man),
Bm7 (x20202@1)               C#m7 (x4242x@1)Bm7 (x20202@1)                    A (x02220@1)Can a woman tender care,  she cried, (never did a thing wrong).
Bm7 (x20202@1)                        C#m7 (x4242x@1)Bm7 (x20202@1)Cease towards the child she bear?

A (x02220@1)        Bm7 (x20202@1)      C#m7 (x4242x@1)Bm7(Johnny (x20202@1)was a good man),  woman cry,       woman,
    A (x02220@1)    Bm7 (x20202@1)       C#m7 (x4242x@1) Bm7She (x20202@1)cried,  wo-oh! she cried,  yeah!
              A(Johnny (x02220@1)was a good man),
Bm7 (x20202@1)               C#m7 (x4242x@1)Can a woman tender care,
Bm7 (x20202@1)              A (x02220@1)       Bm7 (x20202@1) C#m7 (x4242x@1)Bm7 (x20202@1)Cease towards the child she bear?

(Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D (xx0232@1)     C#m7 (x4242x@1)  E (022100@1)     Bm7 (x20202@1)   F#m (244222@1)   A (x02220@1)EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57775  x46454  x79997  x24232  244222  577655

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)