Bob Marley - Johnny Was
Tabbed By: Tommy Nelson
Standard Tuning

These fills are mostly improvisions out of the A Major scale.  Because they will likley 
vary everytime you play it, I left out hammer-on notations, etc.

Fill 1				                            Fill 2
e----------------------------------------12-10-9-10-9-10-9-10---------------|
B-----------2-0----------------------------------------------10-12----------|
G---------------2-----------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------4---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--0-2-0-2------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 3			                       	   Fill 4
e-------19-17-16-17-16-17-16-17------------------------9-12-10-9-10-9----9--|
B-------------------------------17-19-----------7-9-10----------------12----|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill 5			                        Fill 6
e-----------------------------------12-10-9---------------------------------|
B---10-12-12-10----10----------------------10-12----------------------------|
G---------------13----------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|



Intro
F#m  E  C#m  F#m
F#m  E  F#m [Fill 1 2x]

Verse 1
F#m (244222@1)                   [Fill 2]
Woman hold her head and cry
          D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)            E (022100@1)           D (xx0232@1)       C#mCause (x13321@4)her son had been shot down in the street and died, from a stray
F#m [Fill 1]
bullett
F#m (244222@1)                     [Fill 3]
Woman hold her head and cry,
      D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)       E (022100@1)  D (xx0232@1)   C#m (x13321@4)     F#m[Fill (244222@1)1]
Explaining to her was a passerby who saw the woman cry  (wondering)
F#m (244222@1)                [Fill 4]
How can she work it out
	D (xx0232@1)     C#m (x13321@4)    E (022100@1)     D (xx0232@1)           C#m (x13321@4)     F#m7[Fill (131141@2)1]
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, oh gift of Jah is life (life) (she cried)

Chorus 1
A (x02220@1) Bm (x24432@1)C#mBm                  A (x02220@1)       BmC#m BmOh, (x24432@1)oh, I know,    Johnny was a good man,     I know
	    ABm	C#mBm
Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good,
A (x02220@1)        Bm (x24432@1)C#m (x13321@4)Bm (x24432@1)     F#m[Fill (244222@1)1 4x]
She cried, she cried

Verse 2
F#m (244222@1)        [Fill 5]
Woman hold her head and cry
	  D (xx0232@1)      C#m (x13321@4)  E (022100@1)        D (xx0232@1)    C#mcause (x13321@4)her son had been shot down in the street and died, just because of
F#m [Fill 1]
the system
F#m (244222@1)	[Fill 6]
Woman hold her head and cry
D (xx0232@1) C#mE	    D (xx0232@1)    C#m (x13321@4)F#mComforting (244222@1)her, I was passing by, she complained, then she cried (cried)

Chorus 2
A Bm C#m Bm
(ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah)
no I know, I know now (Johnny was a good man)
Said I know, mmmmmmmm (Never did a thing wrong)
Ah, ah,  uh, uh (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried (Never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear (Johnny was a good man)
Woah! Woman cry, woman (Never did a thing wrong)
She cried, woah, she cried, yeah (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear (Never did a thing wrong)
Woman cry! (Johnny was a good man)