Bob Marley — Tom B
Confira a cifra completa de Johnny Was no UkeMaster Pro.
...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]
Woman hold her head and cry,
[D] [C#m7] [E] [Bm7]
'Cos her son had been shot down in the street and died,
[D] [C#m7] [F#m]
From a stray bullet.
Verse 2:
[F#m]
Woman hold her head and cry,
[D] [C#m7] [E] [Bm7]
Ex-plaining to her, was a passer-by;
[D] [C#m7] [F#m]
Who saw the woman cry. Wondering...
Verse 3:
[F#m]
How can she work it out,
[D] [C#m7] [E] [Bm7]
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah?
[D] [C#m7] [F#m]
Gift of Jah is life. She cried...
Chorus 1:
[A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [A] [Bm7]
Ah-um, I, I know; Johnny was a good man.
[C#m7] [Bm7] [A] [Bm7]
I, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good,
[C#m7] [Bm7]
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man".
[A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
(Johnny was good man), she cried, she cri....ed.
Interlude:
[F#m]
Verse 4:
[F#m]
Woman hold her head and cry,
[D] [C#m7] [E] [Bm7]
As her son had been shot down in the street and died,
[D] [C#m7] [F#m]
Just be-cause of the system.
Verse 5:
[F#m]
Woman hold her head and cry,
[D] [C#m7] [E] [Bm7]
Comforting her, I was passing by.
[D] [C#m7] [F#m]
She com-plained, then she cry.
Chorus 2:
[A] [Bm7]
Yeah, yeah, I know now,
[C#m7] [Bm7] [A]
No I know, I know now; (Johnny was a good man).
[Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [A] [Bm7]
Said I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, (never did a thing wrong).
[C#m7] [Bm7] [A]
Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man),
[Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7] [A]
Can a woman tender care, she cried, (never did a thing wrong).
[Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
Cease towards the child she bear?
[A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
(Johnny was a good man), woman cry, woman,
[A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
She cried, wo-oh! she cried, yeah!
[A]
(Johnny was a good man),
[Bm7] [C#m7]
Can a woman tender care,
[Bm7] [A] [Bm7] [C#m7] [Bm7]
Cease towards the child she bear?
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)