Johnny Was Chords by Bob Marley & The Wailers

_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ [F#] _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _ Woman hold her head and cry _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] [D] Cause her son [C#m]
had been shot down in the [Bm] street and died
_ _ [D] _ From [C#m]
a stray _ _ [F#m] bullet _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F#m] _ Woman hold her head and cry _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ _ [C#m] Explaining to her _ [E] was a [D] pacify
_ _ _ _ Who [C#m] saw the _ woman [F#m] cry _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Wondering [E] _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ how can she work it out
_ _ Now _ _ _ _ [D] she _ [C#m] knows that the wages of [E] service
[Bm]
That _ _ [D] the _ [C#m] gift of God is [F#m] _ life _
_ _ She _ cried _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] Johnny _ _ _ [A] was a good [Bm] man
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
Johnny _ [A] was a good, [Bm]
good, good, good, [C#m] good _ [Bm] _
_ man _ [A] _ She [Bm] cried
_ _ _ [C#m] She _ _ [Bm] _ cried
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ woman _ older hit him cry _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ [C#m] [D] as her son [E]
had been shot down in the street [Bm] and _ [D] died
_ _ _ [C#m] just because of the [F#m] system _ _ _ _ _ woman _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ older hit him cry _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C#m] _
comforting her [E] I was [D] passing
_ _ she complained _ [C#m] _
then [F#m] she _ _ _ _ [C] cried
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm]
sister was the [C#m] child she [Bm] bare
_ _ _ _ [A] just because of the [Bm] system woman _ [C#m] cry
_ _ [Bm] _ _ she _ [A] _ cried
[Bm] _ _ _ she [C#m] cried
_ [Bm] _
_ _ just [A] because of the system
[Bm] and the woman tend [C#m] to care
_ [Bm] _
sister was [A] the child [Bm] she bare
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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