Johnny Too Bad Chords by Bunny Wailer

Tempo:
148.1 bpm
Chords used:

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Ab

Db

Fm

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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bunny Wailer - Johnny too Bad chords
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[Eb] [Ab] Whoa, whoa, whoa
Shawnee [Gb] was [Ab] grown in a [Eb] twisted rope
Down one room shaft [Db] in the dead
Whoa, [Ab] whoa, whoa
[Eb] The [Ab] going was rough
[Eb] And the danger survival was getting steep
In the [Db] dead
Whoa, whoa, [Ab]
[Eb] whoa
It was [Db] just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] And looting, and shooting [Fm] and it's too bad Too bad
[Db] It was just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] And looting and shooting
[Fm] It was [Db] just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] Looting, and shooting, [Fm] and its too bad Too bad
[Db] No robbing, stabbing, [Eb] shooting [Fm] and its too bad
[Ab]
Shawnee grew dumb
[Eb] And this task of survival
I will risk the plunder, me [Db] not dig it.
Woh, woh, [Ab] woh.
[Eb] [Ab]
Johnny never lost no fight [Eb] and he never, never stood to conquer.
Johnny, [Db] you're too bad.
Woh, woh, [Ab] woh.
[Eb] You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too, too.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
[Ab] Are you walking down the road [Eb] with a shotgun in your waist?
Johnny, you're [Db] too bad.
[Abm] [Ab] Woh, woh, woh.
[Eb] [Ab]
Johnny [Gbm] was [Ab] so smart that he [Eb] never got caught
in a cop chase.
Johnny, you're [Db] too bad.
Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
[Eb] You're just [Db] a robbing and [Eb] stabbing,
a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
[Db] You're just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and [Eb] stabbing,
a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
[Ab] Hey, you [Gb] little [Ab] white one,
I [Eb] beg you, throw away your shotgun.
Johnny, you're too [Db]
bad.
Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
[Eb] [Ab]
What you [Gb] gonna [Ab] do when you [Eb] hear a little boy say,
Son, who you [Db] gonna run to?
Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
[Eb] You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] [Fm]
[Ab]
He [Eb] was tricked, shot cornered [Db] and shot [Eb] down.
He [Db] not he get.
More [Ab] and more.
[Eb] [Ab] Now all Donnie left behind is a [Eb] struggling woman and two sons.
He not [Db] he get.
More [Ab] and more.
[Db] More [Eb] and more.
[Ab]
[Eb] More and [Ab] more.
[Eb] More and [Ab] more.
[Eb] [Ab] More [Eb] Donnie.
[Db] He was too [Fm] bad.
[Db] [Ab]
More [Eb] Donnie.
[Db] He was too [Ab] sad.
More [Eb] Donnie.
[Db]
He was too bad.
More [Ab] [Eb] Donnie.
[Db] He was a little bit too [Ab] bad.
More [Eb] Donnie.
He was [Db] too sad.
[Ab] More Donnie.
[Eb] [Bbm] [Ab] He was too bad.
More [Eb] Donnie.
[Ab] He was too bad.
Some say Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] [Bbm] inside.
[Ab] Donnie was a good one.
Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Bb] [Db] He was [Fm] a wild one.
[Ab] Big Bad Johnny had a [Eb] good inside.
[Bbm] He would get to [Ab] the weak while he'd ride the big bad.
He had a [Eb] good inside.
[Db]
[Ab] He was a wild one.
Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Bbm]
[Ab] Donnie was a good one.
Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Db]
He [Ab] was a strong one.
More [Eb] Donnie.
[G] He was too [Ab] bad.
More [Eb] Donnie.
[Db] He was too sad.
[Fm] [Ab] [N]
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To learn Bunny Wailer - (Album Version) Johnny Too Bad chords, your first step should be understanding these chords - Fm, Db, Ab, Eb, Db, Eb, Ab, Eb and Db in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 74 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 148. With an eye on the song's key Ab Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[Eb] _ _ [Ab] Whoa, whoa, whoa _
_ Shawnee _ _ _ _ [Gb] was [Ab] grown in a [Eb] twisted rope
Down one room shaft [Db] in the dead _ _
_ _ Whoa, [Ab] whoa, whoa _
[Eb] The _ _ _ [Ab] _ going was rough
[Eb] And the danger survival was getting steep
In the [Db] dead _
_ Whoa, whoa, [Ab] _ _ _
[Eb] whoa
It was [Db] just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] And looting, and shooting [Fm] and it's too bad Too bad
_ [Db] It was just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] And looting and shooting
[Fm] It _ _ was _ _ [Db] just robbing and stabbing
[Eb] Looting, and shooting, [Fm] and its too bad Too bad
[Db] No robbing, stabbing, [Eb] _ _ shooting [Fm] and its too bad
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Shawnee grew dumb
[Eb] And this task of survival
I will risk the plunder, me [Db] not dig _ it.
_ _ Woh, woh, [Ab] woh. _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
Johnny never lost no fight [Eb] and he never, never stood to conquer.
Johnny, [Db] you're too bad.
_ _ _ Woh, woh, [Ab] woh. _
_ [Eb] _ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
You're _ [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too, _ _ too.
You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
_ _ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Are you walking down the road [Eb] with a shotgun in your waist?
Johnny, you're [Db] too bad.
[Abm] _ _ [Ab] Woh, woh, woh. _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
Johnny [Gbm] was [Ab] so smart that he [Eb] never got caught
in a cop chase.
Johnny, you're [Db] too _ bad.
_ Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ You're just [Db] a robbing and [Eb] stabbing,
a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
_ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
_ _ _ _ [Db] You're just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
_ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and [Eb] stabbing,
a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Hey, you [Gb] little [Ab] white one,
I [Eb] beg you, throw away your shotgun.
Johnny, you're too [Db] _ _
bad.
_ Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
What you [Gb] gonna [Ab] do when you [Eb] hear a little boy say,
Son, who you [Db] gonna run _ to?
_ Woh, [Ab] woh, woh.
_ [Eb] _ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
_ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too sad.
_ _ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] a looting and shooting, [Fm] you're too bad.
_ _ You're [Db] just a robbing and stabbing,
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ He [Eb] was tricked, shot cornered [Db] and shot [Eb] down.
He [Db] not he get. _
_ _ _ More [Ab] and more.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ Now all Donnie left behind is a [Eb] struggling woman and two sons.
He not [Db] he get. _
_ _ More [Ab] and more.
[Db] More [Eb] and more.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] More and _ [Ab] _ more.
[Eb] _ _ More and [Ab] _ more.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ More _ [Eb] Donnie.
_ [Db] He was too [Fm] bad.
_ [Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
More [Eb] Donnie.
_ [Db] He was too [Ab] sad.
_ _ _ _ _ More [Eb] Donnie.
_ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
He was too bad.
More [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ Donnie.
[Db] He was a little bit too [Ab] bad.
_ More _ _ _ [Eb] Donnie.
_ _ He was [Db] too sad.
_ _ _ [Ab] More _ _ _ Donnie.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] He was _ too bad.
More _ _ _ [Eb] Donnie.
_ _ [Ab] He was too bad.
_ _ Some say Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] [Bbm] inside. _ _
[Ab] Donnie was a good one.
_ Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Bb] _ [Db] He was [Fm] a wild one.
[Ab] Big Bad Johnny had a [Eb] good inside.
[Bbm] He would get to [Ab] the weak while he'd ride the big bad. _
He had a [Eb] good _ inside.
[Db] _
[Ab] He was a wild one.
_ Big Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Bbm] _ _
[Ab] Donnie was a good one.
Big _ Bad Johnny had a good [Eb] inside.
[Db] _ _
He [Ab] was a strong one. _ _ _
More [Eb] Donnie.
_ [G] He was too [Ab] bad.
_ _ More _ _ _ [Eb] Donnie.
_ [Db] He was too sad.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

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This song was penned by Hylton Beckford, Derrick Leapold Crooks, Delroy Wilson and Winston Bailey.

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