{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":983520,"song":"Johnny Was","artist":"Bob Marley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/983520-johnny-was-chords-by-bob-marley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/983520?type=chord","rating":4.59099,"votes":49,"content":"...JOHNNY WAS... by Bob Marley\r\n----------------..............\r\n\r\n*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Woman hold her head and cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n'Cos her son had been shot down in the street and died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n From a stray bullet.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Woman hold her head and cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nEx-plaining to her, was a passer-by;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWho saw the woman cry. Wondering...[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n How can she work it out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]C#m7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nNow she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Gift of Jah is life. She cried...[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 1:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n Ah-um, I, I know; Johnny was a good man.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n I, I know; Johnny was a good, good, good,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m7[/ch]        [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nGood, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man\".[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]C#m7[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n(Johnny was good man), she cried, she cri....ed.[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 4:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Woman hold her head and cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]C#m7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nAs her son had been shot down in the street and died,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Just be-cause of the system.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n Woman hold her head and cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C#m7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n Comforting her, I was passing by.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nShe com-plained, then she cry.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus 2:\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n Yeah, yeah, I know now,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n No I know, I know now; (Johnny was a good man).[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]C#m7[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nSaid I know, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, (never did a thing wrong).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m7[/ch] [ch]Bm7[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Ah! Ah! (Johnny was a good man),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n Can a woman tender care,  she cried, (never did a thing wrong).[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                          [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n Cease towards the child she bear?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm7[/ch]        [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n(Johnny was a good man),  woman cry,       woman,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]Bm7[/ch]         [ch]C#m7[/ch]   [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\nShe cried,  wo-oh! she cried,  yeah![/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n(Johnny was a good man),[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                 [ch]C#m7[/ch]\r\n Can a woman tender care,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm7[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm7[/ch]   [ch]C#m7[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n Cease towards the child she bear?[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Fade)\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n   [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]C#m7[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm7[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\r\n x57775  x46454  x79997  x24232  244222  577655\r\n\r\n\r\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","plain_text":"...JOHNNY WAS... by Bob Marley\n----------------..............\n\n*from 'Positive Vibration' (1976)*\n\n\nIntro:\n\nD  C#m7  E  Bm7\nD  C#m7  F#m\n\nVerse 1:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3:\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\n\nF#m\n\nVerse 4:\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5:\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Fade)\n\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n   D       C#m7    E       Bm7     F#m     A\n\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE\n x57775  x46454  x79997  x24232  244222  577655\n\n\nTabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)","chords":["D","C#m7","E","Bm7","F#m","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}