#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From [email protected] Thu May 15 17:06:32 1997 Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 11:16:51 -0700 From: Terry Stewart Reply-To: To: [email protected] Subject: Johnny Was by Bob Marley [The following text is in the "ISO-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] Johnny Was by Bob Marley transcription by John Stewart Intro: F#m7 E C#m7 F#m7 F#m7 E F#m7............ F#m7 D Woman hold her head and cry, cause her son C#m E D C#m F#m7 had been shot down in the street and die, from a stray bullett....... F#m7 D Woman hold her head and cry, explaining to C#m E D C#m F#m7 her was a passerby, who saw the woman cry.......wondering F#m7 D How can she work it out, now she knows that the C#m7 E D C#m F#m7 wages of sin is death, oh gift of Jah is life (life).........she cried A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 A Bm7 Oh, oh, I know, Johnny was a good man, C#m7 Bm7 A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 I know, Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, ooo oh A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 F#m7............. She cried, She cried------- Woman hold her head and cry, cause her son had been Shot down in the street and die, just because of the system Woman hold her head and cry, comforting her I was Passing by, she complained, then she cried......she cried (repeat chorus as above) Thanks, Bob.
