Johnny Was

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Intro
F#m  E  C#m  F#m
F#m  E  F#m [Fill 1 2x]

Verse 1
F#m                     [Fill 2]
Woman hold her head and cry
          D           C#m         
Cause her son had been shot down 
     E             D         C#m
in the street and died, from a stray
F#m [Fill 1]
bullett
F#m                       [Fill 3]
Woman hold her head and cry,
Continues after the ad
      D       C#m         E    D    
 C#m       F#m [Fill 1]
Explaining to her was a passerby who
 saw the woman cry  (wondering)
F#m                  [Fill 4]
How can she work it out
        D             C#m      E    
   D             C#m       F#m7 
[Fill 1]
Now she knows that the wages of sin 
is death, oh gift of Jah is life 
(life) (she cried)

Chorus 1
A   Bm  C#m Bm                  
Oh, oh, I know,    Johnny was a 
A         Bm C#m Bm
good man,     I know
            A   Bm      C#m     
Johnny was a good, good, good, good,
Bm
 good,
A          Bm  C#m  Bm       F#m 
[Fill 1 4x]
She cried, she cried

Verse 2
F#m                     [Fill 5]
Woman hold her head and cry
          D            C#m         
cause her son had been shot down in
E             D           C#m
 the street and died, just because 
of
F#m [Fill 1]
the system
F#m                     [Fill 6]
Woman hold her head and cry
D         C#m   E           D  
Comforting her, I was passing 
      C#m                F#m
by, she complained, then she cried 
(cried)

Chorus 2
A Bm C#m Bm
(ah-ah), yeah, I know now (ah-ah)
no I know, I know now (Johnny was a 
good man)
Said I know, mmmmmmmm (Never did a 
thing wrong)
Ah, ah,  uh, uh (Johnny was a good 
man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried 
(Never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear 
(Johnny was a good man)
Woah! Woman cry, woman (Never did a 
thing wrong)
She cried, woah, she cried, yeah 
(Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear 
(Never did a thing wrong)
Woman cry! (Johnny was a good man)