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Intro
F#mEC#mF#m
F#m E F#m [Fill 1 2x]
Verse 1
F#m [Fill 2]
Woman hold her head and cry
DC#mEDC#m
Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died, from a stray
F#m [Fill 1]
bullett
F#m [Fill 3]
Woman hold her head and cry,
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
ABmC#mBmABmC#mBm
Oh, oh, I know, Johnny was a good man, I know
ABmC#mBm
Johnny was a good, good, good, good, 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
DC#mEDC#m
cause her son had been shot down in the street and died, just because of
F#m [Fill 1]
the system
F#m [Fill 6]
Woman hold her head and cry
DC#mEDC#mF#m
Comforting her, I was passing by, she complained, then she cried (cried)
Chorus 2
ABmC#mBm
(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)