Chords
Johnny Was

Key: B

Introduction:  F#m7   E   C#m7   F#m7  

difficulty
easy |||||
 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 
I                   know,   Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, ooo oh
Woman hold her head and cry, cause her son had been