Intro:  D   C#m  E  Bm 
          D    C#m  F#m 
F#m				 
Woman hold her head and cry, 
                    D                    C#m                   E                Bm              
 cause her son had been shot down in the street and die 
  D          C#m      F#m    
, from a stray  bullett....... 
F#m                                                        
Woman hold her head and cry, 
D                   C#m            E             Bm                  
 explaining to her was a passerby 
D 	C#m                       F#m 
 who saw the woman cry.......    wondering 
F#m                                
How can she work it out, 
                    D                    C#m       E         Bm  
 now she knows that the wages of sin is death, 
  D      C#m          F#m 
oh gift  Jah Jah life (life).........she cried 
 
 
A      Bm    C#m  Bm                          A             Bm 
Oh,   oh,      I         know,    Johnny was a good man, 
C#m   Bm                   A         Bm     C#m    Bm 
I          know,  Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good,  
A          Bm    C#m       Bm        F#m 
She cried,           She cried------- 
F#m     
Woman hold her head and cry, 
                     D                    C#m                   E                Bm 
 cause her son had been Shot down in the street and die,  
D          C#m            F#m   (4x) 
just because of the system 
F#m  (2X)                                                      
Woman hold her head and cry,   
D                   C#m            E       Bm                      
comforting her I was Passing by, 
D 	C#m                       F#m 
 she complained, then she cried......she cried 
 
A      Bm    C#m  Bm                          A             Bm 
Oh,   oh,      I         know,    Johnny was a good man, 
 
C#m   Bm                 A         Bm     C#m    Bm 
I          know,  Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good,  
A          Bm    C#m       Bm         
She cried,           She cried------- 
 
jah!!!!!! 
by edu barros