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Johnny Was by Stiff Little Fingers
Johnny Was
Tuning: Normal
Intro
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-22---22---22---22--222222222222222222222222222222222222--|
A|-22---22---22---22--222222222222222222222222222222222222--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----2------2------2------2----------2--|x2
D|-2-4-2--2-4-2--2-4-2--2-4-2--2-4-2-4-2--|
A|-2-4----2-4----2-4----2-4----2-4-2-4----|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-4-2---5-4-2---5-4-2---5-4-2--2-4^-2---------2--------2--|
D|-------4-------4-------4------4--------2-4-2-4---2-4-2-4---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------7----6---1----7---6------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4------7----6---2----7---6--4---------------------------------------------------|
A|-4------5----4---2----5---4--4---------------------------------------------------|
E|-2---------------0-----------2---------------------------------------------------|
Mid Verse
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-4-2-2-4-2--|
A|-2-4---2-4---2-4---2-4----|
E|--------------------------|
Chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7--9--6--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7--9--4--9-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5--7-----7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro
Verse
Mid Verse
Verse
Mid Verse
Chorus
Mid Verse
Verse
Mid Verse
Verse
Mid Verse
Chorus
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 2
# lift off to mute strings
+ short note, drop off quickly
> ring out
/ slide up
\ slide down
these are the main riffs and are the two parts in the intro that repeat in different
orders. listen to the song
E--------+----------->------------+------+--#-------------E
B---------------------------------------------------------B
G--------3---------#33----------------------3-------------G
D--3--5--3----3--5-#33---------3--5---3--5--3-------------D
A--3--5-------3--5-------------3--5---3--5----------------A
E--.--.-------.--.-------------.--.---.--.----------------E
eventually the second guitar and the bass come in with the dotted(.)part
This is fast, but not too hard
|
\ | /
\ /
E------------------------->-------------------3------------+------>-------E
B------------------------------------------2/3-3--------------------------B
G---6---5-3------6---5-3--------6--5-3----------5-3---------------3-------G
D------------5------------5------------5-3----------5-3-3--5--3--5--------D
A-------------------------------------------------------^repeat this^-----A
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------E
This is right before Jake starts singing
Johnny Was
Woman hold her head and cry
Cause her son had been shot down
in the street and died
From a stray bullet
Woman hold her head and cry
Accompanying her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry
Wondering can she work it out
Now she knows that the
wages of sin is death
The gift of God is life
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Johnny was a good man
oh yeah
Woman hold her head and cry
Cause her son had been shot down
in the street and died
Just because of the system
Woman hold her head and cry
Comforting her I was passing by
And I saw the woman cry
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She cried, oh, oh, oh, oh
Johnny was a good man
Never did a thing wrong
Take it down
Johnny went out on a Saturday night
Never hurt anybody never
started no bar room fight
Johnny never did nobody no wrong
Never hurt anybody never hurt anybody
Johnny was a good man
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
Johnny was a good man
[ Repeat ]
In a top floor flat in the
middle of the night
There's a man with rifle and
Johnny in his sight,
I said oh no, we can't let
that kind of thing happen
here no more
Oh no
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny...
A single shot rings out in a
Belfast night and I said oh
Johnny was a good man
Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bears
Johnny [ Repeat ]
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