Biography:
Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley which was later to be changed by passport officials to Robert Nesta Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of Reggae, and more specifically Roots Reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the Caribbean. Much of his music dealt with the struggles of the spiritually wealthy rasta and/or spiritually powerful Jah Rastafari.
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Other songs:
- 3 Little Birds
- 400 Years
- Africa Unite
- All In One
- Bad Card
- Bob Marley Lively Up Yourself
- Buffalo Soldier
- Burnin' And Lootin'
- Bus Dem Shut (pyaka)
- Coming In From The Cold
- Concrete Jungle
- Could You Be Loved
- Crazy Baldheads
- Cry To Me
- Dont Worry, Be Happy
- Dreamland
- Easy Skanking
- Forever Loving Jah
- Get Up Stand Up
- Guava Jelly
- Guiltiness
- High Tide Or Low Tide
- I Shot The Sheriff
- I'm Hurting Inside
- Iron Lion Zion
- Is This Love
- Jammin
- Jamming
- Judge Not
- Kaya
- Kinky Reggae
- Misty Morning
- Natural Mystic
- Night Shift
- No More Trouble
- No Woman No Cry
- No Woman No Cry(correction)
- No Woman, No Cry
- One Drop
- One Foundation
- One Love
- One Love/people Get Ready
- Pimper's Paradise
- Punky Reggae Party
- Rastaman Live Up
- Rebel Music
- Redemption Song
- Redemption Songs
- Redemtion Song (intro)
- Ride Natty Ride
- Roots Rock Reggae
- Satisfy My Soul
- She's Gone
- Simmer Down
- Slogans
- Small Axe
- Soul Rebel
- Stir It Up
- Stop That Train
- Sun Is Shining
- Talkin' Blues
- Them Belly Full
- There She Goes
- This Train
- Three Little Birds
- Three Little Birds!!!
- Trench Town Rock
- Turn Your Lights Down Low
- Waiting In Vain
- Waiting In Vain Guting Style
- War
- Whos The Cap Fit
- Zimbabwe
- Zion Train
- Jammin’ (feat. The Wailers)
- A Lalala Long
- Acoustic Medley
- African Herbsman
- All Day And All Night
- Am
- Ambush In The Night
- Baby Weve Got A Date
- Babylon System
- Back Out
- Bend Down Low
- Burnin And Lootin
- Butterfly
- Caution
- Chances Are
- Chant Down Babylon
- Cornerstone
- Crisis
- Dewdrops
- Do It Twice
- Dont Rock My Boat
- Dont Worry About A Thing
- Duppy Conqueror
- Exodus
- Ganja Gun
- Give Thanks And Praises
- Hallelujah Time
- Hammer
- How Many Times
- Hurting Inside
- I Know
- I Know A Place
- Im Hurting Inside
- Im Still Waiting
- Jah Live
- Johnny Was
- Keep On Moving
- Legend
- Lick Samba
- Looking In Your Big Brown Eyes
- Mellow Mood
- Midnight Ravers
- Mix Up Mix Up
- Mr Brown
- Natty Dread
- Nice Time
- One Cup Of Coffee
- One Love People Get Ready
- Pass It On
- Pimpers Paradise
- Positive Vibration
- Put It On
- Rastaman Vibration
- Rat Race
- Real Situation
- Red Red Wine
- Revolution
- Rivers Of Babylon
- Rock To The Rock
- Screwface
- Selassie Is The Chapel
- Shes Gone
- Slave Driver
- Smile Jamaica
- So Jah Seh
- So Much Things To Say
- So Much Trouble In The World
- Soul Captives
- Soul Shake Down Party
- Stand Alone
- Stiff Necked Fools
- Survival
- Talkin Blues
- Thank You Lord
- The Heathen
- Them Belly Full But We Hungry
- They Set You Up My Son
- Time Will Tell
- Top Rankin
- Trenchtown Rock
- Want More
- We And Dem
- Who Colt The Game
- Who The Cap Fit
- Work
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From [email protected] Thu May 15 17:06:32 1997
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 11:16:51 -0700
From: Terry Stewart
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To: [email protected]
Subject: Johnny Was by Bob Marley
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Johnny Was by Bob Marley
transcription by John Stewart
Intro: F#m7 E C#m7 F#m7
F#m7 E F#m7............
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 A Bm7
C#m7 Bm7
I know, Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, ooo oh
A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 F#m7.............
She cried, She cried-------
Woman hold her head and cry, cause her son had been
Shot down in the street and die, just because of the system
Woman hold her head and cry, comforting her I was
Passing by, she complained, then she cried......she cried
(repeat chorus as above)
Thanks, Bob.
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From [email protected] Thu May 15 17:06:32 1997
Date: Sat, 3 May 1997 11:16:51 -0700
From: Terry Stewart
Reply-To: <@adept.net>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Johnny Was by Bob Marley
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Johnny Was by Bob Marley
transcription by John Stewart
Intro: F#m7 E C#m7 F#m7
F#m7 E F#m7............
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 A Bm7
C#m7 Bm7
I know, Johnny was a good, good, good, good, good, ooo oh
A Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 F#m7.............
She cried, She cried-------
Woman hold her head and cry, cause her son had been
Shot down in the street and die, just because of the system
Woman hold her head and cry, comforting her I was
Passing by, she complained, then she cried......she cried
(repeat chorus as above)
Thanks, Bob.
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