Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Vocals
Aston Barrett
Bass Guitar
Carlton Barrett
Drums
Tyrone Downie
Keyboards
Alvin "Seeco" Patterson
Percussion
Earl "Chinna" Smith
Guitar
I-Threes
Vocals
Donald Edward Kinsey
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Andrew Ranken
Songwriter
Darryl Hunt
Songwriter
Jem Finer
Songwriter
Bob Marley
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Producer
Lyrics
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh
Woman hold her head and cry
'Cause her son had been shot down in the street and died
From a stray bullet (bullet)
Woman hold her head and cry
Explaining to her was a passerby
Who saw the woman cry (cry)
Wondering how can she work it out
Now she knows that the wages of sin is death, yeah
Gift of Jah is life (life)
She cried
Ah-um, ah-la, I know
Johnny was a good man
Ah-la, I know
(Never did a thing gone wrong) Johnny was a good, good, good
Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good man (Johnny was a good man)
She cried, she cried
Oh, woman hold her head and cry
As her son had been shot down in the street and died
Just because of the system (system)
Woman hold her head and cry
Comforting her I was passing by
She complained, then she cried (cried)
Woah-ooh-woah, cry
Yeah, I know
Now I know, I know, I know now (Johnny was a good man)
Said I know (never did a thing wrong)
Ah, ah (Johnny was a good man)
Can a woman tender care, she cried (never did a thing wrong)
Cease towards the child she bear? Yeah
Woah-oh-oh (Johnny was a good man)
Woman cry, woman
(Never did a thing wrong) she cried, oh-oh
She cried, yeah
(Johnny was a good man) yeah
Can a woman tender care
Cease towards the child she bear? (Never did a thing wrong)
Writer(s): Rita Marley
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