Sage Francis - Jah Didn't Kill Johnny

      

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 Jah Didn't Kill Johnny - Sage Francis

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 Artist: Sage Francis
 Title: Jah Didn't Kill Johnny
 Album: A Healthy Distrust
 Label: Epitaph Records
 Date: 2006-05-29 01:45
 Tabbed by Patrik Persson
 Email: putte_pilot@hotmail.com
 Artist homepage: http://www.sagefrancis.net/
 
 Tuning  step down (Eb)
 
 Main riff played throughout the whole song (note that only the four middle strings are strummed):
 A - Bm - D 
      
 The picking part:
 
 A Bm D 
    

 eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 Bb|-------2-----------3-----------3-------3---------------------|
 F#|---------2-----------4-------2---2---2---2-------------------|
 C#|-----2-----------4---------0-------0-------------------------|
 G#|---0-----------2---------------------------------------------|
 Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 

 
 00:48
 
 A (chords) Bm D
 jah didn't kill johnny
 
 (D)                     
 he had a date with death
 
          A          Bm    
 it was a slow train coming
 
           D                       
 and we've all got a train to catch
 
     A               Bm              D                       A 
 but lord, take your filthy claws off the rest of my friends.
 
            Bm        D                         
 that is, of course, if they ain't already dead.
 
 A (pick) Bm D
 i make no demands. i just made amends.
 
           A                 Bm   
 i made my bed and i'mma lie in it
 
              D                                        A      Bm D 
 but before i die...please...don't take any more of my friends
 
                                  A       Bm 
 please don't take any more of my friends.
 
         D    
 life is easy.
 
 A (chords) Bm D
 the smoke didn't kill johnny. the drink didn't kill johnny.
 
 A                     Bm         D                            
 the junk didn't kill johnny. and the women didn't kill johnny.
 
            A             Bm   
 was it the road? i don't know.
 
             D                          
 was it rock and roll? i don't think so.
 
 A Bm D A (pick) Bm D
 but god. god. god...would never...kill...johnny cash.
 
                   A    Bm D 
 he had a train to catch
 
                    A    Bm D 
 he had a date with death
 
                              A    Bm 
 and we've all got a train to catch
 
 D A... (Progress the chords and fade out)
 life is easy. holler at ya boy. life is easy.
 
 | / slide up
 | \ slide down
 | h hammer-on
 | p pull-off
 | ~ vibrato
 | + harmonic
 | x Mute note
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