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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 ½ 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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