No Woman, No Cry

Words & Music:

Bob Marley

 

G  C  G/B  Am7  F  C  F  C  G

 

C  G/B    Am    F  C  F         C      G

No woman, no cry.  No woman, no cry.  [2x]

 

G           C        G/B    Am               F

Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit

C              G/B            Am       F

  In the government yard in Trenchtown.

C      G/B          Am       F [etc.]

Oba, observing the hypocrites

As they would mingle with the good people we meet,

Good friends we had oh good friends we've lost along the way.

In this bright future you can't forget your past.

So, dry your tears, I say.  And...

 

C          G/B     Am           Fm   G

Ev'rything's gonna be alright.  Ev'rything's gonna be alright.  [2x]

Am            F       C              G/B    Am    F

Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.  So, woman, no cry.

 

No, no woman, no woman, no cry.

Oh, my little sister, don't shed no tears. No woman, no cry.

No woman, no cry.  No woman, no cry.

Oh, my little darlin', I say, don't shed no tears. No woman, no cry.

Yeah, little darlin', don't shed no tears.

 

No woman, no cry.  No woman, no cry.  No woman, no cry.

Here, little darlin', don't shed no tears.

Said, said, said I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown;

And then Georgie would make a fire light.

As it was log wood burnin' through the night.

Then we would cook corn meal porridge of which I'll share with you.

My feet is my only carriage,

So, I've got to push on through, but while I'm gone. I mean...

 

Ev'rything's gonna be alright.  Ev'rything's gonna be alright.  [2x]

Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.  So, woman, no cry.

No, no woman, no woman, no cry.

Oh, my little sister don't shed no tears.  No woman no cry.

 

C   G/B   Am   F   C   F   C   G

 

No woman, no cry.  No woman, no cry.

Oh, my little darlin', I say don't shed no tears.  No woman, no cry.

Yeah little darlin', don't shed no tears.  No woman, no cry.

 

C   G/B   Am   F   C   F   C

 





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