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No Women

Artist Name
Bob Marley
4/4 time  Strum Pattern  d u  d  d u  d
                         1 1  1  1 1  1
                         8 8  4  8 8  4
d=down u=up

G  C  G/B  Am7  F  C  F  C  G

C    G/B           Am  F
  No woman, no cry.
C    F         C      G
  No woman, no cry.
C    G/B             Am           F
  No woman,       no cry.                      1st verse
  Here Little darlin', don't shed no tears.    2nd verse
C    F         C      G
  No woman, no cry.
G
Said, said,
C        G/B      Am                  F
  Said I remember when we used to sit
C              G/B           Am          F
  In the government yard in Trenchtown.
C                  G/B          Am        F
            Oba, Observing the hypocrites                1st verse
  And then Georgie would make a fire light               2nd verse
             C         G/B                     Am      F
As they would mingle   with the good people we meet,
    As it was log wood burnin' through the     night.
C            G/B              Am                     F
  Good friends we had oh      good friends we've lost
     Then we  would cook corn meal porridge
C               G/B          Am         F
               along the way.
  of which I'll share with you.
C               G/B        Am               F
  In this bright future you can't forget your past
       My feet   is my       only carriage,
C              G/B      Am                   F
  So dry your  tears I     say                            And
  So, I've got to push on through, but while I'm gone     I mean...
C                     G/B          Am                  Fm   G
  Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.  Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
C                     G/B          Am                  Fm   G
  Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.  Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
  Am                  F              C             G/B   Am    F
  Ev'ry thing's gonna be alrigh so, woman, no cry.
       C         F         C      C      G
No, no woman, no woman, no cry.
C               G/B
  Oh, my little sister don't shed no tears.
C    F        C      G
  No woman no cry.

C   G/B   Am   F   C   F   C   G

C    G/B           Am    F
  No woman, no cry.
C    F         C        G
  No woman, no cry.
C               G/B            Am            F
  Oh, my little darlin', I say don't shed no tears.
C    F         C        G
  No woman, no cry.
C        G/B     Am     F
Yeah little darlin', don't shed no tears.
C    F         C        G
  No woman, no cry.

C   G/B   Am   F   C   F   C

G       320003          Am7     x02010
C       x32010          F       xx3211
Am      x02210
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From: shiv@hiv.med.umn.edu (Shiv A. Prasad (MicroBio))
Subject: CRD: No Woman No Cry - Marley


I think this is pretty straightforward, but I'm not certain about the chord
progression on the "Everything's gonna be allright" part.



NO WOMAN NO CRY - V. Ford
Performed by Bob Marley and the Wailers on the Live! album

I think it's in A, so capo on the 2nd fret

 EADGBe EADGBe
G 320033C 032010
D x00232-> 020030transition between C and Am
Dsus4 x00233Am 002210
Em 022000D7 000212

CHORUS

G   DDsus4DEmCG   C->Am  GD7
No  wo-man no cry.No  wo-man no  cry.
No  wo-mannocryNo  wo-man no  cry.

VERSES:
GDEmC all the way through

Say I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
Obba-obba-serving all the hypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we had good friends we lost 
Along the way
In this great future you can't forget you past
So dry your tears I say

And
G   D   Dsus4   D       Em      C       G   C   ->      Am  G   D7
No  wo- man     no      cry.            No  wo- man     no  cry.
'ere little darling don't shed no tearsNo  wo-man no  cry.

Say I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
And Georgy would make a firelight
As it was love would burn in through the night.
Then we would cook cornmeal 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 (???)

(Play twice)
GD
Everything's gonna be all right         Everything's gonna be all right
EmC
Everything's gonna be all rightEverything's gonna be all right


CHORUS
No  wo- man     no      cry.            No  wo- man     no  cry.
Oh my little sister don't shed no tearsNo  wo-man no  cry.

LEAD

Say I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
And Georgy would make a firelight
As it was love would burn in through the night.
Then we would cook cornmeal 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 (???)

CHORUS
No  wo- man     no      cry               No  wo- man no  cry.
Oh my little darlin' don't shed no tears  No  wo- man no  cry.

CHORUS
Little darlin' don't shed no tearsNo  wo-man no  cry.
Little sister don't shed no tearsNo  wo-man no  cry.