DO SOL/SI LAmFA
No woman, no cry.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
No woman, no cry.
Here Little darlin', don't shed no tears.
No woman, no cry.
SOLSaid, said,
DO SOL/SI LAm FASaid I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAOba, Observing the hypocrites
And then Georgie would make a fire light
DO SOL/SI LAm FAAs they would mingle with the good people we meet,
As it was log wood burnin' through the night.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAGood friends we had oh good friends we've lost
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
DO SOL/SI LAm FAalong the way.
of which I'll share with you.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAIn this bright future you can't forget your past
My feet is my only carriage,
DO SOL/SI LAm FASo dry your tears I say And
So, I've got to push on through, but while I'm gone I mean...
DO SOL/SI LAm FAm SOLEv'ry thing's gonna be alright. Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAm SOLEv'ry thing's gonna be alright. Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
Ev'ry thing's gonna be alrigh so, woman, no cry.
DO FA DO DO SOLNo, no woman, no woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SIOh, my little sister don't shed no tears.
No woman no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA
No woman, no cry.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
Oh, my little darlin', I say don't shed no tears.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAYeah little darlin', don't shed no tears.
No woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAmFA
No woman, no cry.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
No woman, no cry.
Here Little darlin', don't shed
..no tears.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
Said, said,
DO SOL/SI LAm FASaid I remember when we used to
..sit
DO SOL/SI LAmIn the government yard in
FA..Trenchtown.
Oba, Observing the
LAm FA.. hypocrites
And then Georgie would make a
..fire light
As they would mingle with the
LAm FA..good people we meet,
As it was log wood burnin'
..through the night.
Good friends we had oh good
FA..friends we've lost
Then we would cook corn meal
..porridge
along the way.
FA
of which I'll share with you.
DO SOL/SI LAmIn this bright future you can't
FA..forget your past
My feet is my only
..carriage,
DO SOL/SI LAmSo dry your tears I say
FA.. And
So, I've got to push on through,
..but while I'm gone I mean...
DO SOL/SI LAmEv'ry thing's gonna be alright.
FAm SOL..Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
FAm SOL..Ev'ry thing's gonna be alright.
LAm FA DOEv'ry thing's gonna be alrigh
..so, woman, no cry.
DO FA DO DO SOLNo, no woman, no woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SIOh, my little sister don't shed
..no tears.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA DO FA DO SOL
DO SOL/SI LAm FA
No woman, no cry.
No woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SIOh, my little darlin', I say
LAm FA.. don't shed no tears.
No woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAm FAYeah little darlin', don't shed no
..tears.
DO FA DO SOLNo woman, no cry.
DO SOL/SI LAm FA DO FA DO
“No woman no cry” è uno dei brani più personali del suo autore, la vita nelle baracche di Trenchtown, la storia e le condizioni di vita da sfruttati del suo popolo, l’amore e l’amicizia, la fede e la speranza incrollabile, tutto è contenuto in quello che ancor oggi è il testamento di un musicista.