JAKARTA – Bob Marley merekam lagu reggae No Woman, No Cry, pada 1974. Lagu itu kemudian dimasukkan dalam album ‘Natty Dread’ yang dirilis Marley dan the Wailers pada tahun yang sama.
Versi live-recording lagu ini kemudian dirilis kembali setahun kemudian dalam album ‘Live!’. Versi ini kemudian lebih banyak dikenal pencinta musik dan berhasil masuk ke peringkat 37 daftar ‘500 Lagu Terbaik Sepanjang Masa’ versi Rolling Stone.
NO WOMAN, NO CRY – Bob Marley dan The Wailers
Intro
C G/B Am F
C F C G
Chorus
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
C F C
No woman no cry
Verse
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 obaserving the hypocrites
C G/B
As they would mingle with the good people
Am F
we meet
C G/B Am
Good friends, we had oh
F
Good friend we lost
C G/B Am F
Along the way
C G/B Am F
In this bright future you cant forget your past
C G/B Am F
So dry your tears I say
Chorus
C G/B Am F
No woman no cry
C F C G
No woman no cry
C G/B Am F
Here little darlin’ don’t shed no tears
C F C
No woman no cry
Verse
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
And then Georgie would make a fire light
C G/B
as it was log wood burnin’ through
Am F
The nights
C G/B Am
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
F
C G/B Am F
Of which I’ll share with you yeah
C G/B Am F
my feet is my only carriage and so
C G/B Am
I’ve got to push on through
F
But while I’m gone
Bridge
C G/B Am
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
F
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
C G/B Am
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
F
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
C G/B Am
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
F
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
C G/B Am
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
F
Ev’ry thing’s gonna be alright
Chorus
C G/B Am F
So no woman no cry
C F C G
No woman no cry
C G/B Am F
Here little darlin’ don’t shed no tears
C F C
No woman no cry.*
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