No Woman No Cry Chords

Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the song No Woman No Cry chords by Bob Marley on guitar.

On this page you will find :

The chords with explanations

The lyrics

The score PDF

No Woman No Cry with chords

The four verses are played in the same way.

We will therefore only look at verse 1, chorus ans bridge.

Chords | Bob Marley Song

To play the song No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley, you need to learn and know four chords that we put here :

no woman no cry

When these positions are mastered, you can continue with the following explanations to play this reggae music with your guitar.

Chorus | Reggae music

The song starts with the chorus. Using the chords you already know, you will have to follow the tab below and play it two or four times, as you like:

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

no woman no cry chords
Tab text
C G Am F
No woman, no cry
C F C G
No woman, no cry

When the chorus is over, you can go on to play the verses.

You can find other tablatures and songs like Creep by Radiohead.

Verse 1 | No Woman No Cry

Verse 1, and the others, is played in more or less the same way as the first phrase of the refrain. The chords and rhythm are the same. So, playing as you already know, you can follow along and look at the tab :

no woman no cry guitar
Tab text
C G Am F
Said I remember when we used to sit
C G Am F
In the government yard in trenchtown
C G Am F
Oba-observing the ‘ypocrites
C G Am F
As they would mingle with the good people we meet

To play verses 2, 3 and 4, you will have to follow the same plan and continue to help yourself with the lyrics.

Bridge

The last thing to master the whole song with the guitar : the bridge. As you can see in the lyrics plan, the song ends with a bridge that is played just like the chorus and verses :

no woman no cry chords
Tab text
C G
Everything’s gonna be alright
Am F
Everything’s gonna be alright

When you are ready, you can look at the lyrics and follow each verse to play No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley on guitar.

Try to improvise on this reggae learning the pentatonic scale on guitar.

No Woman No Cry lyrics

The song No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley is composed of four verses, a chorus and a bridge.

The structure of the lyrics is simple:

Chorus – Verse 1 – Verse 2 – Chorus – Verse 3 – Verse 4 – Bridge – Chorus

Chorus (x2)

No woman, no cry
No woman, no cry

Verse 1

Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in trenchtown
Oba-observing the ‘ypocrites
As they would mingle with the good people we meet

Verse 2

Good friends we have, oh, good friends we lost
Along the way
In this great future
You can’t forget your past
So dry your tears, I say

Chorus

Verse 3

Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire light
As if it was log wood burnin’ through the night

Verse 4

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

Bridge (x2)

Everything ‘s gonna be alright
Everything ‘s gonna be alright

Chorus

You can find and play other tabs of easy guitar songs on Decibel Score.

Easy PDF score to play No Woman No Cry from Bob Marley

The following score is a “home-made” easy PDF score for beginners that we created according to the above frameworks and explanations.

This score summarizes everything we just covered. You can download it for free to play the song No Woman No Cry by Bob Marley on guitar.