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The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest Chords by Bob Dylan

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest chords by Bob Dylan

Guitar chords with lyrics

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Bob Dylan - The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

from the album "John Wesley Harding"

Played on a steel string acoustic guitar

The song consists of one chord loop repeated throughout the song, this
is:

C, Em, Dm, C

These can be fingered as open chords like so:
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x30210 022000 xx0231 x30210

C Em Dm C

However, the actual version seems to use barre chords thus:

C Em Dm C

E|--8--------7--------5--------8-----

B|--8--------8--------6--------8-----

G|--9--------9--------7--------9-----

D|--10-------9--------7--------10----

A|--10-------7--------5--------10----

E|--8--------x--------x--------8-----



The strumming pattern goes roughly like this:

d = down stroke

u = up stroke

1---2---3---4---

d* d d u d u

*with the first downstroke, only strum the bass notes of the chord



The Song:

intro - cycle through chord loop twice,

      C               Em
Well, Frankie Lee and J...
     Dm                        C
They were the best of friends.
        C                  Em
So when Frankie Lee needed m...
      Dm                                C
Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
    C                Em
And placed them on a f...
     Dm                      C
Just above the plotted plain,
        C                Dm
Sayin', "Take your pick, F...
   Em                       C
My loss will be your gain."

These can be fingered as open chords like so:

EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE    EADGBE
x30210    022000    xx0231    x30210

  C         Em        Dm        C

However, the actual version seems to use barre chords thus:

    C        Em       Dm       C
E|--8--------7--------5--------8-----
B|--8--------8--------6--------8-----
G|--9--------9--------7--------9-----
D|--10-------9--------7--------10----
A|--10-------7--------5--------10----
E|--8--------x--------x--------8-----


The strumming pattern goes roughly like this:

d = down stroke
u = up stroke

1---2---3---4---
d*  d   d u d u

*with the first downstroke, only strum the bass notes of the chord

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