Chords with lyrics
Intro: Strum E MajorE at about 9 times I think.
E MajorE
Frankie was a good girl.
Everybody knows.
C majorC
Payed 100 dollers for Albert's new suite of clothes.
He was her man but he done her wrong.
G+G
Albert said, "I'm leaving you.
E MajorE
Won't be gone for long.
D MajorD
Don't wait for me.
G+G
A-worry about me when I'm gone."
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
C majorC
Frankie went down to the corner saloon.
E MajorE
Get a bucket of beer.
A augmentedA
Said to the bartender.
G+G
"Has my lovin' man been here?"
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Instrumental solo with the chords above.
C majorC
"Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories.
E MajorE
I ain't gonna tell you no lies.
D MajorD
I saw Albert an hour ago.
With a gal named Alice Bly."
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
E MajorE
Frankie went down to 12th Street.
C majorC
Lookin' up through the window high.
D MajorD
She saw her Albert there.
G+G
Lovein' up Alice Bly.
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Solo
D MajorD
Frankie pulled out a pistol.
E MajorE
Pulled out a forty-four.
A augmentedA
Gun went off a rootie-toot-toot
E MajorE
And Albert fell on the floor.
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
E MajorE
Frankie got down upon her knees.
C majorC
Took Albert into her lap.
D MajorD
Started to hug and kiss him.
D MajorD
But there was no bringin' him back.
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Solo
A augmentedA
"Gimme a thousand policemen.
E MajorE
Throw me into a cell.
D MajorD
I shot my Albert dead.
E MajorE
And now I'm goin' to hell.
E MajorE
He was her man but he done me wrong
E MajorE
Judge said to the jury.
A augmentedA
"Plain as a thing can be.
D MajorD
A augmentedA woman shot her lover down.
E MajorE
Murder in the second degree."
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Solo
E MajorE
Frankie went to the scaffold.
A augmentedA
Calm as a girl could be.
D MajorD
Turned her eyes up towards the heavens.
E MajorE
Said, "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
E MajorE
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Finish song with solo.
Sorry, If I'm wrong.
Overall, enjoy!