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

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 majorC

These can be fingered as open chords like so:

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE

x30210 022000 xx0231 x30210

C majorC E minorEm DmDm C majorC

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

C majorC E minorEm DmDm C majorC

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

BB|--8--------8--------6--------8-----

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

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

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

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

These can be fingered as open chords like so:

EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
x30210  022000  xx0231  x30210

 C majorC     E minorEm    DmDm    C majorC

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

  C majorC    E minorEm    DmDm    C majorC
E MajorE|--8--------7--------5--------8-----
BB|--8--------8--------6--------8-----
G+G|--9--------9--------7--------9-----
D MajorD|--10-------9--------7--------10----
A augmentedA|--10-------7--------5--------10----
E MajorE|--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