Chords with lyrics
♫ Intro:
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♫ Verse :
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Frankie and Johnnie were sweethearts
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They had a quarrel one day
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Johnny vowed he would leave her
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He said he was going away
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Never coming home, goin' away to roam
♫ Verse :
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Frankie frantically pleaded
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"My love
Johnny, please stay
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Now, oh, my honey
I've done you wrong
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But please don't go away"
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And Johnny sighed, while Frankie cried
♫ Chorus:
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"Oh
I'm goin' away
I'm goin' away
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Never coming home
FF
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
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When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
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And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
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Your lovin' man
FF Bb majorBb
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"
♫ Verse :
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Frankie done said to her Johnny
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"Now man, your hour done come"
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'Cause from behind her kimono
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She drew her forty-four gun
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These love affairs are hard to bear
♫ Verse :
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Johnny, he fled down the stairway
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"My love
Frankie, don't shoot!"
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Frankie done aimed the forty-four
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While the town went rooty-toot-toot
FF Bb majorBb
As Johnny fell, then Frankie yelled
♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
"Oh
I'm goin' away
I'm goin' away
Bb majorBb
Never coming home
FF
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
Bb majorBb
When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
Eb MajorEb
And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
Bb majorBb
Your lovin' man
FF Bb majorBb
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"
♫ Verse :
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"Send for your rubber tired hearses
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Send for your rubber tired hacks
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Carry old Johnny to the graveyard
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I've shot him in the back
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With a great big gun, as the preacher begun
♫ Verse :
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Send for some policeman
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To take me right away
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Lock me down in the dungeon cell
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And throw the key away
FF Bb majorBb
My Johnny's dead because he said
♫ Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
"Oh
I'm goin' away
I'm goin' away
Bb majorBb
Never coming home
FF
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the days to come
Bb majorBb
When the winter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up
Eb MajorEb
And when you think of the way, you're gonna wish me back
Bb majorBb
Your lovin' man
FF Bb majorBb
You're gonna miss me, honey, in the day they say's to come"