Chords with lyrics
INTRO: 
D MajorD (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)
D MajorD 
G+G D MajorD
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
A augmentedA
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
A augmentedA D MajorD
I got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good
G+G D MajorD
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
A augmentedA
I get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
A augmentedA D MajorD
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
CHORUS 1:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Yeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A augmentedA D MajorD
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
G+G D MajorD
Well Franky went in the army back in 1965
A augmentedA
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed
A augmentedA D MajorD
Franky came home in '68, and me, I took this job
CHORUS 2:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Yea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine
G+G D MajorD
Well the night was like any other, I got a call 'bout quarter to nine
A augmentedA
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
There was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
A augmentedA D MajorD
There was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said
G+G D MajorD
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
A augmentedA
But I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
A augmentedA D MajorD
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads
G+G D MajorD
'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
A augmentedA D MajorD
I pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
CHORUS 3:
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA G+G D MajorD
Me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A augmentedA G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Taking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
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NOTES:
TUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not
quite a full semitone.
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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D MajorD XX0232
G+G 320033
A augmentedA X02220
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