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