Intro
Strum F at about 9 times I think.
F
Frankie was a good girl.
Everybody knows.
C#
Payed 100 dollers for Albert's new suite of clothes.
He was her man but he done her wrong.
G#
Albert said, "I'm leaving you.
F
Won't be gone for long.
D#
Don't wait for me.
G#
A-worry about me when I'm gone."
F
He was her man but he done her wrong.
C#
Frankie went down to the corner saloon.
F
Get a bucket of beer.
A#
Said to the bartender.
G#
"Has my lovin' man been here?"
F
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Instrumental solo with the chords above.
C#
"Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories.
F
I ain't gonna tell you no lies.
D#
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.
C#
Lookin' up through the window high.
D#
She saw her Albert there.
G#
Lovein' up Alice Bly.
F
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Solo
D#
Frankie pulled out a pistol.
F
Pulled out a forty-four.
A#
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.
C#
Took Albert into her lap.
D#
Started to hug and kiss him.
D#
But there was no bringin' him back.
F
He was her man but he done her wrong.
Solo
A#
"Gimme a thousand policemen.
F
Throw me into a cell.
D#
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.
A#
"Plain as a thing can be.
D#
A# 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.
A#
Calm as a girl could be.
D#
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!