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