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