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