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