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