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!