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