Intro
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(guitar)
| D | F#m/C# | Em/B | D/A |
[Verse 1]
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Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,
Em/B D/A
They were the best of friends.
D F#m/C#
So when Frankie Lee needed money one day,
Em/B D/A
Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
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And placed them on a footstool
Em/B D/A
Just above the plotted plain,
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Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy,
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My loss will be your gain."
[Verse 2]
D F#m
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
Em/G D/A
And put his fingers to his chin,
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But with the cold eyes of Judas on him,
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His head began to spin.
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"Could ya please not stare at me like that," he said,
Em D
"It's just my foolish pride,
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For sometimes a man must be alone
Em D
And this is no place to hide."
[Verse 3]
D F#m/C#
Well Judas, he just winked and said,
Em/B D/A
"All right, I'll leave you here,
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But you'd better hurry up and choose
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Which of those bills you want before they all disappear."
D F#m/C#
"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now,
Em/B D/A
Just tell me where you'll be."
D F#m/C#
Judas pointed down the road
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And said eternity,
[Verse 4]
D F#m
"Eternity?" said Frankie Lee,
Em D
With a voice as cold as ice.
D F#m
"That's right," said Judas, "Eternity,
Em D
Though you might call it 'Paradise.'"
D F#m
"I don't call it anything,"
Em D/A
Said Frankie Lee with a smile.
D F#m
"All right," said Judas Priest,
Em D
"I'll see you after a while."
[Verse 5]
D F#m
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down,
Em D
Feelin' low and mean,
D F#m
When just then a passing stranger
Em D
Burst upon the scene,
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Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler,
Em D
Whose father's deceased?
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Well, if you are, There's a fellow callin' you down the road
Em D
And they say his name is Priest."
[Verse 6]
D F#m
"Oh, yes, he is my friend,"
Em D
Said Frankie Lee in fright,
D F#m
"I do recall him very well,
Em/ D
In fact, he just left my sight."
D F#m
"Yes, that's the one," said the stranger,
Em D
As quiet as a mouse,
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"Well, my message is, he's down the road,
Em D
Stranded in a house."
[Verse 7]
D F#m/C#
Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked,
Em/B D/A
He dropped ev'rything and ran
D F#m/C#
Until he came unto the spot
Em/B D/A
Where Judas Priest did stand.
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"What kind of house is this," he said,
Em/B D/A
"Where I have come to roam?"
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"It's not a house," says Judas Priest,
Em/B D/A
"It's not a house, it's a home."
[Verse 8]
D F#m
Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled,
Em D
He soon lost all control
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Over everything which he had made
Em D
While the mission bells did toll.
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He just stood there staring
Em D
At that big house as bright as any sun,
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With four and twenty windows
Em D
And a woman's face in every one.
[Verse 9]
D F#m
Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
Em/B D
With a soulful, bounding leap,
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And, foaming at the mouth,
Em D
He began to make his midnight creep.
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For sixteen nights and days he raved,
Em D
But on the seventeenth he burst
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Into the arms of Judas Priest,
Em D
Which is where he died of thirst.
[Verse 10]
D F#m
No one tried to say a thing
Em D
When they carried him out in jest
D F#m
Except, of course, the little neighbour boy
Em D/A
Who carried him to rest.
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And he just walked along, alone,
Em D
With his guilt all well concealed,
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And muttered underneath his breath,
Em D
"Nothing is revealed."
[Solo] (harp)
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| D | F#m/C# | Em/B | D/A |
[Verse 11]
D F#m
Well, the moral of the story,
Em D/A
The moral of this song,
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Is simply that one should never be
Em D
Where one does not belong.
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So when you see your neighbour carryin' somethin',
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Help him with his load,
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And don't go mistaking Paradise
Em D
For that home across the road.
[Outro] (harp)
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| D | F#m/C# | Em/B | D/A |
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(fade out over last four chords)
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