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