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