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