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