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