Frankie And Johnny Chords
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[Yodel]
C G7 C
Yo-lay-ee Yo-lay-ee Oh-ee
[VERSE 1]
C C7
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts. Oh Lordy, how they did love!
F C
Swore to be true to each other, true as the stars above.
G7 C
He was her man, he wouldn’t do her wrong.
[VERSE 2]
C C7
Frankie went down to the corner, just for a bucket of beer.
F C
She says, “Mr, Bartender has my loving Johnny been here?
G7 C
He is my man. He wouldn’t do me wrong.”
[VERSE 3]
C C7
“I don’t want to cause you no trouble. I ain’t gonna tell you no lies.
F C
I saw your lover an hour ago with a girl named Nellie Bly.
G7 C
He is your man, and he’s doing you wrong.”
[VERSE 4]
C C7
Frankie looked over the transom. She saw to her surprise,
F C
There on a cot sat Johnny making love to Nellie Bly.
G7 C
He is my man, and he’s doing me wrong.
[YODEL]
C G7 C
Yo-lay-ee Yo-lay-ee Oh-ee
[VERSE 5]
C C7
Frankie drew back her kimona. She took out a little forty-four.
F C
Rooty-toot-toot, three times she shot right through that hardwood door.
G7 C
She shot her man. He was doing her wrong.
[VERSE 6]
C C7
Bring out your rubber-tired buggies. Bring out your rubber-tired hacks.
F C
I’m taking my man to the graveyard, but I ain’t gonna bring him back.
G7 C
Lord, he was my man, and he done me wrong.
[VERSE 7]
C C7
Bring out a thousand policemen. Bring 'em around today
F C
To lock me down in the dungeon cell and throw that key away.
G7 C
I shot my man. He was doing me wrong.
[VERSE 8]
C C7
Frankie she said to the warden, “What are they going to do?”
F C
The warden he said to Frankie, “It's electric chair for you
G7 C
Cause you shot your man. He was doing you wrong.”
[VERSE 9]
C C7
This story has no moral. This story has no end.
F C
This story just goes to show that there ain’t no good in men.
G7 C
He was her man, and he done her wrong.
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Frankie And Johnny – Jimmie Rodgers
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Traditionally (as learned from my 97 year old Mother ) the verse before she shoots is:
"So Frankie went down to the pawn shop
She didn’t go for fun
She bought herself, a little 44 gun
To shoot her man, cuz he was doing her wrong"
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