Artist: Bob Dylan
Intro: Strum E at about 9 times I think.
[E]Frankie was a good girl.
Everybody knows.
[C]Payed 100 dollers for Albert's new suite of clothes.
He was her man but he done her wrong.
[G]Albert said, "I'm leaving you.
[E]Won't be gone for long.
[D]Don't wait for me.
[G]A-worry about me when I'm gone."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[C]Frankie went down to the corner saloon.
[E]Get a bucket of beer.
[A]Said to the bartender.
[G]"Has my lovin' man been here?"
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
Instrumental solo with the chords above.
[C]"Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories.
[E]I ain't gonna tell you no lies.
[D]I saw Albert an hour ago.
With a gal named Alice Bly."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[E]Frankie went down to 12th Street.
[C]Lookin' up through the window high.
[D]She saw her Albert there.
[G]Lovein' up Alice Bly.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
F[D]rankie pulled out a pistol.
[E]Pulled out a forty-four.
[A]Gun went off a rootie-toot-toot
[E]And Albert fell on the floor.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[E]Frankie got down upon her knees.
[C]Took Albert into her lap.
[D]Started to hug and kiss him.
[D]But there was no bringin' him back.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
&q[A]uot;Gimme a thousand policemen.
[E]Throw me into a cell.
[D]I shot my Albert dead.
[E]And now I'm goin' to hell.
[E]He was her man but he done me wrong
[E]Judge said to the jury.
[A]"Plain as a thing can be.
[D]A woman shot her lover down.
[E]Murder in the second degree."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
[E]Frankie went to the scaffold.
[A]Calm as a girl could be.
[D]Turned her eyes up towards the heavens.
[E]Said, "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
Finish song with solo.
Sorry, If I'm wrong.
Overall, enjoy!
[E]Frankie was a good girl.
Everybody knows.
[C]Payed 100 dollers for Albert's new suite of clothes.
He was her man but he done her wrong.
[G]Albert said, "I'm leaving you.
[E]Won't be gone for long.
[D]Don't wait for me.
[G]A-worry about me when I'm gone."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[C]Frankie went down to the corner saloon.
[E]Get a bucket of beer.
[A]Said to the bartender.
[G]"Has my lovin' man been here?"
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
Instrumental solo with the chords above.
[C]"Well, I ain't gonna tell you no stories.
[E]I ain't gonna tell you no lies.
[D]I saw Albert an hour ago.
With a gal named Alice Bly."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[E]Frankie went down to 12th Street.
[C]Lookin' up through the window high.
[D]She saw her Albert there.
[G]Lovein' up Alice Bly.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
F[D]rankie pulled out a pistol.
[E]Pulled out a forty-four.
[A]Gun went off a rootie-toot-toot
[E]And Albert fell on the floor.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[E]Frankie got down upon her knees.
[C]Took Albert into her lap.
[D]Started to hug and kiss him.
[D]But there was no bringin' him back.
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
&q[A]uot;Gimme a thousand policemen.
[E]Throw me into a cell.
[D]I shot my Albert dead.
[E]And now I'm goin' to hell.
[E]He was her man but he done me wrong
[E]Judge said to the jury.
[A]"Plain as a thing can be.
[D]A woman shot her lover down.
[E]Murder in the second degree."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
[SOLO]
[E]Frankie went to the scaffold.
[A]Calm as a girl could be.
[D]Turned her eyes up towards the heavens.
[E]Said, "Nearer, my God, to Thee."
[E]He was her man but he done her wrong.
Finish song with solo.
Sorry, If I'm wrong.
Overall, enjoy!
Used chords
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