Frankie and Johnny chords by Burl Ives

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Intro 1

Frankie and Johnny were lov

Verse 1
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ers,
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oh how they did love
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They vowed to love each other
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just as long as there were stars above
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He was their man and
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wouldn't do her wrong
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Frankie went down to the corner
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to get a bucket of beer
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She said, oh, Mr. Bartender,
has my lovin' Johnny been here?
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He's my man,
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he wouldn't do me wrong
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I don't want to cause
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you no trouble,
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don't want to tell you no lies
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Saw your man a half an hour ago
makin' love to Nellie Bly
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He's your man, all right,
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but he's doin' you wrong
Frankie went down to the drugstore,
she went to buy a gun
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She said, oh, Mr. Crookstore,
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man, I want the big and shiny one.
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He's my man,
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but he's doing me wrong.
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Frankie pulled back her kimono,
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pulled out a little .44.
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Hoot -rooty -toot,
three times she shot right
through that hardwood door.
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She shot her man,
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because he was doing
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her wrong.
Roll me over on the left side.
Roll me over slow.
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Roll me over on the left side,
cause them bullets hurt me
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so
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I was your man, was doin' you wrong
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It wasn't murder in the second de gree,
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it weren't murder in the third
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Frankie just went and dropped her man
like a hunter drops a bird
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He was her man,
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but he was doin' her wrong
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Frankie went walking down Broadway
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The last day that she would be free
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All she could hear was
a three -string bow playing,
And dear old Mike, God to thee,
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He was her man,
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but he was doin' her wrong.