Key: Db major
Verse 1
G
Am
C
G
C
G
Frankie an
D
G
d Johnny were lovers,
oh, how they could love
G
D
He was her man,
C
G
but he'd done her wrong,
C
G
so wrong
D
G
Well, Johnny said, I've gotta go now,
I won't be very long
G
D
Am
He was her man
D
C
G
C
G
But he done her wrong, so wrong
D
G
Well, Frankie went down
to the bar room
Ordered up a big glass of beer
Has my Johnny Man been
G
D
here? know he's my man
G
C
G
He been doin' me wrong, so wrong
He said, I ain't gonna
tell you no stories,
ain't gonna tell you no lies,
with that no good Nellie Bly,
G
C
D
I know he's your man,
C
G
so wrong
D
C
G
Well Frankie drank up all her beer,
D
Mr. Bartender, I've taken to drinking again
G
D
C
G
C
G
on account of my man
D
C
G
Well, Frankie went out the dark alley
She didn't go there for fun
G
D
Through using her man
C
G
C
Well, Frankie went
D
G
D
G
Looked in a window so high
C
G
But he'd done her wrong,
C
G
so wrong
D
G
Well, Johnny saw Frankie comin'
Out the back door he did scoot
And the gun went rooty -toot -toot
G
D
He was her man
C
G
But he'd done her wrong, so wrong
D
G
Now, it wasn't murder
in the second degree
It wasn't murder in the third,
D
C
G
like a hundred drops of bird,
G
C
D
But it done her wrong, so wrong,
C
D
G
well you better roll out those
rubber -tired carriages,
roll out those rubber -tired hacks.
to that graveyard,
they'll never bring him back,
G
D
he was her man.
C
G
C
so wrong
G
D
C
G
C
G
D
G
D
How did you like the song?
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Am C D Bm
More songs by Turk Murphy
Discover chords for more songs to play
Related songs
Discover chords for more songs to play
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users
