The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest chords by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (E minor) (F major)
(C major)
Verse 1
Well, Frankie Lee and (E minor)
Judas Priest
(F major) They were the best of friends (C major)
So when Frankie (G major) Lee needed (E minor) money one day
(F major) Judas quickly pulled out a roll (C major) of tens
And placed them on (G major) a footstool
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Verse 2
(E minor)
Just (F major) above the plotted plain (C major)
Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie (E minor) Boy
(F major) My loss will be your gain"
(C major)
Verse 3
Well, Frankie Lee, he sat (E minor) right down
And (F major) put his fingers to his chin (C major)
But with the cold (G major) eyes of Judas (E minor) on him
(F major) His head began to spin
(C major)
Verse 4
"Would you please not stare (G major)
at me (E minor) like that," he said
(F major) It's just my foolish pride (C major) (G major)
(C major) But sometimes a man (G major) must (E minor) be alone
(F major) And this is no place to hide (C major)
Verse 5
Well, (C major) Judas, he (G major) just winked an (E minor) d said
(F major) "All right, I'll leave you here (C major)
But you'd better hurry up and choose
Which (E minor) of those bills you want (F major)
Before they all disappear"
(C major)
Verse 6
I'm gonna start my
(G major) pick (E minor) in' right now (F major)
Just tell me where you'll (C major) be (G major) (C major)
Judas poin (G major) ted down (E minor) the road
(F major) And said, "Eternity"
(C major)
Verse 7
"Eternity," said (G major) Frankie (E minor) Lee
With (F major) a voice as cold as ice (C major)
"That's right," (G major) said Judas (E minor) Priest,
"Eternity
Though (F major) you might call it Paradise"
(C major) (G major)
Verse 8
(C major) "I don't (G major) call it anything"
(E minor) (F major) Said Frankie Lee with a (C major) smile (G major) (C major)
"All (G major) right," said Judas (E minor) Priest
(F major) I'll see you after a while
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(E minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major)
Well, Frankie Lee, (E minor) he sat
Verse 9
back down (F major)
Feelin' low and mean (C major)
When just then a passing
(G major) stranger (E minor) (F major)
Burst upon the scene (C major)
Verse 10
(C major) Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee,
the gam (E minor) bler (F major)
Whose father is deceased?
(C major) Well, if you are
(G major) There's a fellow callin' (E minor) you down the road
(F major) And they say his name is Priest"
(C major) (G major)
Verse 11
(C major)
"Oh, (G major) yes, (C major) he is (E minor) my friend" (F major)
Said Frankie Lee in (C major) fright (G major) (C major)
I do (G major) recall him very (E minor) well
(F major) In fact, he just left my (C major) sight
Verse 12
"Yes, (C major) that's (G major) the one,"
(C major) said the (E minor) stranger (F major)
As quiet as a mouse (C major) (G major) (C major)
Well, my message is,
(G major) he's down (E minor) the road
(F major) Stranded in a house (C major)
Well, Frankie (G major) Lee, he panicked
Verse 13
(E minor)
(B major) (E minor) (F major) He dropped
everything and ran (C major)
Until he came (G major) up to (E minor) the spot
(F major) Where Judas Priest did stand
(C major)
Verse 14
"What kind of house (G major) is this," (E minor) he said
(F major) Where I have come to roam? (C major)
"It's (G major) not a house," said (E minor) Judas Priest
(F major) It's not a house,
it's a home
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 15
Well, Frankie Lee, (G major) he trembled (E minor)
(F major) He soon lost all control (C major)
Over everything (G major) which he (E minor) had made
(F major) While the mission bells did toll
(C major)
Verse 16
He just stood (G major) there staring
At (E minor) that big house (F major) as bright as any sun (C major)
With four and twenty (G major) win (E minor) dows
And a woman's (F major) face in every one (C major) (G major)
Verse 17
(C major) Well, up the stairs ran (G major) Frankie (E minor) Lee
(F major) With a soulful, bounding (C major) leap
And, foam (G major) ing at the mouth (E minor)
He began to (F major) make his midnight creep
(C major)
Verse 18
For (G major) sixteen night (E minor) s and days he raved (G major)
(F major) But on the seventeenth he burst (C major) (G major) (C major)
Into the arms (G major) (E minor) of Judas Priest
Which (F major) is where he died of thirst
(C major) (G major)
Verse 19
(C major)
No (G major) one tried to say a (E minor) thing
When they carried (F major) him out in jest,
(C major) (G major) (C major)
Except, of course, (G major) the (E minor) little neighbor boy (G major)
(F major) Who carried him to rest
(C major)
Verse 20
And he just (G major) walked along, (E minor) alone
(F major) With his guilt so well con (C major) cealed (G major) (C major)
And (G major) muttered underneath (E minor) his breath
(F major) Nothing is revealed
(C major)
Interlude 2
(G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (E minor) (G major) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor)
(F major) (C major)
Well, the moral (G major) of the story
Verse 21
(E minor) (F major)
The moral of this song (C major)
Is simply (G major) that one should (E minor) never be
(F major) Where one does not belong
(C major)
Verse 22
So when you see your neigh
(G major) bor carry (E minor) in' somethin'
(F major) Help him with his load (C major)
And don't go (G major) mistaking Para (E minor) dise
For that home (F major) across the road
Outro 1
(C major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (F major)
(C major)
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Jerry Garcia, David Grisman
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