The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest chords by Thea Gilmore
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Intro 1
(G major) (B minor) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
Well, Frankie (G major)
Lee (B minor) an d Judas Priest
They were (C major) the best of friend (G major) s
So when Frankie Lee needed (B minor)
money one day
Judas (C major) quickly pulled out
a roll of tens (G major)
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Verse 2
And placed (G major) them on a foot (B minor) stool
Just above (C major) the plotted plain (G major)
Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie (B minor) Boy
My loss (C major) will be your gain" (G major)
Verse 3
Well, Frankie (G major) Lee, (B minor) he sat right down
And put his finger (C major) s to his chin (G major)
But with the cold eyes of Judas on (B minor) him
His (C major) head began to spin (G major)
Verse 4
"Would ya (G major) please not stare (B minor) at
me like that," he said
"It's just (C major) my foolish pride (G major)
But sometimes a man must (B minor) be alone
And this is (C major) no place to hide"
(G major)
Verse 5
Well, Judas, he just winked (B minor) and said
"All right, (C major) I'll leave you here (G major)
But you'd better hurry up and choose
Which of those bill (B minor) s you want
Be (C major) fore they all disappear" (G major)
Verse 6
"I'm (G major) gonna start my pick (B minor) in' right now
Just (C major) tell me where you'll be" (G major)
Verse 7
Judas (G major) pointed down (B minor) the road
And said, (C major) "Eternity"
(G major) "Eternity?" said Frankie (B minor) Lee
With a voice (C major) as cold as ice (G major)
"That's right," said Judas Priest
"Eternity, (B minor)
though you might (C major) call it Paradis (G major) e"
Verse 8
(G major) "I don't call it any (B minor) thing"
Said Frankie (C major) Lee with a smile (G major)
"All right," said Ju (B minor) das Priest
"I'll see (C major) you after a while" (G major)
Interlude 1
(B minor) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 9
Well, Frankie (G major) Lee, he sat (B minor) back down
(C major) Feelin' low and mean (G major)
When just then a passin' stranger (B minor)
(C major) Burst upon the scene (G major)
Verse 10
Saying, "Are you (G major) Frankie Lee,
the gam (B minor) bler
Whose (C major) father is deceased? (G major) Well,
if you are
There's a fellow (B minor) callin'
you down the road
And they say (C major) his name is Priest" (G major)
Verse 11
"Oh, yes, (G major) he is my friend" (B minor)
Said Frankie (C major) Lee in fright (G major)
"I do recall him very (B minor) well
In fact, he (C major) just left my sight" (G major)
Verse 12
"Yes, (G major) that's the one,"
said the stranger (B minor)
As quiet (C major) as a mouse (G major)
"Well, my message is,
he's down (B minor) the road
Stranded (C major) in a house (G major) "
Verse 13
Well, Frankie (C major) Lee, he pan (G major) icked
He dropped (D major) ev'rything and ran (G major)
Un (C major) til he came up to (G major) the spot
Where Ju (D major) das Priest did stand (G major)
Verse 14
"What kind (C major) of house is
this," (G major) he said
"Where (D major) I have come to roam?" (G major)
"It's (C major) not a house" said Ju (G major) das Priest
"It's not (D major) a house, it's a home"
Verse 15
(D major)
Well, (G major) Frankie Lee, he trembled (B minor)
He soon (C major) lost all control (G major)
Over ev'rything (B minor) which he had made
While the (C major) mission bells did toll
Verse 16
(G major) He just stood there starin'
At that big house (B minor) as (C major) bright
as any sun (G major)
With four and twenty win (B minor) dows
And a woman's (C major) face in ev'ry one
(G major)
Verse 17
Well, up the stairs ran (B minor) Frankie Lee
With a soul (C major) ful, boundin' leap (G major)
And, foamin' at the mouth (B minor)
He began to make (C major) his
midnight creep (G major)
Verse 18
For sixteen (G major) nights and days (B minor) he raved
But on the (C major) seventeenth he burst (G major)
Into the arms of Ju (B minor) das Priest
Which is where (C major) he died of thirst (G major)
Verse 19
No (G major) one tried (B minor) to say a thing
When they (C major) took him out in jest (G major)
Except, of course, the little neighbor (B minor) boy
(D major) Who car (C major) ried him to rest (G major)
Verse 20
And (G major) he just walked (B minor) along, alone
With his guilt (C major) so well concealed (G major)
And muttered underneath
(B minor) his breath
(C major) "Nothing is revealed" (G major)
Interlude 2
(B minor) (C major) (G major) (B minor) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 21
Well, the moral (G major) of the story (B minor)
The moral (C major) of this song (G major)
Is simply that one should nev (B minor) er be
Where one (C major) does not belong (G major)
Verse 22
So when you see (G major) your neighbor
car (B minor) ryin' somethin'
Help (C major) him with his load (G major) (B minor) (C major) (G major)
And don't go mistakin' paradise (B minor)
For that home (C major) across the road (G major)
The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Thea Gilmore
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