G
Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
C
G
Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above
D7
G
He was her man but he wouldn’t do her wrong
C
G
She said Mr. Bartender has my loving Johnny been here
D7
G
He’s my man he wouldn’t do me wrong
C
G
But I saw your lover an hour ago with a girl named Nellie Blie
D7
G
He’s your man but he’s doing you wrong
C
G
There on the couch sat Johnny making love to Nellie Blie
D7
G
He’s my man but he’s doing me wrong
C
G
Rutty too-too three times she shot right through that hardwood door
D7
G
Shot her man he was doing her wrong
C
G
I’m taken my man to the graveyard and I ain’t gonna bring him back
D7
G
He was my man but he done me wrong
C
G
To lock me down in that dungeon cell and throw that key away
D7
G
I shot my man he was doing me wrong
C
G
The warden he said to Frankie it’s the electric chair for you
D7
G
You shot your man he was doing you wrong
C
G
This story just goes to show that there ain’t no good in man
D7
G
He was her man but he done her wrong
G
D7
C
