The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Well, Frankie Lee [Em]and
Judas Priest
[F]They were the best of fri[C]ends
So [G]when Frankie Lee needed [Em]money one day
[F]Judas quickly pulled out a roll of [C]ten
And placed them on [G]a foot[Em]stool
[F]Just above the plotted [C]plain,
Sayin', Take your pick, [Em]Frankie Boy
[F]My loss will be your gain
[C]

[Verse 2]
Well, Frankie Lee, he [Em]sat right down
[F]And put his fingers to his [C]chin
But with the cold [G]eyes of Judas [Em]on him
[F]His head began to spi[C]n
Would ya please not [G]stare
at me [Em]like that, he said
[F]It's just my foolish pri[C]de[G]
[C]But sometimes [G]a man must [Em]be alone
[F]And this is no place to [C]hide

[Verse 3]
[C]Well, Judas, he [G]just winked [Em]an d said
[F]All right, I'll leave you her[C]e
But you'd better hurry up and choose
[Em]Which of those bills you [F]want
Before they all disappear
[C]I'm gonna start my
[G]pick[Em]in' right [F]now
Just tell me where [C]you'll [G]be[C]
Judas poin[G]ted down

[Verse 4]
[Em]the road
[F]And said, eternity
[C]Eternity, sai[G]d Fra[Em]nkie Lee
With [F]a voice as cold as [C]ice
That's right, [G]said Judas [Em]Priest,
eternity
[F]Though you might call it 'Paradise
[C][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]I don't cal[G]l it anything
[Em]Said[F] Frankie Lee with a smile[C][G][C]
All [G]right," said Judas [Em]Priest
[F]I'll see you after a while

[Interlude 1]
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Well, Frankie Lee, [Em]he sat

[Verse 6]
back [F]down
Feelin' low and [C]mean
When just then a passing
[G]str[Em]anger[F]
Burst upon [C]the scene
Saying, are you Frankie Lee,
the gam[Em]bler[F]
Whose father is deceased
[C]Well, if you are
[G]There's a fellow callin' [Em]you down the road
[F]And they say his name is Priest
[C][G]

[Verse 7]
[C]
Oh, [G]yes, [C]he is [Em]my fr[F]iend
Said Frankie Lee in [C]fright[G][C]
I do [G]recall him [Em]very well
[F]In fact, he just left my sig[C]ht
Yes, that's [G]the [C]one,said the
[Em]stranger[F]
As quiet as [C]a mouse[G][C]
Well, my message is,
[G]he's [Em]down the road
[F]Stranded in [C]a house
[G]Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked

[Verse 8]
[Em]
[B]He [Em]dropp[F]ed
everything and [C]ran
Until he came [G]up to [Em]the spot
[F]Where Judas Priest did[C] stand
What kind of house [G]is [Em]this,he said
[F]Where I have come to roa[C]m
It's [G]not a [Em]house,said Judas Priest
[F]It's not a house it's
a home
[C][G][C]

[Verse 9]
Well, Frankie [G]Lee, he [Em]trembled
[F]He soon lost all con[C]trol
Over everything [G]which he [Em]had made
[F]While the mission bells did[C] toll
He just stood [G]there staring
At [Em]that big [F]house as bright as any [C]sun
With four and [G]twenty win[Em]dows
And a woman's [F]face in every [C]one[G]

[Verse 10]
[C]Well, up the stairs ran Fra[G]nkie Lee[Em]
[F]With a soulful, bounding lea[C]p
And, foam[G]ing at [Em]the mouth
He began to [F]make his midnight [C]creep
For [G]sixteen night[Em]s and days he[G] raved
[F]But on the seventeenth he bur[C]st[G][C]
Into the [G]arms [Em]of Judas Priest
Which [F]is where he died of thirst
[C][G]

[Verse 11]
[C]
No [G]one tried to say a [Em]thing
When they [F]took him out [C]in jest[G][C]
Except, [G]of course, the [Em]little neighbor [G]boy
[F]Who carried him to res[C]t
And he [G]just walked [Em]along, alone
[F]With his guilt so well concea[C]led[G][C]
And [G]muttered underneath [Em]his breath
[F]Nothing is revealed
[C]

[Interlude 2]
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Well, the moral [G]of the story

[Verse 12]
[Em][F]
The moral of [C]this song,
Is [G]simply that one should [Em]never be
[F]Where one does not belong.
[C]So when you see your neigh
[G]bor carry[Em]in' somethin'
[F]Help him with his loa[C]d
And don't go [G]mistaking Para[Em]dise
For that [F]home across the road

[Outro 1]
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