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Frankie and Johnnie were lovers	A
O my Gawd how they could love	B
They swore to be true to each other	C
As true as the stars above	B
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie was a good woman	E
As everybody knows	F
Gave her man a hundred dollars	A
To get him a suit of clothes	G
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie and Johnnie went walking	H
Johnnie in his bran' new suit	I
Oh my Gawd said Frankie	J
But don't my Johnnie look cute	I
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie went down to Memphis	K
Went on the morning train	L
Paid a hundred dollars	A
Got Johnnie a watch and chain	L
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie lived in a crib house	M
Crib house with only two doors	N
Gave her money to Johnnie	J
He spent it on those parlour whores	N
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie went down to the corner	C
Went for a bucket of beer	O
She said Oh Mr Bar tender	C
Has my loving Johnnie been here	P
He is my man and he's done me wrong	D
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I won't make you no trouble	Q
I won't tell you no lie	R
But I saw Johnnie an hour ago	S
With a girl named Nellie Bly	R
He is your man and he's doing you wrong	D
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Frankie went to the hock shop	T
Bought her a big forty four	U
Aimed that gun at the ceiling	H
Shot a big hole in the floor	U
Now where's my man that's doing me wrong	D
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Frankie went down to the hook shop	T
Looked in at a window so high	R
There she saw her Johnnie	J
Loving up Nellie Bly	R
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
	-
Frankie went up to the front door	U
She rang the front door bell	V
Said Stand back all you chippies	N
Or I'll blow you all to hell	V
I want my man who's done me wrong	D
	-
Frankie went into the hook shop	T
She didn't go there for fun	E
'Cause underneath her kimona	E
She toted that forty four gun	E
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
	-
Frankie looked in at the keyhole	W
And there before her eye	R
She saw her Johnnie on the sofa	X
A loving up Nellie Bly	R
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
	-
Frankie threw back her kimona	E
Took out the little forty four	U
Roota toot toot three times she shoot	I
Right through that hardwood door	U
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Johnnie grabbed off his Stetson	E
Said Oh Gawd Frankie don't shoot	I
But she pressed hard on the trigger	C
And the gun went roota toot toot	I
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Roll me over easy	N
Oh roll me over slow	S
Roll me over on my right side	Y
'Cause my left side hurts me so	S
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
	-
Bring out your rubber tyred buggy	N
Bring out your rubber tyred hack	Z
I'll take my man to the graveyard	A2
But I won't bring him back	Z
He was my man but he done me wrong	D
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They brought out the rubber tyred hearses	S
They brought out the rubber tyred hack	Z
Thirteen men went to the graveyard	A2
But only twelve came back	Z
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Bring 'round a hundred policemen	E
Bring 'em around to day	B2
And lock me in that jail house	S
Then throw the key away	B2
I shot my man 'cause he done me wrong	D
	-
I've saved up a little money	N
I'll save up a little more	U
I'll send it all to his widow	S
And say it's from the girl next door	U
He was my man but he done me wrong	D
	-
Frankie went to the madame	C2
She fell down on her knees	S
Forgive me Mrs Halcome	C2
Forgive me if you please	S
I've killed my man 'cause he done me wrong	D
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Forgive you Frankie darling	H
Forgive you I never can	E
Forgive you Frankie darling	H
For shooting your only man	E
For he was your man though he done you wrong	D
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Frankie went to the coffin	E
Looked down at his face	S
Said Oh Lord have mercy on me	C2
I'd like to take his place	S
He was my man but he done me wrong	D
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A rubber tyred buggy	C2
A rubber tyred hack	Z
Took poor Frankie to the jail house	S
But it didn't bring her back	Z
He was her man but he done her wrong	D
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Frankie sat in her prison	E
Had no electric fan	E
Told her little sister	C
Never marry no sporting man	E
I had a man but he done me wrong	D
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The Sheriff took Frankie to the gallows	S
Hung her until she died	Y
They hung her for killing Johnnie	C2
And the undertaker waited outside	Y
She killed her man 'cause he done her wrong	D

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