Frankie and Johnny by Jimmie Rodgers (1929) Chords

[C] _ De-yoo-lee [G]-ee [C]-ay-ee-oo-lee _
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
Oh Lord, how they did love
[F] So to be true to each other
[C] True as the stars above
[G] He was her man
He [C] wouldn't do her wrong _
Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
[F] She says, Mr.
Bartender
Has my lovin' [C] Johnny been here?
[G] He's my man
He wouldn't do me [C] wrong
I _ don't want to cause you no trouble
I ain't gonna tell you no lie
[F] I saw your lover an hour ago
With a girl [C] named Nellie Bly
[G] He was your man
But [C] he's doin' you wrong _
Frankie looked over the transom
She saw to her [Am] surprise
There on [F] the cot said Johnny
Making love [C] to Nellie Bly
[G] He is my man
And [C] he's doin' me [G] wrong
De [C]-yoo-lee-ee-ay-ee-oo-lee
Frankie threw back her kimono
She took out a little .44
[F] Rooty toot toot three times
She shot [C] right through that hardwood door
[G] Shot her man
He [C] was doin' her wrong
_ Bring out the rubber tot buggy
Bring out the rubber tot hack
[F] I'm takin' my man to the graveyard
[C] But I ain't gonna bring him back
[G] Lord, he was my man
[C] And he done me wrong
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ Bring out a thousand policemen
Bring them around today
[F] Lock me down in the dungeon cell
[C] And throw that key away
[G] I shot my man
He [C] was doin' me wrong
_ _ Frankie said to the warden
What are they going to do?
[F] The warden, he said to Frankie
[C] It's electric chair for you
[G] Cause you shot your man
He [C] was doin' you wrong
_ This story has no moral
This story has no end
[F] This story just goes to show
That [C] there ain't no good in men
[G] He was a man
[C] And he done her [C] wrong _ _ _ _ _ _