Chords for TAJ MAHAL - FRANKIE & ALBERT

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_ _ _ _ Frank and Alvin were sweethearts, Lordy, howdy, good love.
[Eb] Vowed to love one another, beneath the [Bb] stars above.
It was [F] her man, _ _ _ and [Bb] he was doing her wrong. _ _ _
_ Frank went down to the ballroom, get herself a bucket of beer.
[Eb] Said, tell the lumber-teller, say, have my loving [Bb] man.
It was my [Bbm] [F] man.
The [Bb] _ _
bartender _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
said, Miss Frankie, [Am] honey, I can't tell you no [D] lie.
[Eb] He left here about an hour ago with that hussy [Bb] named Nellie Bly.
It was your man.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] He was doing her wrong. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Frankie, she cried, she cried, she cried, Lordy, what [C] have I [Dm] done?
[Eb] I don't give no love to this man, he took my [Bbm] love and run.
It was my man.
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[Bb] He was doing her wrong. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Alvin saw Frankie coming, he said, hold on, baby, don't you shoot.
[Eb] Well, you know, off of that red kimono, the gun went rooty-toot-toot.
[Bb] She shot that man.
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[Bb] Cause he was doing her wrong.
_ Boo-hoo, boo-hoo, boo-hoo, [Db] boo-hoo.
Frankie said, baby, what have I done?
[Eb] I shot the only man I loved, the cold [Bb]-blooded one.
It was my man.
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And he [Bb] was doing her wrong.
Play it for a while. _ _
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shall come clipty-clipty-clipty-clipty-clipty-clipty-clipty to the [Eb] trail.
I say, look here, Frankie, I'm going to tell you, you done shot your own man.
I'm going to put you in the [Bb] crime and jail, talking about that man.
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[Bb] He was doing her wrong. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Frankie, she laid in the jailhouse, now you know he ain't no one to go up there, put you in no [Eb] big gym.
Say, honey, I'm working on you, trying to get you [Bb] out of that jail, talking about your man.
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[Bb] Cause you were doing her wrong. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ And our story go on. _
Frankie and Elmo were sweethearts, lordy-howdy [D]-could-love.
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Fought to love one another, lordy-needy-stars-above, talking about [F] that man.
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