Frankie And Johnny

Hank Snow

Written by Jimmie Rodgers

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
Oh Lord how they did love
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

Verse 2

Now Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
    C                                            G
She said Mr. Bartender has my loving Johnny been here
        D7                    G
He's my man he wouldn't do me wrong

Verse 3

I don't want to cause you no trouble
Woman I ain't gonna lie
    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

Verse 4

Now Frankie looked over the transom
She saw to her surprise
      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

Verse 5

Frankie threw back her Kimono
Took out her little 44
      C                                                        G
Rutty too-too three times she shot right through that hardwood door
         D7                   G
Shot her man he was doing her wrong

Verse 6

Now bring out your rubber tired hearses
Bring out your rubber tired hack
    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

Verse 7

Bring round a thousand policemen
Bring 'em around today
   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

Verse 8

Now Frankie she said to the warden
What are they going to do
    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

Verse 9

Now this story has no moral
This story has no end
     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