Jimmie Rodgers – Frankie and Johnny Chords

Frankie and Johnny were lovers, oh how they could love
They promised to be true to each other, true as the stars above
He was her man, he wouldn’t do her no wrong

Frankie went down to the corner, to get a pint of beer
She asked that old bartender, “has my lovin’ Johnny been here?”
He’s my man, he wouldn’t do me no wrong

Well, I ain’t gonna tell you no story, ain’t gonna tell you no lie
He’s here bout’ an hour ago with a gal named Nelly Blie
He may be your man, but he’s doin’ you wrong

Frankie went down to the hotel, didn’t go there for fun
Under neath her red kimono, she was packin’ a 44 gun
To shoot her man, cause he’s doin’ her wrong

Johnny took off his Stetson hat, Said, “Baby please don’t shoot!”
She put her finger on the trigger and the gun went Blooty Too!
She killed her man, cause he was doin’ her wrong

That’s the end of my story, that’s the end of my song
They got Frankie in the county jail and the gal’s been there so long
She killed her man, cause he was doin’ her wrong

She killed her man, cause he was doin’ her wrong