1404 Charlie Poole - Leaving Home Chords
Tempo:
102.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[F]
[C] [G] [C]
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, they had a quarrel one day.
[F] Johnny vowed he'd leave her, said he was going [G] away, never coming home.
On the way [C] to Rome, Frankie she made a dance plea,
Why don't Johnny please stay?
[F] Now old honey I've done you wrong, but please don't [A] go away.
Frankie said, then [G] Johnny sighed, then [C] Frankie cried,
[F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to [C] come,
And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me,
Gonna miss me big like a [C] loving man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, days, [C] days to come.
[F]
[C] [G]
[C] Frankie said to her, Johnny, say man you always come.
[F] I need that suit, come on, I'll throw [C] a .44
gun in for [G] the pair,
For the [C] larger pair.
Johnny fled down the stairway, found Frankie in those shoes.
[F] Frankie said, hey, me .44,
my time [G] is running, as Johnny fell.
Then Frankie [C] yelled, [F] oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to come,
[C] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like [C] a loving man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, [C] days, days to come.
[F]
[C]
Send for your rubber tire, I says, send for your rubber tire, I say,
[F]
Yeah, little Johnny, to the graveyard, I'll shot him in [C] the back,
When the tapes [G] be gone, and the rips [C] be round.
Send for some police, punk, take me right away,
[F] Lock me down in the gun cell, and throw the [G] key away,
But Johnny said, just [C] call me, said,
[F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me [A] honey in the days to [C] come,
[F] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like a loving [C] man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the [A] days, days, days to come.
[C]
[C] [G] [C]
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, they had a quarrel one day.
[F] Johnny vowed he'd leave her, said he was going [G] away, never coming home.
On the way [C] to Rome, Frankie she made a dance plea,
Why don't Johnny please stay?
[F] Now old honey I've done you wrong, but please don't [A] go away.
Frankie said, then [G] Johnny sighed, then [C] Frankie cried,
[F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to [C] come,
And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me,
Gonna miss me big like a [C] loving man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, days, [C] days to come.
[F]
[C] [G]
[C] Frankie said to her, Johnny, say man you always come.
[F] I need that suit, come on, I'll throw [C] a .44
gun in for [G] the pair,
For the [C] larger pair.
Johnny fled down the stairway, found Frankie in those shoes.
[F] Frankie said, hey, me .44,
my time [G] is running, as Johnny fell.
Then Frankie [C] yelled, [F] oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to come,
[C] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like [C] a loving man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, [C] days, days to come.
[F]
[C]
Send for your rubber tire, I says, send for your rubber tire, I say,
[F]
Yeah, little Johnny, to the graveyard, I'll shot him in [C] the back,
When the tapes [G] be gone, and the rips [C] be round.
Send for some police, punk, take me right away,
[F] Lock me down in the gun cell, and throw the [G] key away,
But Johnny said, just [C] call me, said,
[F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
[G] Gonna miss me [A] honey in the days to [C] come,
[F] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like a loving [C] man.
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the [A] days, days, days to come.
[C]
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, they had a quarrel one day.
_ [F] Johnny vowed he'd leave her, said he was going [G] away, never coming home.
_ On the way [C] to Rome, _ _ Frankie she made a dance plea,
Why don't Johnny please stay?
[F] Now old honey I've done you wrong, but please don't [A] go away.
Frankie said, then [G] Johnny sighed, then [C] Frankie cried,
_ [F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to [C] come,
And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me,
Gonna miss me big like a [C] loving man.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, days, [C] days to come. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Frankie said to her, Johnny, say man you always come.
[F] I need that suit, come on, I'll throw [C] a .44
gun in for [G] the pair, _
For the [C] larger pair.
_ _ Johnny fled down the stairway, found Frankie in those shoes.
[F] Frankie said, hey, me .44,
my time [G] is running, as Johnny fell. _
Then Frankie [C] yelled, _ [F] oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ _ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to come,
[C] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like [C] a loving man.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, [C] days, days to come. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Send for your rubber tire, I says, send for your rubber tire, I say,
[F]
Yeah, little Johnny, to the graveyard, I'll shot him in [C] the back,
When the tapes [G] be gone, _ and the rips [C] be round.
_ _ Send for some police, punk, take me right away,
[F] Lock me down in the gun cell, and throw the [G] key away,
But Johnny said, just [C] call me, said,
_ [F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ [G] Gonna miss me [A] honey in the days to [C] come,
_ _ [F] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like a loving [C] man. _ _
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the [A] days, days, days to come.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts, they had a quarrel one day.
_ [F] Johnny vowed he'd leave her, said he was going [G] away, never coming home.
_ On the way [C] to Rome, _ _ Frankie she made a dance plea,
Why don't Johnny please stay?
[F] Now old honey I've done you wrong, but please don't [A] go away.
Frankie said, then [G] Johnny sighed, then [C] Frankie cried,
_ [F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to [C] come,
And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me,
Gonna miss me big like a [C] loving man.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, days, [C] days to come. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Frankie said to her, Johnny, say man you always come.
[F] I need that suit, come on, I'll throw [C] a .44
gun in for [G] the pair, _
For the [C] larger pair.
_ _ Johnny fled down the stairway, found Frankie in those shoes.
[F] Frankie said, hey, me .44,
my time [G] is running, as Johnny fell. _
Then Frankie [C] yelled, _ [F] oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ _ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days to come,
[C] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, [F] to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like [C] a loving man.
_ [G] Gonna miss me honey in the days, [C] days, days to come. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Send for your rubber tire, I says, send for your rubber tire, I say,
[F]
Yeah, little Johnny, to the graveyard, I'll shot him in [C] the back,
When the tapes [G] be gone, _ and the rips [C] be round.
_ _ Send for some police, punk, take me right away,
[F] Lock me down in the gun cell, and throw the [G] key away,
But Johnny said, just [C] call me, said,
_ [F] Oh I'm going away, I'm going to stay, and I'm coming [C] home.
_ [G] Gonna miss me [A] honey in the days to [C] come,
_ _ [F] And to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me, to me,
Gonna miss me big like a loving [C] man. _ _
[G] Gonna miss me honey in the [A] days, days, days to come.
_ [C] _ _
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