The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Chords by Jerry Garcia, David Grisman

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_ Frankie [Em] Lee and Judas Priest, [F] they were [C] the best of friends.
When [Em] Frankie Lee needed [E] money one [F] day, Judas [C] quickly pulled out a roll of tens and [Em] placed
them on a footstool [F] above [C] the potted plain.
He said, [Em] take your pick, Frankie boy, [F] or my loss will be [C] your gain.
Well [Em] Frankie Lee, [E] he sat right down, [F] put his fingers to [C] his chin.
With [G] the cold eyes [E] of Judas on him, [G] [F] his head began to [C] spin.
Could [Em] you please not stare at me like that, he said.
[F] It's just my [C] foolish pride.
_ [Em] Sometimes a [E] man must be alone, [F] and this is no [C] place to hide.
_ Judas, he [E] just winked his eye and said, [F] alright, I'll [C] leave you here.
_ But you better [Em] hurry up and choose which one of those bills [F] you want before they [C] all disappear.
_ [Em] I'm going to start my picking right [F] now.
Just [C] tell me where you'll be.
_ [Em] Judas pointed down the road [F] and said, [C] eternity.
_ _ [Em] Eternity, said Frankie Lee, [F] with a voice [C] as cold as ice.
That's [G] right, said Judas, eternity, [F] though some might [C] call it paradise.
_ _ [Em] I don't call it anything, _ [F]
[C] said Frankie Lee with a smile.
_ [Em] Alright, said Judas Priest, [F] I'll see you after a [C] while.
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[C] _ _ Well Frankie [Em] Lee, he sat right [F] down, feeling [C] low and mean.
When just [Em] then a passing stranger [F] burst upon the scene.
[C] _ Saying, you [Em] Frankie Lee, the gambler, [F] whose father [C] is deceased.
_ [G] Well if you are, there's a fellow calling you down the [F] road, and he says his [C] name is Priest.
Oh [Em] yes, he is my friend, [F] said [C] Frankie Lee in fright.
I [G] do recall him [Bm] very well.
[F] In fact, he [C] just left my sight.
_ [Em] That's the one, said the stranger, [F] as [C] quiet as a mouse.
The [Em] message is he's down the [F] road and he's stranded [C] in a house.
_ [E] Frankie Lee, he panicked.
[F] He dropped [C] everything and ran.
Until [Em] he came onto the spot [F] where [C] Judas Priest did stand.
What kind [B] of house is this, he said, [F] where I [C] have come to roam.
It's [G] not a house, said Judas Priest, [F] it's not a [C] house, it's a home.
Well Frankie [Em] Lee, he trembled.
[F] He soon [C] loosed all control.
Over [G] everything which he had made, [F] while the mission [C] bells did toll.
He just [Em] stood there staring at that big [F] house, as [C] bright as any sun.
With [Em] four and twenty windows, [F] and a woman's face in every [G] one.
[C] Well up [E] the stairs ran Frankie Lee, [F] with a [C] soulful bounding leap.
[D] [C] And [Em] foaming at the mouth, [F] he began to make his midnight [C] creep.
_ [Em] For sixteen nights and days [F] he raved, but on the [C] seventeenth he burst.
_ [E] Into the arms of Judas Priest, [F] which is where he [C] died first.
[G] [C] No [G] one tried to say [E] a thing, [F] when they carried him [C] out of the chest.
_ [G] Except of course the little neighbor [F] boy, who carried [C] him to rest.
[G] And he [Em] just walked along [F] alone, with his [C] guilt so well concealed.
And [Em] muttered underneath his breath, [F] nothing [C] is revealed.
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[C] _ Well the [G] moral of this story, [E] _ [F] the moral of [C] this song,
_ [G] is simply that [B] one should never [G] be, [F] where one does not [C] belong.
So when [G] you see your neighbor [Em] carrying something, [F] go and help him with his [C] load.
And [Em] don't go mistaking paradise, for [F] that home across [C] the road.
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