The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest Akkorde von 
Jerry GarciaDavid Grisman 
N/A3 Aufrufe
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, Frankie Lee and
Judas Priest
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They were the best of friends
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So when Frankie Lee needed money one day
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Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens
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And placed them on a footstool
Verse 2
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Just above the plotted plain
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Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy
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My loss will be your gain"
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Verse 3
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Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down
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And put his fingers to his chin
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But with the cold eyes of Judas on him
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Verse 4
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"Would you please not stare
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at me like that," he said
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It's just my foolish pride
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But sometimes a man must be alone
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And this is no place to hide
Verse 5
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Well, Judas, he just winked an d said
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"All right, I'll leave you here
But you'd better hurry up and choose
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Which of those bills you want
Before they all disappear"
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Verse 6
I'm gonna start my
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pickin' right now
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Just tell me where you'll be
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Judas pointed down the road
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Verse 7
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"Eternity," said Frankie Lee
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With a voice as cold as ice
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"That's right," said Judas Priest,
"Eternity
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Though you might call it Paradise"
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Verse 8
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"I don't call it anything"
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Said Frankie Lee with a smile
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"All right," said Judas Priest
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I'll see you after a while
Interlude 1
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Well, Frankie Lee, he sat
Verse 9
When just then a passing
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stranger
Verse 10
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Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee,
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the gambler
Whose father is deceased?
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There's a fellow callin' you down the road
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And they say his name is Priest"
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Verse 11
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"Oh, yes, he is my friend"
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Said Frankie Lee in fright
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I do recall him very well
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In fact, he just left my sight
Verse 12
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"Yes, that's the one,"
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said the stranger
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As quiet as a mouse
Well, my message is,
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he's down the road
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Stranded in a house
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Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked
Verse 13
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He dropped
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Until he came up to the spot
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Where Judas Priest did stand
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Verse 14
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"What kind of house is this," he said
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Where I have come to roam?
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"It's not a house," said Judas Priest
it's a home
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Verse 15
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Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled
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He soon lost all control
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Over everything which he had made
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While the mission bells did toll
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Verse 16
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He just stood there staring
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At that big house as bright as any sun
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With four and twenty windows
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And a woman's face in every one
Verse 17
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Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee
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With a soulful, bounding leap
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And, foaming at the mouth
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He began to make his midnight creep
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Verse 18
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For sixteen nights and days he raved
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But on the seventeenth he burst
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Into the arms of Judas Priest
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Which is where he died of thirst
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Verse 19
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No one tried to say a thing
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When they carried him out in jest,
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Except, of course, the little neighbor boy
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Who carried him to rest
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Verse 20
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And he just walked along, alone
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With his guilt so well concealed
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And muttered underneath his breath
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Interlude 2
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Well, the moral of the story
Verse 21
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Is simply that one should never be
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Where one does not belong
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Verse 22
So when you see your neigh
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bor carryin' somethin'
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Help him with his load
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And don't go mistaking Paradise
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For that home across the road
Outro 1
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