{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":14967,"song":"The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/14967-the-ballad-of-frankie-lee-and-judas-priest-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/14967?type=chord","rating":4.8281,"votes":81,"content":"The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - Bob Dylan\r\nFrom: John Wesley Harding (1967)\r\n\r\nThe acoustic on Dylan's recording is played using G-shapes + capo 5th fret.\r\nSo, for the original sound, transpose this chord sheet -5 and use a capo 5th fret.\r\n\r\nThe bass often does not play the regular root; the bass notes are included here \r\nafter the chord names. Playing alone, they can either be left out or included \r\ninto the chords (some welcome colours in a long song).\r\n\r\n[tab]no capo             capo 5\r\nEm/B  x-2-x-0-0-0   Bm/F# 2-x-4-4-3-2\r\nDm/A  x-0-x-2-3-1   Am/E  0-x-2-2-1-0\r\nC/G   3-x-2-0-1-0   G/D   x-x-0-0-0-3\r\nDm/F  x-x-3-2-3-1   Am/C  x-3-2-2-1-0[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n(guitar)[/tab]\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em/B[/ch] | [ch]Dm/A[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nWell, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                      [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThey were the best of friends.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nSo when Frankie Lee needed money one day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJudas quickly pulled out a roll of tens[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nAnd placed them on a footstool[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                   [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJust above the plotted plain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nSayin', \"Take your pick, Frankie Boy,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm/A[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMy loss will be your gain.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, Frankie Lee, he sat right down[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm/F[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAnd put his fingers to his chin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut with the cold eyes of Judas on him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                | [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] |\r\nHis head began to spin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Could ya please not stare at me like that,\" he said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"It's just my foolish pride,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor sometimes a man must be alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd this is no place to hide.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\n Well Judas, he just winked and said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\"All right, I'll leave you here,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nBut you'd better hurry up and choose [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhich of those bills you want before they all disappear.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\n \"I'm gonna start my pickin' right now,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm/A[/ch]                     [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nJust tell me where you'll be.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\n Judas pointed down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm/A[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And said eternity,[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Eternity?\" said Frankie Lee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n With a voice as cold as ice.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n \"That's right,\" said Judas, \"Eternity,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThough you might call it 'Paradise.'\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n \"I don't call it anything,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSaid Frankie Lee with a smile.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n \"All right,\" said Judas Priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n \"I'll see you after a while.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFeelin' low and mean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n When just then a passing stranger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBurst upon the scene,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaying, \"Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhose father's deceased?[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, if you are, There's a fellow callin' you down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd they say his name is Priest.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n \"Oh, yes, he is my friend,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSaid Frankie Lee in fright,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n \"I do recall him very well,[/tab]\r\n            Dm/          C\r\nIn fact, he just left my sight.\"\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Yes, that's the one,\" said the stranger,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs quiet as a mouse,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"Well, my message is, he's down the road,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStranded in a house.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nWell, Frankie Lee, he panicked,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm/A[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHe dropped ev'rything and ran[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nUntil he came unto the spot[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm/A[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWhere Judas Priest did stand.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\n\"What kind of house is this,\" he said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm/A[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\"Where I have come to roam?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\n\"It's not a house,\" says Judas Priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm/A[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\"It's not a house, it's a home.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, Frankie Lee, he trembled,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe soon lost all control[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOver everything which he had made[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the mission bells did toll.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em/B[/ch]\r\nHe just stood there staring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt that big house as bright as any sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith four and twenty windows[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a woman's face in every one.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm/A[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a soulful, bounding leap,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd, foaming at the mouth,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe began to make his midnight creep.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFor sixteen nights and days he raved,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut on the seventeenth he burst[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nInto the arms of Judas Priest,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhich is where he died of thirst.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n No one tried to say a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen they carried him out in jest[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nExcept, of course, the little neighbour boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWho carried him to rest.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd he just walked along, alone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith his guilt all well concealed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n And muttered underneath his breath,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Nothing is revealed.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Solo] (harp)\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em/B[/ch] | [ch]Dm/A[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em/B[/ch] | [ch]Dm/A[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, the moral of the story,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe moral of this song,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs simply that one should never be[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere one does not belong.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo when you see your neighbour carryin' somethin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHelp him with his load,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd don't go mistaking Paradise[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor that home across the road.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro] (harp)\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em/B[/ch] | [ch]Dm/A[/ch] | [ch]C/G[/ch] |\r\n[tab]| [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]Em[/ch] | [ch]Dm[/ch] | [ch]C[/ch] |\r\n(fade out over last four chords)[/tab]","plain_text":"The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest - Bob Dylan\nFrom: John Wesley Harding (1967)\n\nThe acoustic on Dylan's recording is played using G-shapes + capo 5th fret.\nSo, for the original sound, transpose this chord sheet -5 and use a capo 5th fret.\n\nThe bass often does not play the regular root; the bass notes are included here \nafter the chord names. Playing alone, they can either be left out or included \ninto the chords (some welcome colours in a long song).\n\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n| C | Em/B | Dm/A | C/G |\n\n \n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n            Dm/          C\nIn fact, he just left my sight.\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo] (harp)\n| C | Em/B | Dm/A | C/G |\n| C | Em/B | Dm/A | C/G |\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro] (harp)\n| C | Em | Dm | C |\n| C | Em | Dm | C |\n| C | Em/B | Dm/A | C/G |","chords":["G","Em/B","Bm/F","Dm/A","Am/E","C/G","G/D","Dm/F","Am/C","C","Em","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}