Frankies Gun Chords & Tabs
Capo 3rd Fret
Intro: D A G G (x6)
D
My car goes
A
Chicago
G
Every weekend to pick up some cargo
D A
I think I know the bloody way by now, Frankie
G
And turn the god damn radio down, thank you
D
Pull over
A
Count the money
G
But don't count the thirty in the glove box buddy
D A G
That's for to buy Lucille some clothes
[I scratch and pause before the chorus, but you don't have to]
D G
Bang bang bang went Frankie's gun
A
He shot me down Lucille (x2)
D
He shot me down
A
He shot me down
G
He shot me down
D
Work zones double fines
A
Don't pass the double lines
G
Trailer McDonald's rest stop trailer double wide
D A
I saw a man hit my mom one time, really
G
I hurt him so damn bad I had to hide in Jersey
D
Called my mama told her
A
In the dresser
G
There's ten or twenty dollars but there ain't no lesser
D A G
That's for to take my sister to the picture show
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D G
Bang bang bang went Frankie's gun
A
He shot me down Lucille (x2)
D
He shot me down
A
He shot me down
G
He shot me down
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na na na na na na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na na na na na na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na
Break: D A G G (x4) (He mumbles something here...)
D
Slip make a fender shine
A
Frankie you're a friend of mine
G
Got me off a bender after long legged Brenda died
D A
I thought we might be on a roll this time Frankie
G
I could have swore the box said Hollywood blanks but
D
You see my mama
A
Please tell her
G
I left a little rock in a box in the cellar
D A G
That's for to wear till kingdom come
D G
Bang bang bang went Frankie's gun
A
He shot me down Lucille (x2)
D
He shot me down
A
He shot me down
G
He shot me down
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na na na na na na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na na na na na na
D A G
Sha nay na sha nay na
End on D
