The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest
Bob Dylan
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(início)
G Bm Well, Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Am G They were the best of friends G Bm So when Frankie Lee needed money one day Am G Judas quickly pulled out a roll of tens G Bm And placed them on a footstool Am G Just above the plotted plain G Bm Sayin', "Take your pick, Frankie Boy Am G My loss will be your gain"
Verse 2
G Bm Well, Frankie Lee, he sat right down Am G And put his fingers to his chin G Bm But with the cold eyes of Judas on him Am G His head began to spin G Bm "Could ya please not stare at me like that," he said Am G "It's just my foolish pride G Bm But sometimes a man must be alone Am G And this is no place to hide"
Verse 3
G Bm Well, Judas, he just winked and said Am G "All right, I'll leave you here G Bm But you'd better hurry up and choose Am which of those bills you want G Before they all disappear" G Bm "I'm gonna start my pickin' right now Am G Just tell me where you'll be" G Bm Judas pointed down the road Am G And said, "Eternity!"
Verse 4
G Bm "Eternity?" said Frankie Lee Am G With a voice as cold as ice G Bm "That's right," said Judas, "Eternity Am G Though you might call it ‘Paradise'" G Bm "I don't call it anything" Am G Said Frankie Lee with a smile G Bm "All right," said Judas Priest Am G "I'll see you after a while"
Verse 5
G Bm Well, Frankie Lee, he sat back down Am G Feelin' low and mean G Bm When just then a passin' stranger Am G Burst upon the scene G Bm Saying, "Are you Frankie Lee, the gambler Am G Whose father's deceased? G Bm Well, if you are, there's a fellow callin' you down the road Am G And they say his name is Priest"
Verse 6
G Bm "Oh, yes, he is my friend" Am G Said Frankie Lee in fright G Bm "I do recall him very well Am G In fact, he just left my sight" G Bm "Yes, that's the one," said the stranger Am G As quiet as a mouse G Bm "Well, my message is, he's down the road Am G Stranded in a house"
Verse 7
G Bm Well, Frankie Lee, he panicked Am G He dropped ev'rything and ran G Bm Until he came up to the spot Am G Where Judas Priest did stand G Bm "What kind of house is this," he said Am G "Where I have come to roam?" G Bm "It's not a house," says Judas Priest Am G "It's not a house, it's a home"
Verse 8
G Bm Well, Frankie Lee, he trembled Am G He soon lost all control G Bm Over ev'rything which he had made Am G While the mission bells did toll G Bm He just stood there staring Am G At that big house as bright as any sun G Bm With four and twenty windows Am G And a woman's face in ev'ry one
Verse 9
G Bm Well, up the stairs ran Frankie Lee Am G With a soulful, bounding leap G Bm And, foaming at the mouth Am G He began to make his midnight creep G Bm For sixteen nights and days he raved Am G But on the seventeenth he burst G Bm Into the arms of Judas Priest Am G Which is where he died of thirst
Verse 10
G Bm No one tried to say a thing Am G When they carried him out in jest G Bm Except, of course, the little neighbor boy Am G Who carried him to rest G Bm And he just walked along, alone Am G With his guilt so well concealed G Bm And muttered underneath his breath Am G "Nothing is revealed"
Harmonica Solo
G Bm Am G x2
Verse 11
G Bm Well, the moral of this story Am G The moral of this song G Bm Is simply that one should never be Am G Where one does not belong G Bm So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin' Am G Help him with his load G Bm And don't go mistaking Paradise Am G For that home across the road
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