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[Intro] Bb [Verse]
BbFrankie and Johnnie were sweethearts BbThey had a quarrel one day EbJohnny vowed he would leave her He said he was going aBbway Never coming Fhome, goin' away to Bbroam
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BbFrankie frantically pleaded "BbMy love, Johnny, please stay EbNow, oh, my honey, I've done you wrong But please don't go aBbway" And Johnny Fsighed, while Frankie Bbcried
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"Oh, I'm Ebgoin' away, I'm goin' away Never coming Bbhome You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the days to come When the Bbwinter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up And when you Ebthink of the way, you're gonna wish me back Your lovin' Bbman You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the day they say's to Bbcome"
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BbFrankie done said to her Johnny "BbNow man, your hour done come" 'Cause Ebfrom behind her kimono She drew her forty-four Bbgun These love afFfairs are hard to Bbbear
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BbJohnny, he fled down the stairway "BbMy love, Frankie, don't shoot!" EbFrankie done aimed the forty-four While the town went rooty-toot-Bbtoot As Johnny Ffell, then Frankie Bbyelled
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"Oh, I'm Ebgoin' away, I'm goin' away Never coming Bbhome You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the days to come When the Bbwinter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up And when you Ebthink of the way, you're gonna wish me back Your lovin' Bbman You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the day they say's to Bbcome"
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"BbSend for your rubber tired hearses BbSend for your rubber tired hacks EbCarry old Johnny to the graveyard I've shot him in the Bbback With a great big Fgun, as the preacher Bbbegun
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BbSend for some policeman BbTo take me right away EbLock me down in the dungeon cell And throw the key aBbway My Johnny's Fdead because he Bbsaid
[Chorus]
"Oh, I'm Ebgoin' away, I'm goin' away Never coming Bbhome You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the days to come When the Bbwinter winds begin to blow, the ground is covered up And when you Ebthink of the way, you're gonna wish me back Your lovin' Bbman You're gonna Fmiss me, honey, in the day they say's to Bbcome"