The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest by Bob Dylan, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest

by Bob Dylan

Biography:

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, United States) is an American musician, poet and artist whose position in popular culture is unique.

Dylan started his musical odyssey in 1959 when he began playing in Dinkytown, Minneapolis while attending the University of Minnesota. Shortly after starting to play he changed his stage name to Bob Dylan, after being influenced by the poetry of Dylan Thomas before legally changing his name in 1962.

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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
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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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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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His head began to spin
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Could ya please not stare at me like that he said
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It's just my foolish pride
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For sometimes a man must be alone
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And this is no place to hide

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Well Judas he just winked and said
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All right I'll leave you here
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But you'd better hurry up and choose
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Which of those bills you want
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Before they all disappear
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I'm gonna start my 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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And said eternity
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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 Eternity
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Though you might call it 'Paradise '

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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

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Well Frankie Lee he sat back down
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Feelin' low and mean
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When just then a passing stranger
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Burst upon the scene
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Saying Are you Frankie Lee the gambler
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Whose father's deceased
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Well if you are
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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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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
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Yes that's the one said the stranger
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As quiet as a mouse
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Well my message is he's down the road
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Stranded in a house

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Well Frankie Lee he panicked
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He dropped ev'rything and ran
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Until he came unto the spot
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Where Judas Priest did stand
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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 says Judas Priest
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It's not a house it's a home

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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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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

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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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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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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 neighbour boy
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Who carried him to rest
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And he just walked along alone
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With his guilt all well concealed
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And muttered underneath his breath
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Nothing is revealed

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Well the moral of the story
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The moral of this song
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Is simply that one should never be
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Where one does not belong
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So when you see your neighbour 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