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            Frankie's Man, Johnny:Johnny Cash.
#9 US Country and #57 on BB Hot 100
on COLUMBIA Records in 1959.

#1.
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Well, now, Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts.
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They were true as a blue, blue sky.
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He was a long-legged guitar picker with a wicked 
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wanderin' eye.
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But he was her man, nearly all of the time.

#2.
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Well, Johnny he packed up to leave her, but he 
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promised he'd be back.
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He said he had a little pickin' to do a little 
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farther down the track.
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He said, I'm your man, I wouldn't do you wrong.

#3.
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Well, Frankie curled up on the sofa, thinkin' about 

her man.
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Far away the couples were dancing to the music of his 
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band.
                 F                        Bb
He was Frankie's man, he wasn't doin' her wrong.

#4.
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Then in the front door walked a redhead, Johnny saw her 

right away.
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She came down by the bandstand to watch him while 
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he played.
                 F                    Bb
He was Frankie's man, but she was far away.

#5.
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He sang every song to the redhead, she smiled back at him.
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Then he came and sat at her table where the lights were 
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low and dim.
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What Frankie didn't know, wouldn't hurt her none.

#6.
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Then the redhead jumped up and slapped him.
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She slapped him a time or two.
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She said, I'm Frankie's sister and I was checking up on you.
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If you're her man, you better treat her right.

OUTRO:
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Well, the moral of this story is be good but carry a stick.
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Sometimes, it looks like a guitar picker just can't tell 
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what to pick.
                 F                               Bb
He was Frankie's man and he still ain't done her wrong.




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