The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest

The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest chords by Bob Dylan

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Well, Frankie 
    Lee 
    and 

    Judas 
    Priest 

    They 
    were 
    the 
    best 
    of 
    friends 

    So 
    when Frankie 
    Lee 
    needed 
    money 
    one 
    day 

    Judas 
    quickly 
    pulled 
    out 
    a roll 
    of 
    ten 

    And 
    placed 
    them 
    on 
    a foot
    stool 

    Just 
    above 
    the 
    plotted 
    plain, 

    Sayin', 
    Take 
    your 
    pick, 
    Frankie 
    Boy 

    My 
    loss 
    will be 
    your 
    gain 

    Verse 2

    Well, Frankie 
    Lee, 
    he 
    sat 
    right 
    down 

    And 
    put 
    his 
    fingers 
    to 
    his 
    chin 

    But 
    with 
    the cold 
    eyes 
    of Judas 
    on 
    him 

    His 
    head 
    began 
    to 
    spin 

    Would 
    ya 
    please 
    not 
    stare 

    at me 
    like 
    that, 
    he 
    said 

    It's 
    just 
    my 
    foolish 
    pride 

    But 
    sometimes 
    a man 
    must 
    be 
    alone 

    And this 
    is no 
    place 
    to hide 

    Verse 3
    Well, 
    Judas, 
    he 
    just 
    winked 
    an
    said 

    All 
    right, 
    I'll 
    leave 
    you 
    here 

    But 
    you'd 
    better 
    hurry 
    up and 
    choose 

    Which 
    of those 
    bills 
    you 
    want 

    Before 
    they 
    all 
    disappear 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    start 
    my 

    pick
    in' 
    right 
    now 

    Just 
    tell 
    me 
    where 
    you'll 
    be 

    Judas 
    poin
    ted 
    down 
    Verse 4
    the road 

    And said, 
    eternity 

    Eternity, 
    said 
    Frankie 
    Lee 

    With 
    a voice 
    as 
    cold 
    as 
    ice 

    That's 
    right, 
    said 
    Judas 
    Priest, 

    eternity 

    Though 
    you might 
    call 
    it 'Paradise 

    Verse 5
    I don't 
    call 
    it anything 

    Said 
    Frankie 
    Lee 
    with 
    smile 

    All 
    right," 
    said 
    Judas 
    Priest 

    I'll 
    see 
    you 
    after 
    while 

    Interlude 1



    Well, 
    Frankie 
    Lee, 
    he 
    sat 
    Verse 6

    back 
    down 

    Feelin' 
    low 
    and 
    mean 

    When 
    just 
    then 
    a passing 

    stranger 

    Burst 
    upon 
    the scene 

    Saying, 
    are you 
    Frankie 
    Lee, 

    the 
    gam
    bler 

    Whose 
    father 
    is 
    deceased 

    Well, if 
    you 
    are 

    There's 
    a fellow 
    callin' 
    you 
    down 
    the road 

    And they 
    say his 
    name 
    is 
    Priest 

    Verse 7

    Oh, 
    yes, 
    he 
    is 
    my 
    friend 

    Said 
    Frankie 
    Lee in 
    fright 

    I do 
    recall 
    him 
    very 
    well 

    In 
    fact, 
    he just 
    left 
    my 
    sight 

    Yes, 
    that's 
    the 
    one,said the 

    stranger 

    As quiet 
    as 
    a mouse 

    Well, 
    my message 
    is, 

    he's 
    down 
    the 
    road 

    Stranded 
    in 
    a house

    Well, Frankie 
    Lee, 
    he 
    panicked 
    Verse 8

    He 
    dropped 

    everything 
    and 
    ran 

    Until 
    he came 
    up 
    to 
    the 
    spot 

    Where 
    Judas 
    Priest 
    did stand 

    What 
    kind 
    of house 
    is 
    this,he said 

    Where 
    have 
    come 
    to 
    roam 

    It's 
    not 
    house,said Judas 
    Priest 

    It's 
    not 
    house 
    it's 

    a home 

    Verse 9

    Well, Frankie 
    Lee, 
    he 
    trembled 

    He 
    soon 
    lost 
    all 
    control 

    Over 
    everything 
    which 
    he 
    had 
    made 

    While 
    the mission 
    bells 
    did toll 

    He 
    just 
    stood 
    there 
    staring 

    At 
    that 
    big 
    house 
    as bright 
    as 
    any 
    sun

    With 
    four 
    and 
    twenty 
    win
    dows 

    And 
    a woman's 
    face 
    in 
    every 
    one 

    Verse 10
    Well, 
    up 
    the stairs 
    ran 
    Frankie 
    Lee 

    With 
    a soulful, 
    bounding 
    leap 

    And, 
    foam
    ing 
    at 
    the mouth 

    He began 
    to 
    make 
    his 
    midnight 
    creep 

    For 
    sixteen 
    night
    and days 
    he raved 

    But 
    on 
    the seventeenth 
    he 
    burst 

    Into 
    the 
    arms 
    of 
    Judas 
    Priest 

    Which 
    is 
    where 
    he 
    died 
    of 
    thirst 

    Verse 11

    No 
    one tried 
    to say 
    thing 

    When 
    they 
    took him 
    out 
    in jest 

    Except, 
    of course, 
    the 
    little 
    neighbor 
    boy 

    Who 
    carried 
    him 
    to 
    rest 

    And he 
    just 
    walked 
    along, 
    alone 

    With 
    his 
    guilt 
    so 
    well 
    con
    cealed 

    And 
    muttered 
    underneath 
    his 
    breath 

    Nothing 
    is 
    revealed 

    Interlude 2



    Well, the 
    moral 
    of 
    the 
    story 
    Verse 12

    The moral 
    of 
    this song, 

    Is 
    simply 
    that 
    one 
    should 
    never 
    be 

    Where 
    one 
    does 
    not 
    belong. 

    So 
    when you 
    see 
    your 
    neigh

    bor carry
    in' 
    somethin' 

    Help 
    him 
    with 
    his 
    load 

    And 
    don't 
    go 
    mistaking 
    Para
    dise 

    For 
    that 
    home 
    across 
    the road 
    Outro 1



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