[Verse]
Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts
Oh Lordy, how they could love
Swore to be true to each other
True as the stars above
He was her man, but he was doing her wrong

Frankie went down to the corner
Just for a bucket of beer
She said, "Oh Mr Bartender
Has my loving Johnny been here?"
He is my man, he wouldn't do me wrong

"Hey, I don't want cause you no trouble
I ain't gonna tell you no lies
I saw your lover an hour ago
With a gal named Nelly Blye"
He was your man, but he has done you wrong

Here he come now!

Hey Frankie looked over the Transom
And she saw to her surprise
There on a cot sat Johnny
Making love to Nellie Blye
He is my man, but he's done me wrong
Frankie drew back her kimono
She took out her old 44
And rooty toot toot three times
Right through that hardwood door
She shot her man 'cause he was doing her wrong

Here comes one more time!

Well, bring out the rubber-tired hearses
And bring out the rubber-tired hatch
She'd taken her man to the graveyard
And she ain't a-gonna bring him back
Lord, he was her man and he was doing her wrong

Bring out a thousand policemen
Bring 'em around today
And lock her down in the dungeon
And threw that key away
She shot her man 'cause he was doing her wrong

Frankie said to the warden
"What are you going to do"
And the warden said to Frankie
"It's electric chair for you"
You shot your man 'cause he was doing you wrong
Hey, this story has no moral
This story has no end
The only thing this story goes to show
Is there ain't no good in men
He was her man and he was doing her wrong