Lirik dan Chord Lagu Frankie and Johnny - Burl Ives

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Frankie and Johnny" adalah lagu tradisional asal Amerika Serikat.

Lagu ini diciptakan berdasarkan kejadian pembunuhan yang terjadi pada 1899 silam.

Singel ini sudah dinyanyikan oleh banyak artis lainnya seperti Johnny Cash dan Bob Dylan.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Big Rock Candy Mountain - Burl Ives

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Frankie and Johnny" versi Burl Ives berikut ini.

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Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts

Lordy, how they could love
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Swore to be true to each other
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Yeah, true to the skies above
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He was her man, wouldn't do her no wrong

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And Frankie and Johnny went walkin'

And Johnny had on a new suit

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Yeah, Frankie spent one-hundred dollar notes
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Just to make her man look cute
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He was her man, he wouldn't do her no wrong

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Frankie went over to the barroom

Stopped for a bottle of beer

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Said to the old bartender man
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"Has my lover Johnny man been here?"
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"He was my man, Lord,
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but he'd been doin' me wrong, so wrong."

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Yeah, Frankie looked over the transom door

And there to her great surprise
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There sat her lover man
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Johnny Makin' love to Nellie Bly
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He was her man, but he was doin' her wrong

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Well, Frankie lifted up her kimono dress