INTRO: D (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret) D G D My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state A I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8 D G D I always done an honest job as honest as I could A D I got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good G D Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down A I get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown D G D Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away A D But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way CHORUS 1: G D A G D Yeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood A G D A Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood D G D I catch him when he's straying like any brother would A D Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good G D Well Franky went in the army back in 1965 A I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife D G D But them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed A D Franky came home in `68, and me, I took this job CHORUS 2: G D A G D Yea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood A G D A Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood D G D I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line A D GD Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine G D Well the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine A There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line D G D There was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head A D There was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said G D Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights A But I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night D G D It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank A D Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank Well I chased him through them county roads G D 'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here A D I pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear CHORUS 3: G D A G D Me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood A G D A Taking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood D G D I catch him when he's straying like any brother would A D GD Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good ----------------------------------------- NOTES: TUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not quite a full semitone. ----------------------------------------- CHORDS: EADGBE ------ D XX0232 G 320033 A X02220