Capo on 2nd Intro: G 4x G G My name is Joe Roberts C G I work for the state G G I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville G D7 D7 Barracks number eight G G I always done an honest job C G Honest as I could G D7 Got a brother named Frankie D7 G G Frankie ain't no good G G Ever since we were young kids C G It's been the same come down G G I get a call on the shortwave G D7 D7 Frankie's in trouble down - town G G Well if it was any other man C G I'd put him straight a - way G D7 But sometimes when it's your brother D7 G G You look the other way Chorus: C G Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' C G Nothin' feels better than blood on blood C G Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria G G While the band played "the Night of the D7 D7 Johnstown Flood" G G I catch him when he's strayin' C G Like any brother should G D7 Man turns his back on his family D7 G G He ain't no good G G Well Frankie went in the army C G Back in nineteensixty - five G G I got a farm de - ferment, G D7 D7 Settled down, took Maria for my wife G G But them wheat prices kept on droppin' C G Till it was like we were gettin' robbed G D7 Frankie came home in sixtyeight D7 G Me, I took this job Chorus: C G Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' C G Nothin' feels better than blood on blood C G Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria G While the band played "the Night of the D7 D7 Johnstown Flood" G G I catch him when he's strayin' C G Teach him how to walk that line G D7 Man turns his back on his family D7 G G Ain't no friend of mine Break: G-C-G- G-D-G G G Well the night was like any other C G I got a call `bout quarter to nine G G There was trouble in a roadhouse D7 Out on the Michigan line G G There was a kid on the floor lookin' bad C G Bleedin' hard from his head G D7 There was a girl cry'n' at a table D7 G G It was Frank, she said G G I ran out and I jumped in my car C G Then I hit the lights G G I musta done a hundred and ten G D7 D7 Through Michigan county that night G G It was down by the crossroads, C G Out by Willow bank G D7 Seen a Buick with O - hio plates D7 G G Behind the wheel was Frank G G Well I chased him through them county roads C G Till a sign said "Canadian border five miles from here" G D7 Pulled over the side of the highway D7 G Watched his tail-lights disappear Chorus: C G Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' C G Nothin' feels better than blood on blood C G Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria G While the band played "the Night of the D7 D7 Johnstown Flood" G G I catch him when he's strayin' C G Like any brother should D7 Man turns his back on his family G/ He ain't no good// G e|---------/ B|----0----/ G|------0-0/ D|---0-----/ A|-------2-/ E|3----3---/ C e|---------/ B|----1----/ G|------0-0/ D|---2---2-/ A|3----3---/ E|---------/ D7 e|----2----/ B|------1--/ G|---2----2/ D|0----0-0-/ A|---------/ E|---------/