^DMy name is Joe Roberts^G I work for the stat^De I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8^{A D}I always done an honest job ^Gas honest as I co^Duld I got a brother named Fran^Akie and Frankie ain't no g^Dood

Now ever since we was young kids it's b^Geen the same come d^Down I get a call on the shortwave Frankie's in trouble down^Atown ^DWell if it was any other man, I^G'd put him straight a^Dway But when it's your brother^A sometimes you look the other w^Day

Yeah me and F^Grankie laughin' and drin^Dkin' Nothin' feels be^Gtter than blood on bl^Dood Takin' turn^Gs dancin' with Ma^Dria as the band Played "Night of the Johnsto^Awn Flood" I ca^Dtch him when he's strayin' l^Gike any brother w^Dould Man turns his back on his fam^Aily well he just ain't no g^Dood

Well Frankie went in the army back in^G 1965^D I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my w^Aife B^Dut them wheat prices kept on droppin' till it was^G like we were gettin' ^D robbed Frankie came home in '^A68, and me, I took this j^Dob

Yeah we're lau^Gghin' and drink^Din' Nothin' feels b^Getter than blood on b^Dlood Takin' tur^Gns dancin' with Ma^Dria as the band Played "Night of the Johnsto^Awn Flood" I ca^Dtch him when he's strayin' t^Geach him how to walk that li^Dne Man turns his back on his fam^Aily he ain't no friend of ^Dmine

Well the night was like any other, I got a c^Gall 'bout quarter to n^Dine There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan l^Aine There was a k^Did lyin' on the floor lookin' bad bl^Geedin' hard from his he^Dad There was a girl cry'n' at a table ^Aand it was Frank, t^Dhey said

Well I went out and I jumped in my car ^Gand I hit the l^Dights Well I musta done one hundred and ten through Michigan county that n^Aight It was ^Dout at the crossroads, d^Gown 'round Willow b^Dank Seen a Buick with Ohio p^Alates behind the wheel was F^Drank

Till a s^Gign said "Canadian border five mi^Dles from here" I pulled over the side of the h^Aighway and watched his tail-lights di^Dsappear

Me and F^Grankie laughin' and d^Drinkin' Nothin' feels ^Gbetter than blood on b^Dlood Takin' tu^Grns dancin' with Ma^Dria as the band Played "Night of the Johnsto^Awn Flood" I ca^Dtch him when he's strayin' ^Gteach him how to walk that l^Dine A D | D | G | D | Man turns his back on his family and he just ain't no good