Stack O'Lee (1928-12-28, New York) chords by Mississippi John Hurt
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Intro 1
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(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
Police officer, (D major)
how can it be?
You can 'rest (G major) everybody
but cruel Stack O' (D major) Lee
That (A major) bad man, oh,
cruel (D major) Stack O' Lee (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Billy de Lyon told Stack O' Lee,
"Please don't take my life
(G major) I got two little babies,
and a darlin' lovin' wife"
(D major) That (A major) bad man, oh,
cruel (D major) Stack O' Lee (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
"What I care about you little babies,
your darlin' lovin' wife?
You done stole (G major) my Stetson1 hat, I'm
bound to take your (D major) life"
That bad (A major) man, cruel (D major) Stack O' (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Lee (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major)
With the forty- four
(G major) When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was
lyin' down on the floor
(D major) That (A major) bad man, oh cruel (D major) Stack O'
Lee (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
"Gentleman's of the jury,
what do you think of that?
(G major) Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon
about a five- dollar Stetson (D major) hat"
That (A major) bad man, oh,
cruel (D major) Stack O' Lee (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
And all they gathered, hands way up high
At twelve o'clock (G major) they killed him,
they's all glad to see him (D major) die
That (A major) bad man,
oh, cruel (D major) Stack O' Lee
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Stack O'Lee (1928-12-28, New York)
Mississippi John Hurt
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