Stack O'Lee (1928-12-28, New York) chords by Mississippi John Hurt

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Intro 1

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