Stackalee chords by Lonnie Donegan

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Well,  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) old
Stacker Lee was a bad man,
as everybody knows
He spent about a hundred dollars
just buying one suit of clothes
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Well, he was a  (A major) bad man,
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that mean old Stack -A -Lee  (D major) 
There was old Stack -A -Lee
and a fella named Billy the Lion
They were fightin' out there
on the dance hall floor
When old Stack -Win
pulled the trigger of his smokin' .44
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He was a  (A major) bad man, that mean old Stackelly
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 (D major) Well, old Billy Lyons,
he said to Stackelly
Please don't take my life
Cause you know I got two little babies,
boy
And a real darling of a wife
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And you're a  (A major) bad man,
your name is Stackelly
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 (D major)  (G major)  (D major) Well  (G major) old Stackelly  (D major) said,
what I care about you two little babes
What I care about you, darling of a wife
You know Billy,
you done throwed my sticks in the hat
Where I come from,
I'm bound to take your life
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Cause I'm a bad  (A major) man,
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my name is  (G major) Stack  (D major) -A -Lee
Well old Stack -A -Lee
went on ahead and he killed Billy
So they took him down to the jailhouse,
put him in there and let him
cool off a while
Then they took him up to court,
this is what the judge told him
Well, the judge said,
Mr. Stackley, Mr. Stackley
I'm gonna hang your buddy up
and set your spirit free
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Cos I'm a bad  (A major) man, my name is Staggerly
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 (D major) Last time I seen him,
well he was standing up
there on the gallows
With his head held way up high
Round twelve o 'clock we killed him
And I was so glad to see him die
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He was a  (A major) bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee
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 (D major) He was a real bad  (A major) man,
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that mean old Stack (D major) er Lee