Stack-a-lee (Trad. Arr) chords by Johnny Otis

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Verse 1
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I was
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standing on the corner
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when I heard my bulldog bark
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He was barking at two men
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who were scamping in the dark
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
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two men who gambled late
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Stagger Lee threw seven,
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Billy swore nine, he threw eight
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Stagger Lee cried, Billy,
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man, I can't let you go with that
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You done won all my money
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and my brand new Stetson hat
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He said, go Staggily, go Staggily,
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go Staggily, go Staggily.
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And he swallowed my money, boy,
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and my brand -new Stetson hat.
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Staggily went home,
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and he got his 44.
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said, I'm going to the barroom
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just to fill it dead out.
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Stagger Lee went
to the barroom,
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stood across the barroom door.
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Said, don't nobody move,
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cause I got this here 44.
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Stagger Lee cried, Billy,
Lord,
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please don't take my life.
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I got three little children
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and a very sickly wife.
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Oh, Staggerly, oh,
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Staggerly, oh, Staggerly.
Go ahead. You know,
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I got three little children
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and a very sickly wife.
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Well, Staggerly shot Billy.
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Lord, he shot that poor boy so bad
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Till a bullet went through Billy,
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and it broke the bartender's