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