Stackolee chords by Woody Guthrie

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Stacker Lee was a bad man,
everybody knows,
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spent a  (G major) hundred dollars for
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just one suit of  (D major) clothes.
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He was  (A major) a bad man,
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that mean old Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
Stacker Lee loaded cotton,
weighed 500 pounds,
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Carried along  (G major) in a gatling gun
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and drug him to the  (D major) ground.
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He was  (A major) a bad man,
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that mean old Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
It was in a hustlin' bee joint
for the Mississippi run,
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Stacker  (G major) Lee killed Billy DeLines
with a smoke in 41.
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 (D major) He  (A major) was a bad man,
that mean ol' Stacker Lee
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 (D major) The high sheriff asked  (A major) the deputy,
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 (D major) how can it be
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You  (G major) can arrest everybody
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but the mean ol' Stacker  (D major) Lee
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He's a  (A major) bad man,
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that mean ol' Stacker Lee  (D major) 
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An (A major) d  the deputy told the new sheriff
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to  (D major) double up my fee
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And  (G major) I'll go get that outlaw
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by the name of Stacker  (D major) Lee,
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Cause he's a  (A major) bad man,
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that mean old Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
Gentleman of the jury,
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how do  (A major) you think about that?
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Stacker  (G major) Lee killed Billy DeLines
about a five -dollar Stutson hat.
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 (D major) He  (A major) was a bad man,
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that mean old Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
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Billy was in  (A major) the card house
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a -kneel (D major) ing on the floor,
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Stack (A major)  (G major) er  Lee pulled the trigger
of his red -hot .44.
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 (A major) He was a bad man,
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that mean old Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
Billy said to Stacker Lee,
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please don't  (A major) take my  (D major) life.
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 (G major) I've got three little babes
and a darling loving wife.
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 (D major) You're a  (A major) bad man,
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your name is Stacker Lee.  (D major) 
Why do I care about you
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Two little babes, your darlin'  (A major) lovin'  (D major) wife
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 (A major) You  (G major) done stole my brand new hat
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And I'm bound to take your  (D major) life,
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cause you're a  (A major) bad man
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And my name is Stacker  (D major) Lee
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Billy  (A major) died  (D major) in the sawdust
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 (A major) with his head up on the  (D major) rail
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 (A major) The  (G major) deputy took old Stacker Lee
And he marched him off to jail,
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 (D major) he was a  (A major) bad man
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That mean old Stacker  (D major) Lee
The judge said, Mr. Stacker Lee,
Mr. Stacker
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I'm  (G major) gonna hang your body up
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and set your spirit  (D major) free,
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Cause you're a  (A major) bad man,
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your name is Stacker Lee.  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Stacker Lee on his gallows,
his head way up high,
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Twelve  (G major) o  'clock we killed him,
was all glad to see him die,
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 (D major) He was a  (A major) bad man,
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that mean old Stacker  (D major) Lee,
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 (A major) He  (D major) was a  (G major) bad man,  (A major) 
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that Meadowlark Snaggletooth.  (D major) 