Stackolee chords by Woody Guthrie

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