Stagger Lee And Billy chords by Tina Turner

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Verse 1
Em 
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 (E minor) I  (E major) went down to the Gogo West,
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I thought I would have my (D major) self a  (B major) bar
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But  (E major) if I had known what was
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 (C major) in store for me,
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B 
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I never  (E major) would have  (B major) gone at all  (E major) 
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Cause  (D major) they threw  (B major)  (E major) chairs and files
Em 
 (E minor) all over the place
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Em 
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I  (E major) couldn't  (E minor) find  (E major) no place  (B major) to hide
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Em 
But  (E major) every  (E minor) time I made a
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 (C major) break for the door
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B 
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Somebody  (E major) knocked me  (B major) right back inside  (E major) 
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D 
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E 
 (B major)  (D major)  (B major)  (E major) Staggly was
kissin' Billy's wife
B 
When Billy walked in  (B major) the door
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Staggly  (E major) caught the flea
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and got down  (C major) on his knee
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But Billy knocked  (E major) him right
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dead  (B major) on the floor
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Billy  (E major) was  (D major) hitting Stag (E major) ger Lee so hard
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The cops were scared to speak (B major) 
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The two bouncer (E major) s standing there
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E 
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 (B major) They  (E major) even turned  (C major) their head
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Pretend (E major) ing like they  (B major) didn't see  (E major)  (B major) 
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 (D major) Billy whipped  (E major) the poor boy so long
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Until he started to look impaled  (B major) 
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He even  (E major) gave Stagger Lee
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Two  (C major) black eyes and  (E major) daddy
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the  (B major) one to swing
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E 
While they  (D major) threw  (B major) chairs  (E major) and bottles
all over the place
Em 
B 
I  (E minor) couldn't find no place  (B major) to hide
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Em 
E 
But  (E major) every time  (E minor) I  (E major) made a
C 
 (C major) break from the door
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B 
E 
Somebody knocked  (E major) me  (B major) right back inside  (E major) 
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D 
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E 
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 (B major)  (D major)  (B major)  (E major)  (B major) 
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Am 
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 (E major)  (B major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (E major)  (B major)  (E major) 
B 
E 
 (B major) Now when the  (E major) fight was over,
oh boy, what a mess,
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 (D major) Stag (E major) ger Lee had some
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broken bones.  (B major) 
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And I know the  (E major) boy had learned
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a  (C major) lesson from this,
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that's to  (E major) leave married
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 (B major) wo men alone.  (E major) 
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E 
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Cause they  (B major) threw chairs  (E major) an (B major) d bottles
Em 
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all  (E minor) over the place,  (E major) 
Em 
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and I couldn't  (E minor) find no  (E major) place to  (B major) hide.
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Em 
But  (E major) every time  (E minor) I made a
C 
 (C major) break for the door,
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B 
some (E major) body knocked me  (B major) right back inside
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I  (E major) ain't never seen the like of him before
The poor boy gained ten
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pounds  (D major) in  (E major) five minutes
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His head looked like  (D major) a watermel
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 (E major) on's overcoat
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And his eyes was the size  (B major) of a missile egg
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 (E major) His mouth looked like a Salvation
Army's tin with buckshot holes
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Huh, mad man, what  (D major) a mess
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 (E major) 