Stagger Lee chords by Delbert McClinton
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Verse 1
The night (C major) was clear
And the moon was yel (F major) low
(C major) (G major) And the leaves (D minor) came tumbling (G major) (C major) down (G major)
Verse 2
I was stand (C major) in' on the corner
When I heard (F major) my bulldog bark
He was (C major) barkin' at the two
men who were gamblin' (G major)
In the dark
(C major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
It was Stag (C major) ger Lee and Billy
Two men (F major) who gambled late
Stagger (C major) Lee threw seven
Billy swore (G major) that he threw (C major) eight (F major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
Stagger (C major) Lee told Billy
I can (F major) 't let you go with that
Cause you done (C major) won all my money
And my (G major) brand new Stetson (C major) hat (G major)
Verse 5
Stagger (C major) Lee went home
(F major) Got his forty- four
He said I'm (C major) goin' to the barroom
(G major) To pay that debt I (C major) owe
Oh (G major) yeah (G minor)
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
Stagger (C major) Lee went to the barroom
And (F major) he stood crossways in the door
He said now (C major) don't nobody move
And (G major) he pulled his forty- four
(C major)
Verse 7
(G major)
Stagger (C major) Lee cried Billy
Oh please (F major) don't take my life
I've got three (C major) little children
And a very (G major) sickly wife
(C major)
Verse 8
(G major)
Stagger (C major) Lee shot Billy
Oh (F major) he shot that poor boy so bad
The (C major) bullet went through Billy
And (G major) broke the bartender's (C major) glass
Outro 1
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Stagger Lee
Delbert McClinton
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