stagger lee chords by Dion

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) The night was clear
Bm 
and the moon  (B minor) was yellow
D 
Em 
G 
And  (D major) the  (E minor) leaves  (G major) came
Em 
G 
D 
 (E minor)  (G major) tumbling down  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major) I  was stand (D major) ing up on the corner
G 
When I heard  (G major) my bulldog bark
D 
A 
Barking  (D major) at the two men who were gambling  (A major) 
D 
In the dark  (D major) 
A 
Yeah, it was Stagger  (A major) Lee,
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) and Billy
G 
Two men  (G major) who gambled late
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) threw seven,
A 
Billy swore  (A major) that he threw eight
D 
A 
 (D major) Yeah, I think  (A major) he was right
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) told Billy,
G 
I can (G major) 't let you go with that
D 
You have one  (D major) of my money
A 
plus my brand  (A major) new Stetson hat
D 
 (D major) Yeah, go
A 
D 
Stag (A major) ger Lee, yeah,  (D major) go
Stagger Lee, go
Stagger Lee, go
G 
 (G major) Stagger Lee, go
D 
Stagger Lee,  (D major) go
Stagger Lee, go
A 
 (A major) Stagger Lee, go
D 
A 
 (D major) Stagger Lee, go  (A major) 
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) went on home
G 
and he grabbed  (G major) his .44
D 
Said, I'm go (D major) ing there to that ballroom
A 
D 
just to pay  (A major) that debt I  (D major) owe
A 
Yeah, so he went  (A major) on.
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) went to the ballroom.
G 
And he stood  (G major) across that ballroom floor.
D 
He said, nobody  (D major) move.
A 
D 
And he pulled  (A major) his 44.  (D major) 
A 
Yeah, Stagger  (A major) Lee.
D 
Stagger Lee  (D major) pleaded, Billy.
G 
Come on,  (G major) Billy, please don't.
Please don't take my life.
D 
I got three  (D major) little children
A 
and  (A major) a  very sickly wife.
D 
A 
 (D major) Yeah, who cares?  (A major) 
D 
Yeah,  (D major) Staggerly shot Billy
G 
He shot that  (G major) shot
That poor boy
Hump so bad
D 
All that bul (D major) let dung
Went through Billy
A 
And it broke  (A major) the bar
Turned his glass
D 
A 
 (D major) Somebody said get  (A major) out of there
Staggerly, yeah
D 
Go  (D major) Staggerly
Go Staggerly
G 
Go  (G major) Staggerly
Go Staggerly
D 
Go, go,  (D major) go
A 
D 
A 
Staggerly  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
G 
A 
D 
 (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
It was the end.