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