Key: G major
Verse 1
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1948, Xmas eve,
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with a full moon over town
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Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions
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Do you know what he shot him for?
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What do you make of that?
Cause Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice
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Verse 2
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Bayo, Bayo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
But you're scared
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of Stagger Lee.
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Stagger Lee is a mad man
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Bayo go get him or give the
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
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Delia DeLions, dear sweet Delia-D
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How How the hell can I arrest him?
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He's twice as big as me.
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Well don't ask me to go downtown,
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I won't come back alive (no more)
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Not only is that mother big but he
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packs a .45 (four)
Verse 4
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Bayo, Delia said, just give me a gun
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He shot my Billy dead now
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She went into the DeLion's club
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Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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Blew the smoke off her revolver,
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had him dragged to city hall
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Bayo, Bayo,
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He shot my Billy dead and now
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he's got to die.
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Verse 6
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Delia went a walking down on
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Singapore Street
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played "Near My God to Thee"
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But Delia whistled a different tune,
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what tune could it be?
Verse 7
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The song that woman sung was "Look
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Out Stagger Lee".
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The song that Delia sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
Outro 1
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