Stagger Lee chords by Grateful Dead
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Verse 1
(D major) (E minor) (F major) (C major) (B flat major) 1948, (C major) Xmas eve,
with a full (B flat major) moon over town (F major)
Stagger Lee (C major) shot Billy (B flat major) (C major) DeLions
And he (B flat major) blew that poor boy down.
Do (F major) you know (C major) what he shot (B flat major) (G minor) him for? (F major)
What (B flat major) do you make of that? (G major)
Cause Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice
Won (A minor) Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
(A major) (G major) (A major)
Verse 2
(D major) Bayo, Bayo, tell (G major) me how can this be?
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
But you're scared
of Stagger (C major) Lee. (D major) (C major)
Stagger (G major) Lee is a (A minor) mad man (G major)
and he shot my Billy (D major) D.
(C major) Bayo go get (G major) (C major) him or give the
job to (D major) me.
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Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
Verse 3
Delia (D major) (G major) DeLions, dear sweet Delia-D
How How the hell can I ar (A minor) rest (C major) him?
(D major) (G major) He's twice as big (C major) (D major) (C major) as me.
Well (G major) don't ask me to (A minor) go downtown, (G major)
I won't come back (C major) alive (D major) (no more)
Not (C major) only is that mother (G major) big (C major) but he
(D major) packs (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major) (F major) a (C major) .45 (four)
Verse 4
Bayo, Delia (B flat major) said, (C major) (B flat major) just give me a gun
He (F major) shot my Billy (C major) dead (B flat major) (C major) now
I'm (B flat major) gonna see him hung.
She (F major) went in (C major) to the (B flat major) DeLi (F major) on's club
(B flat major) through Billy DeLions blood
(D major) Stepped (G major) up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
Said, (A major) "Buy me a gin fizz, love."
Interlude 2
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(C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
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(A minor) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (G major)
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(D major)
Verse 5
As (D major) Stagger Lee lit a cigarette
she shot (G major) him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her revolver (C major) (G major) ,
had him dragged (D major) to city hall (C major)
(G major) Bayo, (A minor) Bayo, (G major)
see you (D major) hang him high
He shot (C major) my Billy dead (G major) and (C major) now
he's got to (D major) (C major) die. (G major)
(C major) (D major)
Verse 6
(D major) Delia went a walking (G major) down on
Singapore Street (C major) (G major)
A three-piece band band on the corner (A minor)
played (G major) "Near My God to (D major) Thee" (C major)
But (G major) Delia whistled a differ (C major) ent (G major) tune,
what tune could (C major) it be? (D major)
Verse 7
The (C major) song that woman sung (G major) was (C major) "Look
Out Stagger (D major) Lee". (C major) (G major) (C major) (D major)
The song (C major) that Delia sung (G major) was (C major) "Look Out Stagger (D major) Lee".
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Stagger Lee
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