Stagger Lee chords by James Brown

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Verse 1
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I  (C major) was  (G major) 
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 (C major) standing on the corner
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when I heard  (F major) my bulldog bark
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He was  (C major) barking at two men who
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were  (G major) gambling in the dark  (C major) 
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Oh,  (G major) it was
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Stag (C major) ger
Lee and
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Billy, two men  (F major) gamblin' ladies
Stagger
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Lee  (C major) threw seven and
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Billy  (G major) swore that he threw an eight
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 (C major) Look here,  (G major) 
Stagger
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Lee,  (C major) old
Billy
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Said, I  (F major) can't let you get away with that
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You  (D minor) want  (C major) all my money
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and my  (G major) brand new
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Stetson  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) Staggly went home and he got  (F major) his 44
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He said  (C major) now I'm going to the barroom,
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 (G major) it's a dead isle  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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Got  (C major) it  (A major)  (D minor)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
Staggly went to the bar
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And stood  (F major) across the barroom door
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He said, nobody,  (C major) don't move
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Pull  (G major) out his party phone  (C major)  (G major) 
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Staggly  (C major) cried then
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Please,  (F major) please don't take my life I got  (C major) three
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little children an (G major) d  a very sick little  (C major) wife
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Come on!  (G major) 
Tiger
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Lee  (C major) shot
Billy
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Oh, he shot  (F major) that poor boy so bad
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Till  (D minor)  (G major) the bul (C major) let came
through the belly
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An (G major) d  broke the bartender's  (C major) neck  (G major) 
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 (C major) Don't, don't, no,  (F major) ow, come on,  (C major) come  (A major) on,
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 (G major) come on, hey, come on,  (C major) get it  (F major)  (C major)  (A major) 
you