Stagger Lee chords by Lloyd Price

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Intro 1

The night was clear

And the moon was yellow

And the leaves came tumbling down

Verse 1

I was standing on the corner

When I heard my bulldog bark

He was barkin' at the two men

who were gambling in the dark

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Verse 2

It was Stagger Lee and Billy

Two men who gambled late

Stagger Lee threw seven

Billy swore that he threw eight

Verse 3
Eb 
Stagger Lee told Billy,
Ab 
I can't let you go with that
Eb 
You have won all my money
Bb 
Eb 
and my brand new Stetson hat
Bb 
(oh Stagger Lee)

Verse 4

Stagger Lee went home

And he got his forty-four

Said, I'm goin' to the barroom

just to pay that debt I owe

Solo 1

Verse 5

Stagger Lee went to the barroom

And he stood across the barroom door

He said, nobody move

and he pulled his forty four

Verse 6
Eb 
Stagger Lee, cried Billy
Ab 
Oh, please don't take my life
Eb 
I've got three little children
Bb 
Eb 
and a very sickly wife
Bb 
(Oh, Stagger Lee)

Verse 7
Eb 
Stagger Lee shot Billy
Ab 
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
Eb 
'Till the bullet came through Billy
Bb 
Eb 
and it broke the bar Tender's glass
Bb 
(Oh, Stagger Lee)

Outro 1
Eb 
(Oh Stagger Lee, oh Stagger Lee)
Ab 
(Oh Stagger Lee, oh Stagger Lee)
Eb 
Bb 
(Oh Stagger Lee, oh  Stagger Lee)
Eb 
Bb 
(Oh Stagger Lee, oh  Stagger Lee)
[Repeat and fade]