Stagger Lee chords by Lowell Levinger
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major)
In (E flat major) the
Verse 1
(C major) wee
wee hours of (G major) the morn (C major) ing
Or deep (F major) in the middle of the night
That's when Stagger (C major) Lee and (F major) Billy
had (G major) that great big fight (C major) (F major) (C minor)
(E flat major) I was (C major) standing on the corner
when (F major) I heard my bulldog bark
He was (C major) barking at two (F major) men
(G major) who were gambling in the dark (C major) (F major) (G major)
It (E flat major) was Stagger (C major) Lee and Billy,
two men (F major) who gambled late
Stagger Lee (C major) threw a seven
an (G major) d Billy swore that he
threw (C major) eight (F major) (G major)
Stagger Lee (C major) told (F major) Billy, (C major)
I can't (F major) let you go with that
Cause you've won (C major) all my money,
now you grab (G major) my brand
new (C major) Stetson hat (E flat major)
So (G major) Stagger (C major) Lee, he went home,
(F major) he got his 44
Said I'm going (C major) back to the barroom
(G major) and pay that debt that I owe (C major) (F major) (G major)
Stagger (C major) Lee went right back
down to the barroom
And he (F major) swaggered in the barroom door
He said, now (C major) nobody move,
(F major) he (G major) pulled his 44 (C major) (C minor)
(G major) Stagger Lee (C major) cried, Billy,
(F major) man, please don't take my life
I got three (C major) little children
an (G major) d a darlin' lovely wife (C major) (F major) (G major)
(E flat major) What (C major) do I care about your
three little (G major) children?
(C major) (F major) What do I care about your
darlin' lovely wife?
You touch (C major) my milk wife Stetson,
(G major) I'm bound to take your life (C major) (G major)
Stag (F major) ger (C major) Lee, you shot Billy
He (F major) shot that poor boy (D minor) so (C major) bad
(F major) That the (C major) bullets went through Billy
And (G major) broke the bartender's glass (C major) (F major) (G major) (C minor)
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(F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
(E flat major) Now, Billy's wife, (C major) Millie,
she went down to the bar room
She said, (F major) I can't believe
how Billy's dead
Now, Stagger Lee (C major) just laughed, he (G major) said
He can't, the hole's in (C major) his head (F major) (G major)
A (C major) gentleman of the jury,
what (F major) do you think (D minor) of that? (F major)
Stagger Lee (C major) shot Billy
about (F major) a (G major) five dollar Stetson hat. (C major) (G major)
Stagger Lee (C major) stood before the judge
and (F major) the jury, they heard him curse.
They said, (C major) we better kill him
(G major) before he murders one of us (C major) (F major) (C minor)
(E flat major) Staggered (C major) he stood upon the gallows,
(F major) and he held his head up high
It was twelve (C major) o 'clock when they killed him,
(F major) they were (G major) all glad to see him die (C major) (G major)
He took (C major) six, six white (F major) horses, (C major)
carry (G major) ing (F major) that rubber -tied hack
Well, they've (C major) taken old Stag
to the graveyard
Ain't (G major) gonna bring him back (C major) (G major)
(C minor) When (C major) the women, the women all (F major) heard
(C major) Heard (F major) that Stagger Lee was dead
Well, they (C major) rushed right home
And they (G major) re -arragged (C major) in red (G major)
When all the (C major) people coming
back from (F major) the funer (C major) al
They heard a (F major) big rumbling
Well, that ain't (C major) nothing but old style
Turn (G major) in' Billy upside down (C major) (G major)
Now, (C major) if you're ever up in St. Louis
And (F major) you're walkin' to the Lions Club
Every step (C major) you're steppin' in
(G major) Billy the Lion's (C major) blood (G major)
You better run, (C major) Stagger Lee,
you better run
Run, (F major) Stagger Lee, you better run
You better run (C major) , Stagger Lee,
cause a (G major) man has got your gun (C major) (F major)
(C major)
Stagger Lee
Lowell Levinger
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