stagger lee chords by Modern Life Is War

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My name is Stagger Lee.
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And I'm walking through
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the ice and snow.
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An  d my girl threw me out last week.
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And I'm fucking
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broke.
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Nothing but this dollar in my pocket
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an  d my Colt .45.
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Don't look at me the wrong way...
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Cause I got nothing to lose tonight.
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Verse 2
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walk into JD's.
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I put a dollar down.
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I turn a dollar into a few.
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I start drinking and I turn around.
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Cause I feel a pair of eyes burning into
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the back of my neck.
He's whispering to
the barkeep.
The goddamn fool won't
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stop staring at me.
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So I shoot up from my seat and press the cold
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steel to his head and said
\"Don't you know who the
fuck I am?\"
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He said, \"Stagger Lee,
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please don't take my life.
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I've got a kid back home
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And I've got a wife.\"
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He said, \"Please, Stagger, please.
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I'm a friend, not a foe. But your girl
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is with Billy at the Flamingo.
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I just thought you should know.\"

Verse 3
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So I pistol whip him in
the teeth and walk outside.
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Steal the first fast car I see. A
Nd as my blood starts to boil...
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I start to take a little ride.
Leave the car running.
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Pull down the brim of my Black
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Stetson Hat.
Look around and I see no witness.
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One last drink from my silver flask.
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I kick open the door. I see
their bodies intertwined.
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I see the fear in their eyes.
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I point my Colt .45
And I feel divine.

Verse 4
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Stagger Lee... you're a bad,
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bad man.
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Oh Stagger Lee,
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you're going straight to hell.
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Stagger Lee, you're a bad,
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bad man.
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Oh Stagger Lee,
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you're going strait to hell.