Stagger Lee chords by Tim Hardin

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
Stag and
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Lee was a mean ass boy around
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Well, you see him a -comin',
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better lay your money down
Stack
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Lee was the meanest boy around
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You know he's the one that shot
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his best friend,
Billy
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Lyons, down
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Stag went down to the levee
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just about to break of day
There he met
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Billy de
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Lyons as they sat down to play
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Stag
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Lee and
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Billy gambled that night till late
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Until
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Stag
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Lee drew seven,
Bill
S.
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Ward, he drew eight
Stag
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Lee was the meanest boy around
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When you see him, come and better lay your
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money down
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Stag went home to his woman,
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got his forty -four
I'll fix
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Billy's wagon,
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he won't ramble round no more
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Dagny went down to the levee,
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Billy wasn't hangin' round
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Shot his best friend,
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Billy
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Lyons down
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Eb 
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Sheriff came to
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Staggly and said, I must take you in,
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alive or dead.
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Staggly turned around an d shot
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him in the mouth,
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Jumped in his electric
car and headed down
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Stag
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Lee was the meanest boy around
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When you see him comin'
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Better lay your money down
Stag
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Lee was the meanest boy around
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You know he's the one
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That shot his best friend
Billy
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Lyon down
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Down in
New
Orleans
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They got the
Lions
Club
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And every step you're takin'
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To step in belly -de -lion blood
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