Stagger Mountain Tragedy chords by Kris Kristofferson
Verse 1
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I was born on Stagger Mountain
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in the sunshine and the snow
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Bb
And leavin' was the first
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G
mistake I made;
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But I hungered for the shadows
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in the valley down below
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And the girl that danced the
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C
tune the devil played.
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Her smile was like the blindin' light
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of sunshine on the snow
C
And the flashin' of her
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G
hair was black as sin.
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G
And her body set the smokes of hell
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C
a-boilin' in in my skull
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When the fiddle of the devil
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made her spin.
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Morning sunshine [sunshine] high
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on the mountain,
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C
Where the air is pure and cold;
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C
But there's darkness in the shadows
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C
In the canyons of my soul.
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The lantern cast a shadow
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like a demon on the wall
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And the naked sweat was
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G
breathin' on her skin;
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G
Then the room was spinning closer
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C
as her clothes began to fall
And the eagle started
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C
screamin' in my brain;
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Then I saw the laughin' dagger
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and I heard the devil scream
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And her bleeding heart was
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G
beating in my hand.
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Then the darkness blew away and
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C
I was standin' by a tree
With a hanging rope a-danglin'
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C
from from a limb.
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Morning sunshine [sunshine] high
C
on the mountain,
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C
Where the air is pure and cold;
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C
But there's darkness in the shadows
Bb
In the canyons of my soul.
Outro 1
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Stagger Mountain Tragedy
Kris Kristofferson
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