Stagolee chords by Woody Guthrie, Woody Guthrie
Verse 1
D
Stacker Lee was a bad man,
everybody knows.
G
Spent a hundred dollars
D
for just one suit of clothes.
A
He was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Stacker Lee loaded cotton,
weighed 500 pounds.
G
Carried along in a gatling gun
D
and drug him to the ground.
A
He was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee.
It was in a hustlin' bee joint
for the Mississippi run
G
Stacker Lee killed Billy
DeLines
with a smokin' .41
D
A
He was a bad man,
D
that mean ol' Stacker Lee
The high sheriff asked the deputy,
how can it be
G
You can arrest everybody
D
but the mean ol' Stacker Lee
A
He's a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee
And the deputy told the new sheriff
to double up my fee
G
And I'll go get that outlaw
D
by the name of Stacker Lee
A
Cause he's a bad man,
that mean old Stacker Lee
D
Gentlemen of the jury,
what do you think about that?
G
Stacker Lee killed Billy DeLines
about a five dollar Stutson hat.
D
A
He was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Billy was in the card house
A
D
a -kneeling on the floor.
G
Stacker Lee pulled the trigger
of his Red Hot 44.
A
He was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Billy said to Stacker Lee,
please don't take my life
G
I've got three little babes
and a darling loving wife
D
A
You're a bad man,
D
your name is Stacker Lee
Why do I care about you two little babes,
your darling loving wife?
G
You done stole my brand new hat
D
and I'm bound to take your life,
A
cause you're a bad man
D
And my name is Stacker Lee.
Billy died in the sawdust
A
D
with his head up on the rail.
G
The deputy took old Stacker Lee
D
and he marched him off to jail.
A
He was a bad man.
D
That mean old Stacker Lee.
The judge said Mr. Stacker Lee,
Mr. Stacker Lee,
G
I'm gonna hang your body up
and set your spirit free
D
A
cuz you're a bad man.
Your
D
Your name is Stacker Lee,
Stacker Lee on his gallows,
his head way up high,
G
12 o 'clock we killed him,
was all glad to see him die,
D
A
he was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee,
G
A
he was a bad man,
D
that mean old Stacker Lee.
Stagolee
Woody Guthrie, Woody Guthrie
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