Stagger Lee Chords & Lyrics - Tommy Roe

INTRO: [A#]

#1.
[A#]I was standing on the corner when I [D#]heard my

bulldog bark.
He was [A#]barkin' at the two men who were [F]gamblin'
in the [A#]dark..[F]yeah.

#2.
[F]It was Stagger [A#]Lee and Billy, two [D#]men who gambled late.
Stagger [A#]Lee threw seven, Billy [F]swore that he threw [A#]eight[F] .
Stagger [A#]Lee told Billy, I can't [D#]let you go with that..
you have [A#]won all my money and my [F]brand new Stetson [A#]hat.[F]

#3.
Stagger [A#]Lee went home and he [D#]got his Forty-Four..said, I'm
[A#]goin' to the barroom just to [F]pay that debt I [A#]owe.[F]

(INTERLUDE:) [A#] [D#] [A#] [F] [A#] ..[B] ....[B] [E] [B] [F#] [B] [F#]

#4.
Stagger [B]Lee went to the barroom and he [E]stood across the barroom

floor.
He said, now, no[B]body move, and he [F#]pulled his forty-[B]four.[F#]
Stagger [B]Lee, said Billy, oh, [E]please don't take my life..I got
[B]three little children and a [F#]very sickly [B]wife..oh, [F#]yeah.

#5.
Stagger [B]Lee shot Billy..he [E]shot that poor boy so bad..that the
the [B]bullet went through Billy and it [F#]broke the bartender's [B]glass[F#] ..(mercy!)

[OUTRO]
[B]Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..[E]go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
[B]go Stagger Lee..[F#]woooooooooooo..hooooooo..[B]yeah.[F#]
[B]Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..[E]baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..[B]wooooooooo..[F#] [B] [F#]
[B]Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..[E]go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
[B]go Stagger Lee..[F#]woooooooooooo..hooooooo..[B]yeah.[F#] . (Fade.)

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