by Lloyd Price
| Acapella | Intro |
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| I was | standin' on the | corner, |
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| When I | heard my bulldog bark. |
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| He was | barkin' at the two men |
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| Who were | gamblin' in the | dark. |
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| It was | Stagger Lee and | Billy, |
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| Two | men who gambled late. |
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| Stagger | Lee threw a seven, |
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| Billy | swore that he threw | eight. |
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| Stagger | Lee, told | Billy, |
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| I can't | let you go with that. |
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| You have | won all my money, |
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| And my | brand-new Stetson | hat. |
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| Stagger | Lee went home, |
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| And he | got his forty-four. |
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| He said, I'm | goin' to the barroom |
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| Just to | pay that debt I | owe. |
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| ( | Go on, Stagger Lee.) |
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| Guitar Solo | D | D7 | G7 | G7 | D | A7 | D | A7 | 2x |
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| Stagger | Lee went to the | barroom, |
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| And he | stood across the barroom door. |
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| He said, now | nobody move, and he | pulled his .4 | 4. |
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| Stagger | Lee, cried | Billy, |
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| Oh, | please don't take my life! |
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| I got | three little children, |
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| And a | very sickly | wife. |
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| Stagger | Lee shot | Billy. |
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| Oh, he | shot that poor boy so bad. |
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| Till the | bullet came through Billy |
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| And it | broke the bartender's | glass. |
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| ( | Look out, Stag) |
| soc |
| D | D7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
| G7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... go, Stagger Lee... |
| D | A7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
| D | A7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
| Keys Solo | D | D7 | G7 | G7 | D | A7 | D | A7 | 2X |
| D | D7 | |
| Stagger | Lee shot | Billy. |
| G7 | |
| Oh, he | shot that poor boy so bad. |
| D | |
| Till the | bullet came through Billy |
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| And it | broke the bartender's | glass. |
| A7 | |
| ( | Look out, Stag) |
| D | D7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
| G7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... go, Stagger Lee... |
| D | A7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
| D | A7 |
| Go, Stagger Lee... | go, Stagger Lee... |
Outro:
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