Stagger Lee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]194[Em]8, Xm[F]as[C] eve[Bb],[C]
with [Bb]a full moon over [F]town
Stagger [C]Lee shot [Bb]Billy [C]DeLions
And he [Bb]blew that poor boy down.
[F]Do [C]you know what [Bb]he shot [Gm]him f[F]or?
[Bb]What do you make of [G]that?
Cause Billy DeLions threw the lucky dice
[Am]Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
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[Verse 2]
[D]Bayo, Bayo, tel[G]l me how can this be?
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
But you're scared
of Stagger [C]Lee.[D][C]
[G]Stagger Lee is a [Am]mad m[G]an
and he shot my Billy [D]D.
[C]Bayo go [G]get [C]him or give the
job to [D]me.

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
[D]Delia [G]DeLions, dear sweet Delia-D
How How the hell can I ar[Am]rest [C]him?
[D]He'[G]s twice as big[C] as [D]me.[C]
Well [G]don't ask me to [Am]go downto[G]wn,
I won't come [C]back [D]alive (no more)
Not [C]only is that mother [G]big [C]but he
[D]packs [C]a .[G]45 [C](fo[D]ur)[F][C]

[Verse 4]
Bayo, [Bb]Delia [C]said, [Bb]just give me a gun
He [F]shot my [C]Billy [Bb]dead [C]now
[Bb]I'm gonna see him hung.
She [F]went in[C]to [Bb]the DeLi[F]on's club
[Bb]through Billy DeLions blood
[D]Ste[G]pped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
Said, [A]"Buy me a gin fizz, love."

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 5]
As [D]Stagger Lee lit a cigarette
she [G]shot him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her re[C]volver[G] ,
had him dragged [D]to city [C]hall
[G]Bayo, [Am]Bayo[G],
see [D]you hang him high
[C]He shot my Billy [G]dead and [C]now
he's got [D]to [C]die.[G]
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[Verse 6]
[D]Delia went a walking [G]down on
Singapore [C]Street[G]
A three-piece band band on [Am]the corner
[G]played "Near My God to [D]Thee"[C]
But [G]Delia whistled a differ[C]ent [G]tune,
what tune could [C]it be?[D]

[Verse 7]
The [C]song that woman [G]sung was [C]"Look
Out Stagger [D]Lee".[C][G][C][D]
[C]The song that Delia [G]sung was [C]"Look Out Stagger [D]Lee".

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