Stagger Lee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
The [C]night was clear
And the [Am]moon was yellow
And the [F]leaves came tumbling [G]down

[Verse 1]
I was [C]standing on the corner
When I [F]heard my bulldog bark
He was [C]barkin' at the two men
who were [G]gambling in the [C]dark[G]

[Verse 2]
It was [C]Stagger Lee and Billy
Two [F]men who gambled late
Stagger [C]Lee threw seven
Billy [G]swore that he threw [C]eight[G]

[Verse 3]
Stagger [C]Lee told Billy,
I can't [F]let you go with that
You have won [C]all my money
and my [G]brand new Stetson [C]hat
[G](oh Stagger Lee)

[Verse 4]
Stagger [C]Lee went home
And he [F]got his forty-four
Said, I'm [C]goin' to the barroom
just to [G]pay that debt I [C]owe[G]

[Solo 1]
[C][C][F][F]
[C][G][C][G]

[Verse 5]
Stagger [C]Lee went to the barroom
And he stood [F]across the barroom door
He said, [C]no body move
and he [G]pulled his forty [C]four[G]

[Verse 6]
Stagger [C]Lee, cried Billy
Oh, [F]please don't take my life
I've got [C]three little children
and a [G]very sickly [C]wife
[G](Oh, Stagger Lee)

[Verse 7]
Stagger [C]Lee shot Billy
Oh, he [F]shot that poor boy so bad
'Till the [C]bullet came through Billy
and it [G]broke the bar Tender's [C]glass
[G](Oh, Stagger Lee)

[Outro 1]
[C](Oh Stagger Lee, oh Stagger Lee)
[F](Oh Stagger Lee, oh Stagger Lee)
[C](Oh Stagger Lee, [G]oh Stagger Lee)
[C](Oh Stagger Lee, [G]oh Stagger Lee)
[Repeat and fade]