Stagger Lee:Lloyd Price.
#7 in UK and #1 USA in 1959.
(Song is alleged to be based on a true story.)
INTRO:(Slow) (.)
C F C
The night was clear, and the moon was yellow..
G7 C
And the leaves came tumblin' down...
#1.(fast, rock.)
C C7
I was standin' on the corner,
F
When I heard my bull dog bark.
C
He was barkin' at the two men
G7 C G7
Who were gamblin' in the dark.
C C7
It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
F7
Two men who gambled late.
C
Stagger lee threw a seven,
G7 C G7
Billy swore that he threw eight.
#2.
C
Stagger Lee, said Billy,
F
I can't let you go with that.
C
You have won all my money,
G7 C G7
And my brand-new Stetson hat.
C
Stagger Lee went home,
F
And he got his forty-four.
C
He said, I'm goin' to the barroom
G7 C
Just to pay that debt I owe.
G7
(Go, Stagger Lee.)
#3.
C
Stagger Lee went to the barroom,
F
And he stood across the barroom door.
C G7 C G7
He said, Nobody move, and he pulled his .44.
C
Stagger Lee, cried Billy,
F
Oh, please don't take my life!
C
I've got three little children,
G7 C G7
And a very sickly wife.
#4.
C
Stagger Lee shot Billy.
F
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad..
C
That the bullet went through Billy
G7 C
And broke the bartender's glass.
G7
(Look out now.)
ADD:
C C7 F7
Go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..
C G7 C
Go, Stagger Lee..go, go...Fade.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.