Key: A
Introduction: A#
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I was standing on the corner when I heard my
bulldog bark.
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He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin'
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in the dark..yeah.
#2.
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late.
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Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight.
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Stagger Lee told Billy, I can't let you go with that..
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you have won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat.
#3.
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Stagger Lee went home and he got his Forty-Four..said, I'm
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goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe.
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#4.
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom
floor.
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He said, now, nobody move, and he pulled his forty-four.
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Stagger Lee, said Billy, oh, please don't take my life..I got
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three little children and a very sickly wife..oh, yeah.
#5.
B E
Stagger Lee shot Billy..he shot that poor boy so bad..that the
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the bullet went through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass..(mercy!)
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go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.
B E
Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
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baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..wooooooooo..
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go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.)
A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.