Stagger Lee

	  		

Intro: A# 

#1. 
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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. 
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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!) 

OUTRO: 
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Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee.. 
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go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah. 
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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..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee.. 
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go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.) 


A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.