[Intro]
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  Fm                        Fm                                                        Fm     Eb     C
E|-----1-3-3/4-3-1-3p1---1-| 1-------|-------------------------------------------------8------0------3--|
B|----1----------------4---| 1-------|-------------------------------------------------9------8------5--|
G|---1---------------------| 1-------|-------------------------------------------------10-----8------5--|
D|--3----------------------| 3-------|-------------------------------------------------10-----8------5--|
A|-3-----------------------| 3-------|-------------------------------------------------8------6------3--|
E|1------------------------| 1-------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                    I went down to the Goggle West, I thought I would have myself a ball

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         Fm                   Db                  Fm                     C       Fm
E|-------8--------------------4-------------------1----------------------0-------1-----------|
B|-------9--------------------6-------------------1----------------------1-------1-----------|
G|-------10-------------------6-------------------1----------------------0-------1-----------|
D|-------10-------------------6-------------------3----------------------2-------3-----------|
A|-------8--------------------4-------------------3----------------------3-------3-----------|
E|------------------------------------------------1------------------------------1-----------|
  But If I had known what was installed for me, I guess we wouldn't have gone at all


[Chorus]
C*    Eb*  E*    F/C*            Fm7          Fm        Fm7   Fm
Cause they threw,     chairs and bottles, all over the place
    Fm         Fm7              C    C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
    Fm    Fm7           Db            Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
    Fm            C7           Fm* C*  Eb*  E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside


[Verse]
Fm      Fm7             Fm      Fm7   Fm
Stagger Lee was kissing Billy's wife,
                  Fm7    C   C7
When Billy walked in the door
        Fm         Fm7          Db     Db7
Stagger Lee got to flee and got on his knee,
    Fm7                     C           Fm*  C*  Eb*  E*  F/C*
But Billy knocked him right dead on the floor


[Verse]
Fm                        Fm7
Billy was hitting Stagger Lee so hard,
    Fm                      C    C7
The cops were too scared to speak
    Fm                   Fm7            Db         Db7
But two bounces standing there wouldn't turn their head,
   Fm           C           Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Pretending like they didn't see


[Verse]
      Fm               Fm7         Fm     
Billy whipped the fool for so long,
         Fm         Fm7     C    C7
Until he started to looking pale
        Fm               Db        Db7
He even gave Stagger Lee two black eyes
    Fm            C      Fm*    C*    Eb*  E*   F/C*
And they'd be the one to swell, While they threw,


[Chorus]
            Fm7          Fm       Fm7
 Chairs and bottles, all over the place
    Fm         Fm7              C    C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
    Fm    Fm7           Db            Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
    Fm            C7           Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside


[Instrumental]
   Fm      Fm7    Fm     Fm7     Fm     Fm7     C      C7
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |

   Fm     Fm7     Db      Db7    Fm      Fm7   Fm* C*  Eb*  E* F/C*
|  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  |


[Verse]
             Fm        Fm7      Fm     Fm7
Now when the fight was over, Oh what a mess
        Fm           Fm7    C    C7
Stagger Lee had some broken bones
                Fm         Fm7       Db          Db7
And I know that no one has learned a lesson from this
        Fm            C7     Fm*   C*    Eb*  E*    F/C*
Best to leave married woman alone,'cause they threw,


[Chorus]
            Fm7          Fm       Fm7
 Chairs and bottles, all over the place
    Fm         Fm7              C    C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
    Fm    Fm7           Db            Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
    Fm            C7           Fm* C*  Eb*  E*  F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside


[Outro](Spoken)
            Fm          Fm7            Fm            Fm7
Ha, ha, ha,     I ain't never seen the likes before
       Fm         Fm7           Fm        Fm7
A poor boy gained ten pounds in five days
    Fm         Fm7                    Fm         Fm7
His hair looks like a watermelons overcoat, huh!
        Fm            Fm7       Fm          Fm7
And his eyes were the size of a milk laden
    Fm          Fm7       Fm                      Fm7       Fm          Fm
His mouth looks like a salvation army teared with buck shot holes, huh!
    Fm7         Fm
Mad man, what a mess
                    (Fade out...........)



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| p  Pull-off
| h  Hammer-on
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