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' 
       A#    F
in the dark..yeah.

#2.
F              A#                 D#
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..
         A#                      F                 A#  F
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.


(INTERLUDE:) A# D# A# F A#..B....B E B F# B F#

#4.
        B                              E
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.
        B                    E
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
    B                                F#                    B    F#
the bullet went through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass..(mercy!)

OUTRO:
B                               E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B               F#                       B    F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.
B                                         E
Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
                     B           F#  B F#
baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..wooooooooo..
B                               E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B               F#                       B    F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.)