Stagger Lee Chords

by Grateful Dead
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Chandler75 [a] 90.
3 contributors total, last edit on Aug 4, 2021

Chords

C
D
E
F
Bb
A
Ab
G

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(Garcia/Hunter)
 
[Intro]
C D E
 
F C   Bb   F           Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F       C       Bb      F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
       Bb
And he blew that poor boy down.
F      C            Bb       F
Do you know what he shot him for?
     Bb                   (Bb A Ab)
What do you make of that?
      G
Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
    A
Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
 
Riff
 
C  D   C  D   G                         C  G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
      G                  C       G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
                     C       D   C
But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
G                C  G                  C     D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
C            G      C               D   (C G C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
 
C   D  C    D     G               C  G
Delia DeLions, oh sweet Delia-D
 G                  C       G                 C      D    C
How the hell can I arrest him? He's twice as big as me.
       G              C       G                 C     D
Well don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive
      C                  G           C       D   (C G C D)
Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45 
 
F   C   Bb   F      Bb
Bayou, Delia said, just give me a gun
F            C    Bb   F        Bb
He shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung.
F       C          Bb        F          Bb                (Bb A Ab)
She went into the DeLion's club through Billy DeLions blood
   G
Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
        A
Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love."
 
C     D        C      D               G                     C  G
As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
 G                        C  G                       C    D    C
Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
 G       C  G            C     D
Bayou, Bayou, see you hang him high
C            G      C                      D   (C G C D)
He shot my Billy dead and now he's got to die.
 
D    C D        C        G                     C  G
Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street
 G                          C     G               C      D    C
A three-piece band on the corner played "Near My God to Thee"
 G                     C         G                C     D
But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?
C                     G                 C       D   (C G C D)
The song that woman sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
C                     G                 C       D   (C G C D)
The song that Delia sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
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5 comments
chadshaw73
Tab incomplete. the lyrics and chords are incomplete. the song needs to be finished. finish, finish, finish so the song can be enjoyed please.
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jacarandablue
Please do
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tomvansant
Looks correct to me - cheers!
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