Stagger Lee:Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band. Recorded Live on stage in Baden-Baden, Germany in 1962. (***Used with permission.***) INTRO:(Slow)

^D#The night was clear, and the ^G#moon was ^D#yellow.. And the ^A#7leaves came tumblin' ^D#down...

#1.(fast, rock.)

^D#I was standin' on the ^D#7corner, When I ^G#heard my bull dog bark. He was ^D#barkin' at the two men Who were ^A#7gamblin' in the ^D#dark^A#7. It was Stagger ^D#Lee and ^D#7Billy, Two ^G#7men who gambled late. Stagger ^D#lee threw a seven, Billy ^A#7swore that he threw ^D#eight^A#7.

#2.

^D#Stagger Lee, said Billy, I can't ^G#let you go with that. You have ^D#won all my money, And my ^A#7brand-new Stetson ^D#hat^A#7. Stagger ^D#Lee went home, And he ^G#got his forty-four. He said, I'm ^D#goin' to the barroom Just to ^A#7pay that debt I ^D#owe. (^A#7Go, Stagger Lee.)

(INTERLUDE:SAX:) D# G# D# A# D# A# #3.

^D#Stagger Lee went to the barroom, And he ^G#stood across the barroom door. He said, ^D#Nobody move, and he ^A#7pulled his .^D#44.^A#7 Stagger ^D#Lee, cried Billy, Oh, ^G#please don't take my life! I've got ^D#three little children, And a ^A#7very sickly ^D#wife^A#7.

#4.

Stagger ^D#Lee shot Billy. Oh, he ^G#shot that poor boy so bad.. That the ^D#bullet went through Billy And ^A#7broke the bartender's ^D#glass. (^A#7Look out now.)

CFF:

^D#Go, Stagger Lee..^D#7go, Stagger Lee..^G#7go, Stagger Lee.. ^D#Go, Stagger Lee..^A#7go, ^D#go..^A#7.....Fade.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.

Misc Unsigned Bands - Big john khatt and the highland blues band - stagger lee