Misc Unsigned Bands - Lloyd price - stagger lee
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Stagger Lee:Lloyd Price.
#7 in UK and #1 USA in 1959.
(Song is alleged to be based on a true story.)
INTRO:(Slow) (Capo 1st fret.)
CThe night was clear, and the Fmoon was Cyellow..
And the G7leaves came tumblin' Cdown...
#1.(fast, rock.)
CI was standin' on the C7corner,
When I Fheard my bull dog bark.
He was Cbarkin' at the two men
Who were G7gamblin' in the CdarkG7.
It was Stagger CLee and C7Billy,
Two F7men who gambled late.
Stagger Clee threw a seven,
Billy G7swore that he threw CeightG7.
#2.
CStagger Lee, said Billy,
I can't Flet you go with that.
You have Cwon all my money,
And my G7brand-new Stetson ChatG7.
Stagger CLee went home,
And he Fgot his forty-four.
He said, I'm Cgoin' to the barroom
Just to G7pay that debt I Cowe.
(G7Go, Stagger Lee.)
#3.
CStagger Lee went to the barroom,
And he Fstood across the barroom door.
He said, CNobody move, and he G7pulled his .C44.G7
Stagger CLee, cried Billy,
Oh, Fplease don't take my life!
I've got Cthree little children,
And a G7very sickly CwifeG7.
#4.
Stagger CLee shot Billy.
Oh, he Fshot that poor boy so bad..
That the Cbullet went through Billy
And G7broke the bartender's Cglass.
(G7Look out now.)
ADD:
CGo, Stagger Lee..C7go, Stagger Lee..F7go, Stagger Lee..
Go, Stagger Lee..Cgo, G7go.C..Fade.
A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.