Stagger Lee:Tommy Roe. #34 on AC and #25 on BB Hot 100 on ABC Records in 1971. *** (Stagger Lee is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by, 'Stag' Lee Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri on Christmas, 1895. The song was first published in 1911, and first recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. Lloyd Price's version reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.) **** INTRO: A# #1.

^A#I was standing on the corner when I ^D#heard my bulldog bark. He was ^A#barkin' at the two men who were ^Fgamblin' in the ^A#dark..^Fyeah.

#2.

^FIt was Stagger ^A#Lee and Billy, two ^D#men who gambled late. Stagger ^A#Lee threw seven, Billy ^Fswore that he threw ^A#eight^F. Stagger ^A#Lee told Billy, I can't ^D#let you go with that.. you have ^A#won all my money and my ^Fbrand new Stetson ^A#hat.^F

#3.

Stagger ^A#Lee went home and he ^D#got his Forty-Four..said, I'm ^A#goin' to the barroom just to ^Fpay that debt I ^A#owe.^F

(INTERLUDE:) A# D# A# F A#..B....B E B F# B F# #4.

Stagger ^BLee went to the barroom and he ^Estood across the barroom floor. He said, now, no^Bbody move, and he ^F#pulled his forty-^Bfour.^F# Stagger ^BLee, said Billy, oh, ^Eplease don't take my life..I got ^Bthree little children and a ^F#very sickly ^Bwife..oh, ^F#yeah.

#5.

Stagger ^BLee shot Billy..he ^Eshot that poor boy so bad..that the the ^Bbullet went through Billy and it ^F#broke the bartender's ^Bglass^F#..(mercy!)

OUTRO:

^BGo Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..^Ego Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee.. ^Bgo Stagger Lee..^F#woooooooooooo..hooooooo..^Byeah.^F# ^BBaa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..^Ebaa-daa-daa-daa-daa.. baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..^Bwooooooooo..^F# ^B ^F# ^BGo Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..^Ego Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee.. ^Bgo Stagger Lee..^F#woooooooooooo..hooooooo..^Byeah.^F#. (Fade.)

A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.

Tommy Roe - Stagger lee