Grateful Dead - Stagger Lee Chords & Tabs

 

Stagger Lee Chords & Tabs

Grateful Dead Chords & Tabs

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Stagger Lee Chords

   
(Garcia/Hunter)

 Last Updated 02/29/96

General Rules On Chord Charts

Intro: [c d e]
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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                   (a# a g#)
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.