Chords for Grateful Dead - Stagger Lee (Studio Version)
Tempo:
73.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
D
Bb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [D] [E] [F] [C] 1940, [Bb]
[F] X was [Bb] evil and full on over town.
[F] [C] Sniggly [Bb] met [C] Billy the Lion [Bb] and he blew that whole bar down.
[F] Do [C] you [Bb] know what he [C] shot him [Bb] for?
What do you make of that?
[Ab] [G] Cause Billy the Lion threw the lucky dice [A] on Sniggly's fifth son, Peck.
[Em] [A]
[Am] [D] Bi-yo, Bi [G]-yo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the [C] girls for [G] turning chicks but you're [D] scared of Sniggly.
[C] [G] Sniggly is a mad man and he shot [D] my Billy D.
[C] Bi [G]-yo, go get him, [C] or [D] give the dog to me.
[C] [G] [C] [D]
[C] [D] Dear [C] D.
[D] Lion, [G] dear sweet dear D.
How the hell [C] can I [G] arrest him?
He's [D] twice as big as me.
[C] [G] Well, don't ask [C] me to go [G] downtown, I won't [D] come back alive.
[C] Not only is that mother [G] big, [C] he [D] packs a .45.
[C] [G] [C] [D]
[E] [F] [C] Bi [Dm]-yo, [C] dear, you said [Bb] just give me a gun.
[F] He shot [C] my Billy [Bb] D.
[F] and [Bb] now I'm gonna see him hung.
[F] She [C] waited till [Bb] D.
[F] Lion's [Bb] club threw Billy the Lion's gun.
[Ab] [G] She stepped up to Sniggly at the bar [A] and said buy me a gin-fizzed [Em] love.
[A] [D] As Sniggly lit a cigarette, [G] she shot him in the balls.
Through the smoke of a [C] hurry, [G] Bob Furr had him [D] dragged to City Hall.
[C] [G] Bi-yo, Bi-yo, see [D] you hated my eye.
[C] He shot [G] my Billy D.
and [C] now [D] he's got to die.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] D.
Lion went walking [G] down Old Singapore Street.
A three-piece band [C] on the [G] corner played, [D] nearer my God to thee.
[C] [G] A dealio whistle, [C] a [G] different tune, what [D] tune could that be?
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] The [G] song that did yes, son, [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C]
[F] X was [Bb] evil and full on over town.
[F] [C] Sniggly [Bb] met [C] Billy the Lion [Bb] and he blew that whole bar down.
[F] Do [C] you [Bb] know what he [C] shot him [Bb] for?
What do you make of that?
[Ab] [G] Cause Billy the Lion threw the lucky dice [A] on Sniggly's fifth son, Peck.
[Em] [A]
[Am] [D] Bi-yo, Bi [G]-yo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the [C] girls for [G] turning chicks but you're [D] scared of Sniggly.
[C] [G] Sniggly is a mad man and he shot [D] my Billy D.
[C] Bi [G]-yo, go get him, [C] or [D] give the dog to me.
[C] [G] [C] [D]
[C] [D] Dear [C] D.
[D] Lion, [G] dear sweet dear D.
How the hell [C] can I [G] arrest him?
He's [D] twice as big as me.
[C] [G] Well, don't ask [C] me to go [G] downtown, I won't [D] come back alive.
[C] Not only is that mother [G] big, [C] he [D] packs a .45.
[C] [G] [C] [D]
[E] [F] [C] Bi [Dm]-yo, [C] dear, you said [Bb] just give me a gun.
[F] He shot [C] my Billy [Bb] D.
[F] and [Bb] now I'm gonna see him hung.
[F] She [C] waited till [Bb] D.
[F] Lion's [Bb] club threw Billy the Lion's gun.
[Ab] [G] She stepped up to Sniggly at the bar [A] and said buy me a gin-fizzed [Em] love.
[A] [D] As Sniggly lit a cigarette, [G] she shot him in the balls.
Through the smoke of a [C] hurry, [G] Bob Furr had him [D] dragged to City Hall.
[C] [G] Bi-yo, Bi-yo, see [D] you hated my eye.
[C] He shot [G] my Billy D.
and [C] now [D] he's got to die.
[C] [G]
[C] [D] D.
Lion went walking [G] down Old Singapore Street.
A three-piece band [C] on the [G] corner played, [D] nearer my God to thee.
[C] [G] A dealio whistle, [C] a [G] different tune, what [D] tune could that be?
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] The [G] song that did yes, son, [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
[C] [G] [C] [D] [C]
Key:
C
G
D
Bb
F
C
G
D
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [F] [C] 1940, [Bb]
[F] X was [Bb] evil and full on over town.
_ [F] [C] Sniggly [Bb] met [C] Billy the Lion [Bb] and he blew that whole bar down.
[F] Do [C] you [Bb] know what he [C] shot him [Bb] for?
What do you make of that?
[Ab] [G] Cause Billy the Lion threw the lucky dice [A] on Sniggly's fifth son, Peck.
[Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] [D] Bi-yo, Bi [G]-yo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the [C] girls for [G] turning chicks but you're [D] scared of Sniggly.
[C] _ [G] Sniggly is a mad man and he shot [D] my Billy D.
[C] Bi [G]-yo, go get him, [C] or [D] give the dog to me.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] [D] Dear [C] D.
[D] Lion, [G] dear sweet dear D.
How the hell [C] can I [G] arrest him?
He's [D] twice as big as me.
[C] [G] Well, don't ask [C] me to go [G] downtown, I won't [D] come back alive.
[C] Not only is that mother [G] big, [C] he [D] packs a .45.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [F] [C] Bi [Dm]-yo, [C] dear, you said [Bb] just give me a gun.
[F] He shot [C] my Billy [Bb] D.
[F] and [Bb] now I'm gonna see him hung.
[F] She [C] waited till [Bb] D.
[F] Lion's [Bb] club threw Billy the Lion's gun.
[Ab] [G] She stepped up to Sniggly at the bar [A] and said buy me a gin-fizzed [Em] love.
_ [A] _ _ [D] As Sniggly lit a cigarette, [G] she shot him in the balls.
Through the smoke of a [C] hurry, [G] Bob Furr had him [D] dragged to City Hall.
[C] _ [G] Bi-yo, Bi-yo, see [D] you hated my eye.
[C] He shot [G] my Billy D.
and [C] now [D] he's got to die.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ D.
Lion went walking [G] down Old Singapore Street.
A three-piece band [C] on the [G] corner played, [D] nearer my God to thee.
[C] [G] A dealio whistle, [C] a [G] different tune, what [D] tune could that be?
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] The [G] song that did yes, son, [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] X was [Bb] evil and full on over town.
_ [F] [C] Sniggly [Bb] met [C] Billy the Lion [Bb] and he blew that whole bar down.
[F] Do [C] you [Bb] know what he [C] shot him [Bb] for?
What do you make of that?
[Ab] [G] Cause Billy the Lion threw the lucky dice [A] on Sniggly's fifth son, Peck.
[Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Am] [D] Bi-yo, Bi [G]-yo, tell me how can this be?
You arrest the [C] girls for [G] turning chicks but you're [D] scared of Sniggly.
[C] _ [G] Sniggly is a mad man and he shot [D] my Billy D.
[C] Bi [G]-yo, go get him, [C] or [D] give the dog to me.
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
_ [C] [D] Dear [C] D.
[D] Lion, [G] dear sweet dear D.
How the hell [C] can I [G] arrest him?
He's [D] twice as big as me.
[C] [G] Well, don't ask [C] me to go [G] downtown, I won't [D] come back alive.
[C] Not only is that mother [G] big, [C] he [D] packs a .45.
_ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [F] [C] Bi [Dm]-yo, [C] dear, you said [Bb] just give me a gun.
[F] He shot [C] my Billy [Bb] D.
[F] and [Bb] now I'm gonna see him hung.
[F] She [C] waited till [Bb] D.
[F] Lion's [Bb] club threw Billy the Lion's gun.
[Ab] [G] She stepped up to Sniggly at the bar [A] and said buy me a gin-fizzed [Em] love.
_ [A] _ _ [D] As Sniggly lit a cigarette, [G] she shot him in the balls.
Through the smoke of a [C] hurry, [G] Bob Furr had him [D] dragged to City Hall.
[C] _ [G] Bi-yo, Bi-yo, see [D] you hated my eye.
[C] He shot [G] my Billy D.
and [C] now [D] he's got to die.
[C] _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ [D] _ _ D.
Lion went walking [G] down Old Singapore Street.
A three-piece band [C] on the [G] corner played, [D] nearer my God to thee.
[C] [G] A dealio whistle, [C] a [G] different tune, what [D] tune could that be?
[C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] The [G] song that did yes, son, [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] The [G] song that woman sung [C] was Look [D] Out Sniggly.
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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