Chords for Jerry Lee Lewis --- Stagger Lee --- Las Vegas 1970

Tempo:
126.35 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

C

Em

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Jerry Lee Lewis --- Stagger Lee ---   Las Vegas 1970 chords
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Ladies and gentlemen, a fine song done by somebody.
I don't know who, but it's a great song.
[C] Hope you enjoy my version of it.
[D]
[G] I was standing on a corner
[C] When I heard my fool [C] dog bark
[G] He was barking at two [D] men
Who were gambling [G] in the dark
[D]
[G] He was tagging Lee and Billy
Two
[C] men, gambling
[G] Tagging Lee, three sevens
[D] Billy's four, [G] he's two eights
[D]
[G] Tagging Lee
I
[C] can't let it go that way
[G] You've won all of my money
[D] My friend, you [G] just don't have it
Oh, [D]
[G] tagging Lee
Oh Billy, you [C] gotta pay that debt you owe
He [G] walked into the bar room
[D] And he threw out [G] his 44
Where's Kenny?
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] There goes Lee
Grand Billy
[C] Oh, will you don't take my life
[Em] I got three little children
[D] And a very [G] sickly wife
[D]
[G] Aggily, Billy
[C] He shot that poor boy so dead
[G] The bullet went through [D] Billy
And it broke the [G] bartender's glass
Yeah, aggily
[C] [G]
[D] Oh, cut the [G] bartender's glass
[B]
Woo!
[Eb] Uh-huh, Billy, I guarantee you
You got now
[A] Lloyd Price, right
That ain't Ray Price, is it?
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
Em
121
B
12341112
G
2131
D
1321
C
3211
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To start learning Jerry Lee Lewis - Stagger Lee chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: D, G, D, G and C. A good strategy is to initiate at 63 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 126 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: G Major.

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_ Ladies and gentlemen, a fine song done by _ somebody.
_ _ _ _ I don't know who, but it's a _ _ great song. _
[C] Hope you enjoy my version of it.
_ [D] _ _
[G] I was standing _ on a corner _
[C] When I heard my fool [C] dog bark
[G] He was barking at two [D] men
Who were gambling [G] in the dark
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] He was tagging Lee and Billy
Two _
[C] men, _ gambling _ _ _
[G] Tagging Lee, three sevens
[D] _ Billy's four, [G] he's two eights
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] Tagging Lee
I _ _ _ _
[C] can't let it go that way _ _
[G] You've won all of my money
[D] My friend, you [G] just don't have it
Oh, [D] _ _
[G] tagging Lee
_ Oh Billy, you [C] gotta pay that debt you owe
He [G] walked into the bar room
[D] And he threw out [G] his 44
_ _ _ Where's Kenny? _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] There goes Lee
Grand Billy _
[C] Oh, will you don't take my life
[Em] I got three little children
[D] And a very [G] sickly wife
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] Aggily, _ _ Billy _
[C] He shot that poor boy so dead
[G] The bullet went through [D] Billy
And it broke the [G] bartender's glass
_ _ _ Yeah, aggily _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] Oh, cut the [G] bartender's glass
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Woo!
[Eb] _ _ _ _ Uh-huh, Billy, I guarantee you
You got now _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ Lloyd Price, right
That ain't Ray Price, is it? _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by Lloyd Price and Harold Logan.

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