Chords for Mrs. Delion's Lament
Tempo:
103.75 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Eb
G
C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Excuse me a minute
[Bb] [Cm] Staggerly [D] walked down by the [Eb] levee just about [Bb] break a day
sent him [F] down a place
learned cuz a [Bb] little too late
dog on [Bb] a hot log a
can't get [Bb] away with that
can't have [F] my steps and hair
my butcher [Bb] knife and gun, [Eb] I'm gonna cut you [Bb] with your [G] stand [C] still
[Bb] [Cm] Staggerly [D] walked down by the [Eb] levee just about [Bb] break a day
sent him [F] down a place
learned cuz a [Bb] little too late
dog on [Bb] a hot log a
can't get [Bb] away with that
can't have [F] my steps and hair
my butcher [Bb] knife and gun, [Eb] I'm gonna cut you [Bb] with your [G] stand [C] still
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Eb
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Excuse me a minute
_ [B] _ [C] _ [B] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] Staggerly [D] walked down by the [Eb] levee just about [Bb] break a day
[Eb] And then met [Bb] old bill of the [C] lines and they sent him [F] down a place
[Bb] That is bill of the [D] lines was a good old [Eb] boy, but he learned cuz a [Bb] little too late
[Eb] He never should have [Bb] swore to [G] staggerly [C] except was a dog on [Bb] a hot log a
So [D] staggerly told build the [Eb] lines you can't get [Bb] away with that
[Eb] Boy you got my [Bb] money my [G] $40 [C] shoes.
You can't have [F] my steps and hair
[Bb] Hey, if you're [D] still here when I get [Eb] back with my butcher [Bb] knife and gun, [Eb] I'm gonna cut you [Bb] with your [G] stand [C] still
I'm gonna shoot you [Bb] if you're wrong
_ _ [Dm] Staggerly [Eb] boy coming [Bb] around a bear [Eb] and he [A] ain't doing [G] nothing
[C]
Just killing [A] off good men.
[Bb] He's [Dm] long and it's [Eb] all and it's not [F] a win.
Oh [Eb] shoes
You cannot [Bbm] tell me [B] footprints [E] from [Bb] a horse.
He's all of you
_ [D] Staggerly, he went [Eb] a walking in a red hot [Bb] blazing sand.
[Eb] He said I feel [Bb] so [G] mistreated [C] Lord.
I got [F] most any man
Well, it went back [D] down found the [Eb] lines.
It's a Sam Sam [Bb] tell the [Eb] tale.
Oh, we cut him [Bb] deep and he [G] shot him [C] down
He [Bb] laughed really fair
He stuck his [D] nose in a [Eb] sheriff's face.
What do you [Bb] think he said?
[Eb] He said the man I [Bb] run from [G] ain't been [C] born and his mother's [F] long gone dead
[Bb] Well, the sheriff come [D] out at the [Eb] staggerly next morning [Bb] just at dawn
[Eb] He had nine to eight [Bb] there, but he's a [G] national [C] car and a [F] brand new [Bb] after
_ _ [F] [Eb] staggerly bars
[Bb] around the bear
[Eb] He ain't [Bb] doing [G] nothing
[C] Just killing [Fm] off good [Bb] men
He's long and it's tall [Eb] and do not [Bb] wear no shoes [Eb] and you cannot [Bb] tell his
_ [C] _
_ [Bb] When a fight got [D] done it looks [Eb] staggerly straight down to the [Bb] old courtyard
[Eb] In 200 [Bb] pounds of [G] logging [Ab] chain with a Sherman [F] tank on guard
[Bb] Now the judge [D] grin from ear to ear.
[Eb] He said I see you [Bb] standing here
[Eb] You kill 42 [Bb] deputies to [G] build the [C] lines and you're going to the [Bb] electric chair
Old staggerly [D] just shrugged his [Eb] shoulders said I guess my [Bb] gamblers down
[Cm] But I'll eat your [Gm] face for breakfast judge.
[C] You try to take away [Dm] my gun
[Bb] So with the six gun [D] held in his right [Eb] hand, they strapped him in [Bb] electric [Eb] chair
Said you ain't gonna put that [Bb] headpiece [G] on me and [C] mess up my pretty [Bb] hair.
It's all about
_ [D] staggerly [Eb] bars
Coming [Bb] around the bear
[Cm] [Gm] He ain't doing [G] nothing
[Cm] Just killing [Dm] off good men
[Bb] He's long [Dm] and he's tall [Eb] and it does not [Bb] comb his hair [Eb] and in his [Bb] face look just like
pretty grizzly bear
When staggerly [D] reached the gates of hell, [Eb] he put the insult [Bb] on the run
[Eb] Just foaming at the [Bb] mouth and [G] cussing up the [C] street waving [F] around his gun.
[Gm] He walked right [D] up to the devil
He said [Eb] I like your place [Bb] just fine, but I [Eb] gotta shoot somebody [Bb] so [G] goddamn bear.
[C] Tell me where [Bb] you got the little line
But a devil he said [D] look staggerly [Eb] don't lose your self [Bb]-control
[Eb] You can't shoot bill [Bb] at the [G] lions no more.
[C] He wrote for no more [F] holes
[Bb] Old staggerly [Dm] just got so mad [Eb] it through the devil clean [Bb] off his throne.
[Eb] He said on your [Bb] knees old Satan
I'm [C] gonna rule hell on [Bb] my own all about
[D] staggerly bars
[Eb]
Coming around [Bb] a bear [Eb] and he [A] ain't doing [D] nothing
But killing [F] off good men
[Bb] He's long and he's tall [G] and it do not comb [Bb] his hair [Eb] and in [Bb] his face look [G] just [C] like
[Bb] doggone grizzly bear
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [C] _ [B] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] Staggerly [D] walked down by the [Eb] levee just about [Bb] break a day
[Eb] And then met [Bb] old bill of the [C] lines and they sent him [F] down a place
[Bb] That is bill of the [D] lines was a good old [Eb] boy, but he learned cuz a [Bb] little too late
[Eb] He never should have [Bb] swore to [G] staggerly [C] except was a dog on [Bb] a hot log a
So [D] staggerly told build the [Eb] lines you can't get [Bb] away with that
[Eb] Boy you got my [Bb] money my [G] $40 [C] shoes.
You can't have [F] my steps and hair
[Bb] Hey, if you're [D] still here when I get [Eb] back with my butcher [Bb] knife and gun, [Eb] I'm gonna cut you [Bb] with your [G] stand [C] still
I'm gonna shoot you [Bb] if you're wrong
_ _ [Dm] Staggerly [Eb] boy coming [Bb] around a bear [Eb] and he [A] ain't doing [G] nothing
[C]
Just killing [A] off good men.
[Bb] He's [Dm] long and it's [Eb] all and it's not [F] a win.
Oh [Eb] shoes
You cannot [Bbm] tell me [B] footprints [E] from [Bb] a horse.
He's all of you
_ [D] Staggerly, he went [Eb] a walking in a red hot [Bb] blazing sand.
[Eb] He said I feel [Bb] so [G] mistreated [C] Lord.
I got [F] most any man
Well, it went back [D] down found the [Eb] lines.
It's a Sam Sam [Bb] tell the [Eb] tale.
Oh, we cut him [Bb] deep and he [G] shot him [C] down
He [Bb] laughed really fair
He stuck his [D] nose in a [Eb] sheriff's face.
What do you [Bb] think he said?
[Eb] He said the man I [Bb] run from [G] ain't been [C] born and his mother's [F] long gone dead
[Bb] Well, the sheriff come [D] out at the [Eb] staggerly next morning [Bb] just at dawn
[Eb] He had nine to eight [Bb] there, but he's a [G] national [C] car and a [F] brand new [Bb] after
_ _ [F] [Eb] staggerly bars
[Bb] around the bear
[Eb] He ain't [Bb] doing [G] nothing
[C] Just killing [Fm] off good [Bb] men
He's long and it's tall [Eb] and do not [Bb] wear no shoes [Eb] and you cannot [Bb] tell his
_ [C] _
_ [Bb] When a fight got [D] done it looks [Eb] staggerly straight down to the [Bb] old courtyard
[Eb] In 200 [Bb] pounds of [G] logging [Ab] chain with a Sherman [F] tank on guard
[Bb] Now the judge [D] grin from ear to ear.
[Eb] He said I see you [Bb] standing here
[Eb] You kill 42 [Bb] deputies to [G] build the [C] lines and you're going to the [Bb] electric chair
Old staggerly [D] just shrugged his [Eb] shoulders said I guess my [Bb] gamblers down
[Cm] But I'll eat your [Gm] face for breakfast judge.
[C] You try to take away [Dm] my gun
[Bb] So with the six gun [D] held in his right [Eb] hand, they strapped him in [Bb] electric [Eb] chair
Said you ain't gonna put that [Bb] headpiece [G] on me and [C] mess up my pretty [Bb] hair.
It's all about
_ [D] staggerly [Eb] bars
Coming [Bb] around the bear
[Cm] [Gm] He ain't doing [G] nothing
[Cm] Just killing [Dm] off good men
[Bb] He's long [Dm] and he's tall [Eb] and it does not [Bb] comb his hair [Eb] and in his [Bb] face look just like
pretty grizzly bear
When staggerly [D] reached the gates of hell, [Eb] he put the insult [Bb] on the run
[Eb] Just foaming at the [Bb] mouth and [G] cussing up the [C] street waving [F] around his gun.
[Gm] He walked right [D] up to the devil
He said [Eb] I like your place [Bb] just fine, but I [Eb] gotta shoot somebody [Bb] so [G] goddamn bear.
[C] Tell me where [Bb] you got the little line
But a devil he said [D] look staggerly [Eb] don't lose your self [Bb]-control
[Eb] You can't shoot bill [Bb] at the [G] lions no more.
[C] He wrote for no more [F] holes
[Bb] Old staggerly [Dm] just got so mad [Eb] it through the devil clean [Bb] off his throne.
[Eb] He said on your [Bb] knees old Satan
I'm [C] gonna rule hell on [Bb] my own all about
[D] staggerly bars
[Eb]
Coming around [Bb] a bear [Eb] and he [A] ain't doing [D] nothing
But killing [F] off good men
[Bb] He's long and he's tall [G] and it do not comb [Bb] his hair [Eb] and in [Bb] his face look [G] just [C] like
[Bb] doggone grizzly bear
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _