Chords for RL Burnside - Stack-O-Lee
Tempo:
114.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
D
Em
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
He was a bad man, you know.
He sure was, you know.
[Em]
I'd say, [N] he walked through water, he walked through mud, and he came to this place they call the bucket of blood, you know what I mean?
[E] I heard.
[B]
[Em] He went and asked the bartender for a little something to eat.
He gave him a dirty glass of water, that tough-ass piece of meat.
He [B] said, you don't know who I am.
[F#] He said, Frank, my man, I [A] wouldn't give a god [C#] damn.
You know what I mean?
[G] [E] He said, my name is Stack [Em]-A-Lee.
[C#] [Em]
[E] He said, you may be bad.
[Em] Your name may be Stack.
[E] But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
I don't give a crap.
By that time he was going to rest, [A] I'd pumped 60 feet of rock into this god damn sink.
He had to get [E] me to sleep.
[C#]
[E] [Em] By that time, his mother came out behind the bar.
[E]
I know [Em] my son [A] can't be dead.
Look at that hole in that dirty mother's head.
It's a dead [C#] son.
[E] [G] [E]
[Fm] [E] That was Stack, you know.
[C#]
[E] I said, why?
She said, you may be [A] bad.
Your name may be Stack.
[Em] [A] But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
[E] I don't give a crap.
[G] [D] [E] By that time, you could hear a [A] pin hit the floor.
[Em] [A]
That bad girl just walked in the [D] door.
[E]
[A] She said, Stack, I'm going to allow you a chance to run before I reach my guard.
[D] [E]
[D] [E]
[A] By that time, all them prostitutes said, Billy, flee.
By that time, he shot the horn one for me.
[D]
[E] Some wine heads got the light.
[A]
By that time, I had Billy dead in my sight.
[E] [D#]
[E] [D] [E]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[A] [E]
By the time the lights [A] come back on, old Billy was going to rest, you know.
[E] I had to pop six more rockets through his [A] mother.
She [Em] said, I [E]
[C#] [E] [D]
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[E] [A] got another idea.
[E] Who can this mad mother be?
Some of you better speak softly because his name is Stack of [A] Leaves.
[D]
[E] [D] [E]
I said, you better murder [A] them first, you hear me?
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
One of them boys jumped up here.
He had his mother.
[G] [E]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Am] [G] [A]
[E] [Am] [D]
[E] [N]
I hope I'm ever dead as much as that man.
That was a pool shooting fellow.
Yeah.
He was a bad man, you know.
He sure was, you know.
[Em]
I'd say, [N] he walked through water, he walked through mud, and he came to this place they call the bucket of blood, you know what I mean?
[E] I heard.
[B]
[Em] He went and asked the bartender for a little something to eat.
He gave him a dirty glass of water, that tough-ass piece of meat.
He [B] said, you don't know who I am.
[F#] He said, Frank, my man, I [A] wouldn't give a god [C#] damn.
You know what I mean?
[G] [E] He said, my name is Stack [Em]-A-Lee.
[C#] [Em]
[E] He said, you may be bad.
[Em] Your name may be Stack.
[E] But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
I don't give a crap.
By that time he was going to rest, [A] I'd pumped 60 feet of rock into this god damn sink.
He had to get [E] me to sleep.
[C#]
[E] [Em] By that time, his mother came out behind the bar.
[E]
I know [Em] my son [A] can't be dead.
Look at that hole in that dirty mother's head.
It's a dead [C#] son.
[E] [G] [E]
[Fm] [E] That was Stack, you know.
[C#]
[E] I said, why?
She said, you may be [A] bad.
Your name may be Stack.
[Em] [A] But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
[E] I don't give a crap.
[G] [D] [E] By that time, you could hear a [A] pin hit the floor.
[Em] [A]
That bad girl just walked in the [D] door.
[E]
[A] She said, Stack, I'm going to allow you a chance to run before I reach my guard.
[D] [E]
[D] [E]
[A] By that time, all them prostitutes said, Billy, flee.
By that time, he shot the horn one for me.
[D]
[E] Some wine heads got the light.
[A]
By that time, I had Billy dead in my sight.
[E] [D#]
[E] [D] [E]
[D] [G] [A] [G]
[A] [E]
By the time the lights [A] come back on, old Billy was going to rest, you know.
[E] I had to pop six more rockets through his [A] mother.
She [Em] said, I [E]
[C#] [E] [D]
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[E] [A] got another idea.
[E] Who can this mad mother be?
Some of you better speak softly because his name is Stack of [A] Leaves.
[D]
[E] [D] [E]
I said, you better murder [A] them first, you hear me?
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
One of them boys jumped up here.
He had his mother.
[G] [E]
[D] [E] [G]
[D] [Am] [G] [A]
[E] [Am] [D]
[E] [N]
I hope I'm ever dead as much as that man.
That was a pool shooting fellow.
Key:
E
A
D
Em
G
E
A
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
He was a bad man, you know.
He sure was, you know.
[Em] _ _ _ _
I'd say, [N] he walked through water, he walked through mud, and he came to this place they call the bucket of blood, you know what I mean?
[E] I heard.
[B] _
_ [Em] _ He went and asked the bartender for a little something to eat.
He gave him a dirty glass of water, that tough-ass piece of meat.
He [B] said, you don't know who I am.
[F#] _ He said, Frank, my man, I [A] wouldn't give a god [C#] damn.
You know what I mean?
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ He said, my name is Stack [Em]-A-Lee.
_ [C#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ He said, you may be bad.
_ _ [Em] _ Your name may be Stack.
_ _ _ [E] _ But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
I don't give a crap. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ By that time he was going to rest, [A] _ _ _ I'd pumped 60 feet of rock into this god damn sink.
He had to get [E] me to sleep.
_ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] By that time, his mother came out behind the bar.
_ [E] _ _ _
I know [Em] my son [A] can't be dead.
_ _ Look at that hole in that dirty mother's head.
It's a dead [C#] son.
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [E] That was Stack, you know.
[C#] _
[E] _ _ _ _ I said, why?
She said, you may be [A] bad.
_ _ _ _ Your name may be Stack.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
[E] I don't give a crap. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ [E] By that time, you could hear a [A] pin hit the floor.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
That bad girl just walked in the [D] door.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ She said, Stack, _ I'm going to allow you a chance to run _ before I reach my guard.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] By that time, _ _ _ _ _ all them prostitutes said, _ _ Billy, _ _ _ _ _ flee.
_ _ By that time, he shot the horn one for me.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Some wine heads got the light.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
By that time, I had Billy dead in my sight. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ By the time the lights [A] come back on, old Billy was going to rest, you know.
[E] I had to pop six more rockets through his [A] mother.
She [Em] said, I _ [E] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] got another idea.
_ _ [E] Who can this mad mother be? _
_ _ Some of you better speak softly because his name is Stack of [A] Leaves.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I said, you better murder [A] them first, you hear me?
[E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ One of them boys jumped up here. _
_ He had his mother.
_ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
I hope I'm ever dead as much as that man. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That was a pool shooting fellow. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
He was a bad man, you know.
He sure was, you know.
[Em] _ _ _ _
I'd say, [N] he walked through water, he walked through mud, and he came to this place they call the bucket of blood, you know what I mean?
[E] I heard.
[B] _
_ [Em] _ He went and asked the bartender for a little something to eat.
He gave him a dirty glass of water, that tough-ass piece of meat.
He [B] said, you don't know who I am.
[F#] _ He said, Frank, my man, I [A] wouldn't give a god [C#] damn.
You know what I mean?
_ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ He said, my name is Stack [Em]-A-Lee.
_ [C#] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ He said, you may be bad.
_ _ [Em] _ Your name may be Stack.
_ _ _ [E] _ But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
I don't give a crap. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ By that time he was going to rest, [A] _ _ _ I'd pumped 60 feet of rock into this god damn sink.
He had to get [E] me to sleep.
_ _ [C#] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Em] By that time, his mother came out behind the bar.
_ [E] _ _ _
I know [Em] my son [A] can't be dead.
_ _ Look at that hole in that dirty mother's head.
It's a dead [C#] son.
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ [E] That was Stack, you know.
[C#] _
[E] _ _ _ _ I said, why?
She said, you may be [A] bad.
_ _ _ _ Your name may be Stack.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _ But you better not beat me with that bad girl.
[E] I don't give a crap. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [D] _ [E] By that time, you could hear a [A] pin hit the floor.
_ _ _ [Em] _ [A] _ _
That bad girl just walked in the [D] door.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ She said, Stack, _ I'm going to allow you a chance to run _ before I reach my guard.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] By that time, _ _ _ _ _ all them prostitutes said, _ _ Billy, _ _ _ _ _ flee.
_ _ By that time, he shot the horn one for me.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Some wine heads got the light.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
By that time, I had Billy dead in my sight. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ By the time the lights [A] come back on, old Billy was going to rest, you know.
[E] I had to pop six more rockets through his [A] mother.
She [Em] said, I _ [E] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] got another idea.
_ _ [E] Who can this mad mother be? _
_ _ Some of you better speak softly because his name is Stack of [A] Leaves.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I said, you better murder [A] them first, you hear me?
[E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ One of them boys jumped up here. _
_ He had his mother.
_ _ _ [G] _ [E] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
I hope I'm ever dead as much as that man. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ That was a pool shooting fellow. _ _