Stackerlee Chords by Alice Stuart

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ I remember one September on a Friday night
[Ab] Stack O'Lee and Billy Lyons had a [Eb] great big fight
He's [Bb] a bad man, cruel Stack [Eb] O'Lee
_ You may talk about your gamblers, should see old Richard Lee
[Ab] Shot a hundred dollars, come out [Eb] on a three
He's a [Bb] bad man, _ cruel [Eb] Stack O'Lee _ _
Stacky says to Billy, you can't play like that
[Ab] You want all my money now, you want [Eb] my skits and hats
[Bb] You're a bad man, _ cruel [Eb] Stack O'Lee
Well _ _ _ _ _
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[Fm] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Billy he shot six pits, Stacky bet he passed
[Ab] Stacky owl is forty-five, he says you done shot [Eb] your last
He's [Bb] a bad man, _ _ cruel Stack [Eb] O'Lee _ _
Oh Mr.
Stack O'Lee, please don't take my life
[Ab] I've got three children and a darling [Eb] loving wife
[Gm] You're [Bb] a bad man, cruel Stack [Eb] O'Lee
_ Well God take care of your children, and I'll take care of your wife
[Ab] You done took my skits and hats, I'm gonna [Eb] take your life
You're [Bb] a bad man, _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ then a woman come running
Fell upon her [Ab] knees, oh Mr.
Stack O'Lee
Don't shoot my brother [Eb] please, [Bb] you're a bad man, _ cruel [Eb] Stack O'Lee
Then
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[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ a woman said to the sheriff, how can this be
[Ab] _ You've arrested everybody, but you scared us [Eb] Stack O'Lee
He's [Bb] a bad man, _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ judge he said to the sheriff
I want him dead or alive, [Ab] how in the hell can I bring him in
He totes a [Eb] forty-five, he's [Bb] a bad man, _ cruel [Eb] Stack O'Lee
_ _ Stacky said to the jailer, jailer I can't sleep
[Ab] All around my bedside, Billy Lyons [Eb] begins to creep
[Bb] He's a bad man, _ cruel Stack [Eb] O'Lee _ _
Two o'clock next Tuesday, on a scaffold high
[Ab] People coming from miles around, just watch old [Eb] Stack O'Lee die
[Bb] He's a bad man, _ _ cruel [Eb] Stack O'Lee
Now _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ way down in New Orleans, there's a place called Lyons Club
[Ab] Every step you step, you're stepping in a Billy [Eb] Lyons blood
[Bb] He's a bad man, that cruel Stack [Eb] O'Lee
[Bb] He's a bad man
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