Stagger Lee - Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang Chords

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[B] _ If you go down to Louisiana, _ go down to the lion's claw.
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Every foot [F#] you be steppin' in Billy the Lion blood.
[D] About [B] the bad [F#] man, _ _ _
[A] who knows [F#] Stagger Lee.
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[B] Haulin' alley on a dark and rainy night.
_ _ _ _ [Em] Stagger Lee, [B] Billy the Lion had a great big fight.
_ About the [G#m] bad man, _
[F#m] _ _ [B] who knows [E] _ [F#] Stagger Lee.
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_ I was [Em] on the [G#m] corner [Bm]
when I heard my [E] bulldog bark. _ _
_ _ [F#] Must have been the two men [B] _
gamblin' in the dark.
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[B] About the bad [G#] man, _ who knows [B] _ Stagger [Bm] Lee. _
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_ Stagger Lee and [D] Billy, _ [B] two men who gambled [Em] late.
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_ _ [F#] Stagger Lee through seven, _
[B] Billy's four and he's eight.
_ [D] About [B] the [D] bad man, who [B] _ _ knows [F#] Stagger Lee.
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Stagger Lee [E] said, [G#m] Billy, _ [B] a man don't take my life.
I got _ three [F#] lovely children _ and a very lovely [D] _ wife.
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Talkin' about that bad man, [C#] who _ [F#m] _ _
[B] knows Stagger Lee. _ _ _
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God bless those children, _ _ _ I'll take your wife. _ _
You don't want my [F#] John _ B.,. [B] I'm bound to take your life. _ _ About the [Bm] bad [F#m] man, _ [B] _ _ _ _ who [E] knows Stagger Lee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] Stagger Lee [B] turned to Billy, _ _ _ shot the boy so bad. _ _ _ [D] Only one, [B] one shot to kill Billy the Lion [Bm] dead. _ _ Talkin' about that bad _ man, [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] who knows Stagger [B] Lee. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
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Forty dollar coffin, _ _ _ _ eight dollar bag. [E] _ [B] _ Carried him to the [F#m] cemetery, _ failed to bring him back. _ _ Talkin' about that bad [F#] man, _ _ who knows Stagger Lee. _ [D] _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ If you go down to [F#] Louisiana, _ [B] _ go down to the Lions [F#] Club. _ _ [B] Every foot you be [F#] steppin' in Billy [E] the Lion [F#] blood. _ _ Bad man. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
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