Stagger Lee Chords by The Youngbloods

[C] The [Em] night was dark [F] and the moon [C] was yellow
_ And [F] the leaves [G] came tumbling _ [C] down
_ _ [G] I _ [C] was standing on a corner
_ [F] When I heard my football _ [C] call
He was walking at the tube [G] and he was gambling
_ [C] In the dark, [G] _ _ _ [C] he was a glee
And yet at the [F] tube and he gambled
_ _ [C] Stack a leaf through seven [G] and it's falling
_ [C] He threw a _ _ _ _ four nine stack of leaves
Crying that I'm [F] afraid to let you go
I had to [C] have one on my [G] money
But my family _ [C] said not to ask
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Four nine stack of leaves
Went home and he [F] got a great big 44
_ [C] He said I'm going to the [G] ballroom just to play that
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_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Oh, and I'm like a leaf, put to the bottom, _ [F] and it's stuck deep behind the door.
_ [C] Said no [A#] nobody [Am] move, [G] and they pulled it, [C] 44. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
_ [F] Oh, please won't take my life.
_ [C] I've got three little [D] children, [G] and they're very [C] sickly wise.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
Yeah, you know, [F] he shot that poor boy so bad.
_ [C] Tell the boy his name's Billy, [G] and he broke him up [C] into _ _ flares.
_ _ Talking about that _ _ bad man, [F] oh, that mean old man.
_ _ [C] Talking about that mean old [G] bad man, _ [C] who's that good man.
_ _ _ [G] _ Talking about [C] that.
_ _ _ _ Singing about [F] _
_ that.
_ _ [C] Preaching about that mean old bad [G] man, _ [C] who's that good man.
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_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] [C] Oh, that mean old bad man, _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] oh, that _ [C] mean old bad [G] man.
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[Bm] Chapter _ [C] 8 _ _ _
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