Grateful Dead – Stagger Lee (Guitar Tab)

Closing of Winterland 1978 [Chords for Part 1] F C Bb F Bb 1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town F* C Bb F Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion Bb And he blew that poor boy down. F* C Bb F Do you know what he shot him for? Bb What do you make of that? [Riff 1]

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|---6---5---4--3---------------------------------|

G Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice A Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat. [Riff 2]

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------2----2--------------------------|
D|---1^2----2p0-----------------------------------|
A|--------------3---0-----------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[Part 2]

Chords
     G    C/G    D     C
e|---3-----3-----2-----0---|
B|---0-----1-----3-----1---|
G|---0-----0-----2-----0---|
D|---0-----2-----0-----2---|
A|---2-----x-----------3---|
E|---3-----3---------------|

After he sings "Tell me how can this be?" hammer on and pull off the 2nd fret of the G string.

  Bayou                      Bayou
e|---------------|         e|---------------|
B|----1----h3----|         B|----1----h3----|
G|----2----------|         G|----2----------|
D|---------------|         D|---------------|
A|---------------|         A|---------------|
E|---------------|         E|---------------|

G Tell me how can this be? G C G You arrest the girls for turning tricks C C D C But you're scared of Stagger Lee. G C G C C D Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D. C G C C D (C G C C D) Bayou go get him or give the job to me. Use Part 2 chords D C D C Delia Deliah G Oh sweet Delia-D (Hammer on and Pull off G string 2nd Fret) G C G C C D C How the hell can I arrest him? He's twice as big as me G C G C C D Well don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive C G C C D (C G C C D) Not only is that mother big he packs a Forty Five Use Chord and Riffs from Part 1 F* C Bb F Bb Bayou, Delia said, just give me a gun F* C Bb F Bb He shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung. F* C Bb F Bb She went into the DeLion's club through Billy DeLion's blood Riff 1 G Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar, A Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love." Riff 2 D C D C As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette G she shot him in the balls (h2p0 on G string) G C/G G C C D C Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall G C/G G C C D Bayou, Bayou, see you hangin' high C G C C D He shot my Billy dead and now he's got to die D C D C Delia went walkin' G Down on Singapore Street (h2p0 on G string) G C G C C D A three-piece band on the corner played "Near My God to Thee" G C G C C D But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be? C G C C D The song that woman sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee". C G C C D (C G C C D) The song that Delia sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".