Grateful Dead – Stagger Lee (Ukulele)

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(Garcia/Hunter) Last Updated 02/29/96 General Rules On Chord Charts Intro: [C D E]
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                   (A# A G#)
What do you make of that?

      G
Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice

    A
Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
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C  D   C  D   G                         C  G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?

      G                  C       G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks

                     C       D   C
But you're scared of Stagger Lee.

G                C  G                  C     D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.

C            G      C               D   (C G C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.