Misc Originals – Big John Khatt And The Highland Blues Band - Stagger Lee (Guitar)

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The night was clear, and the moon was yellow..

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And the leaves came tumblin' down... 

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I was standin' on the corner,

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When I heard my bull dog bark.

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He was barkin' at the two men

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Who were gamblin' in the dark.

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It was Stagger Lee and Billy,

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Two men who gambled late.

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Stagger lee threw a seven,

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Billy swore that he threw eight.

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Stagger Lee, said Billy,

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I can't let you go with that.

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You have won all my money,

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And my brand-new Stetson hat.

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Stagger Lee went home,

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And he got his forty-four.

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He said, I'm goin' to the barroom

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Just to pay that debt I owe.

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(Go, Stagger Lee.)

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Stagger Lee went to the barroom,

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And he stood across the barroom door.

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He said, Nobody move, and he pulled his .44.

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Stagger Lee, cried Billy,

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Oh, please don't take my life!

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I've got three little children,

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And a very sickly wife.

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Stagger Lee shot Billy.

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Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad..

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That the bullet went through Billy

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And broke the bartender's glass.

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(Look out now.)

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Go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..

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Go, Stagger Lee..go, go.......Fade.