Mississippi John Hurt – Stack O Lee Blues (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Stack O'Lee
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=180 (very fast), Capo: 2, optionally. Eighths are marked "+".
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
Below the 6 guitar tab-lines (with standard tuning) are 3 additional vocal tab lines for the melody.
Chords: G6 = 320000 Along = 002225 with half-bar over strings 1-4
[Verse] D + + + + + + + + + + + + + E|-0-h2-----------0-h2-----|-0-h2----------------|----0-h2--------0--------|-2------------2--------| B|----------3-----------3--|----------3----------|----------3-----------3--|--------3--------------| G|-------------------------|-----------------2---|-------------------------|-----------------0-h2--| D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0---------0---|-------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0-----| A|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-------|-0-----------0-----------|-0---------0-----------| E|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| Police Offi- cer, how can it be? You can E|-0--2--------------------|-0--2----------------|-0-----------0-----------|-2---------------------| B|-------------------------|----------3----------|-------------------3-----|-----------------3-----| G|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| G6 + + + + + + + + D + + E|-0------------0--------|-0-----------------|----------------0--------|-2------------0------| B|--------0-----------3--|--------0----------|----0-----3--------3-p0--|--------3------------| G|-----------------------|---------------0---|-------------------------|-----------------0---| D|-----0-----------0-----|-----0---------0---|-------0-----------0-----|-----0-----------0---| A|-----------2-----------|-----------2-------|-------------2-----------|-0---------0---------| E|-3---------------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------------|---------------------| 'rest eve- ry- bo- dy but cruel Stack O' Lee. That E|-0---------0-----------|-0---------0-------|-2--------------0--------|---------------------| B|-----------------3-----|---------------3---|-------------------3-----|-3---------------3---| G|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
[Chorus]
Along + + + + + D + +
E|----------5----------|-----5--------3----\1--|-1-/2----------------|
B|-1-/2----------------|-----------------------|----------3----------|
G|-----------------2---|--------2--------------|-----------------2---|
D|-------2---------2---|-----2-----------2-----|-------0---------0---|
A|-0-----------0-------|-0---------0-----------|-0-----------0-------|
E|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee!
E|---------------------|------5-------3--------|-1--2----------------|
B|-2-------------------|-----------------------|----------3----------|
G|----------2----------|-----------------------|---------------------|[MoreLyrics]
Billy de Lyon told Stack O'Lee, "Please don't take my life.
I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife."
"What I care about you little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat, I'm bound to take you life."
Boom boom, boom boom - with the forty-four.
When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floor.
"Gentlemans of the jury, what do you think of that?
Stack O'Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat."
And all they gathered, hands way up high,
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die.
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
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