Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – Stagger Lee (Guitar)

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As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (From the 1968 Album 10 OF PENTACLES) [Intro]
Bb                            Gm
  The night was clear and the moon was yellow

        Cm          Bb            F
And the leaves came tumblin' down
[Verse 1]
      Bb                            Eb
I was standin' on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark

       Bb                              F               Bb   F
He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin' in the dark
[Verse 2]
       Bb                         Eb
It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late

        Bb                      F                   Bb    F
Stagger Lee threw seven, and he swore that he threw eight
[Verse 3]
        Bb                        Eb
Stagger Lee told Billy, "Now, you goin', I ain't goin' for that

         Bb                   F                 Bb   F
You done won all my money, my brand-new Stetson hat"
[Verse 4]
        Bb                    Eb
Stagger Lee went home, and he got his .44

           Bb                          F            Bb
Said, "I'm going to the corner just to pay a dеbt I owe"

    F
Go, Stagger Lee!
[Saxophone Solo] Bb Eb Bb F Bb F [Verse 5]
        Bb                              Eb
Stagger Lee wеnt to the barroom, and he stood across the barroom door

          Bb                   F            Bb  F
He said, "Nobody moves" and he pulled his .44
[Verse 6]
         Bb                     Eb
"Stagger Lee" cried Billy, "Oh, please don't take my life

      Bb                          F           Bb    F
I got three little children and a very sickly wife"
[Verse 7]
        Bb                     Eb
Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh, he shot that poor boy so bad

         Bb                                F                     Bb
'Til the bullet went through Billy, and it broke the bartender's glass

F
Ow!
[Outro]
Bb
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Eb
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Bb               F                Bb  F
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee, ow!

Bb
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Eb
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Bb               F               Bb
Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee