Stagger Lee
Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee chords by Grateful Dead

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    • Verse 1
    1948, 
    Xmas eve, 

    with 
    a full 
    moon 
    over 
    town 

    Stagger 
    Lee 
    shot 
    Billy 
    DeLions 

    And he 
    blew 
    that 
    poor 
    boy 
    down. 

    Do 
    you know 
    what 
    he shot 
    him 
    for? 

    What 
    do 
    you 
    make 
    of 
    that? 

    Cause 
    Billy 
    DeLions threw 
    the lucky 
    dice 

    Won 
    Stagger 
    Lee's 
    Stetson 
    hat. 

    Verse 2

    Bayo, 
    Bayo, 
    tell 
    me 
    how 
    can 
    this 
    be? 

    You 
    arrest 
    the girls 
    for 
    turning 
    tricks 

    But 
    you're 
    scared 

    of Stagger 
    Lee. 

    Stagger 
    Lee 
    is 
    a 
    mad
    man 

    and 
    he shot 
    my 
    Billy 
    D. 

    Bayo 
    go 
    get 
    him 
    or give 
    the 

    job 
    to 
    me. 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 3
    Delia 
    DeLions, dear sweet 
    Delia-D 

    How 
    How 
    the hell 
    can 
    I 
    ar
    rest 
    him? 

    He's 
    twice 
    as 
    big 
    as me. 

    Well 
    don't 
    ask 
    me 
    to 
    go 
    down
    town, 

    I 
    won't 
    come 
    back 
    alive 
    (no more) 

    Not 
    only 
    is 
    that 
    mother 
    big 
    but 
    he 

    packs 
    a 
    .45 (four) 

    Verse 4
    Bayo, 
    Delia 
    said, 
    just 
    give 
    me 
    a 
    gun 

    He 
    shot 
    my 
    Billy 
    dead 
    now 

    I'm 
    gonna 
    see 
    him hung. 

    She 
    went 
    in
    to 
    the 
    DeLi
    on's club 

    through 
    Billy 
    DeLions blood 

    Stepped 
    up 
    to Stagger 
    Lee 
    at 
    the bar, 

    Said, 
    "Buy me 
    a gin 
    fizz, 
    love." 

    Interlude 2







    Verse 5
    As 
    Stagger 
    Lee 
    lit 
    a 
    cigarette 

    she 
    shot 
    him 
    in 
    the 
    balls 

    Blew 
    the smoke 
    off 
    her 
    re
    volver
    , 

    had 
    him 
    dragged 
    to city 
    hall 

    Bayo, 
    Bayo, 

    see 
    you 
    hang 
    him 
    high 

    He shot 
    my 
    Billy 
    dead 
    and 
    now 

    he's 
    got 
    to 
    die. 


    Verse 6
    Delia 
    went 
    a walking 
    down 
    on 

    Singapore 
    Street 

    A three-piece 
    band 
    band 
    on 
    the corner 

    played 
    "Near 
    My 
    God 
    to 
    Thee" 

    But 
    Delia 
    whistled 
    a 
    differ
    ent 
    tune, 

    what 
    tune 
    could 
    it be? 

    Verse 7
    The 
    song 
    that 
    woman 
    sung 
    was 
    "Look 

    Out 
    Stagger 
    Lee". 

    The song 
    that 
    Delia 
    sung 
    was 
    "Look 
    Out 
    Stagger 
    Lee". 

    Outro 1








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