Tipo de gaita: Diatônica
Tom: qualquer

(First Line Slowly)
The night was clear and the moon was yellow and
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the leaves came tumblin` down
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(The Rest Is A Rock Beat)

I was standin` on the corner when I heard my
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bulldog bark
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He was barkin` at the two men who were gamblin` 
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in the dark
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy two men who gambled
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late
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Stagger Lee threw a seven Billy swore that he 
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threw eight
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Stagger Lee told Billy I can`t let you go with
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that
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You have won all my money and my brand new
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Stetson hat
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Stagger Lee e e he went home and he ah got his
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forty four
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He said "I`m goin`to the barroom just t`pay that
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debt I owe
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood
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across the door
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He said no ah body move and he pulled his forty
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four   (the rest of the song follows this verse)
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"Stagger Lee" said Billy "Oh please don`t take my life"
"I`ve got three little children and a very sickly wife"
Stagger Lee shot Billy Oh he shot that poor boy so bad
The bullet went through Billy and it broke the bar tender`s glass