Stagger Lee

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#1.
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I was standing on the corner when 
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I heard my

bulldog bark.
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He was barkin' at the two men who 
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were gamblin'
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in the dark..yeah.

#2.
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two 
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men who gambled late.
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Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy 
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swore that he threw eight.
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Stagger Lee told Billy, I can't let 
you go with that..
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you have won all my money and my 
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brand new Stetson hat.

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#3.
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Stagger Lee went home and he got his
 Forty-Four..said, I'm
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goin' to the barroom just to pay 
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that debt I owe.


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#4.
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom and
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 he stood across the barroom

floor.
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He said, now, nobody move,  and he 
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pulled his forty-four.
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Stagger Lee, said Billy, oh, please 
don't take my life..I got
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three little children and a very 
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sickly wife..oh, yeah.

#5.
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Stagger Lee shot Billy..he shot that
 poor boy so bad..that the
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the bullet went through Billy and 
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it broke the bartender's 
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glass..(mercy!)

OUTRO:
B                               E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go 
Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
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go Stagger 
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Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.
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B                                 
Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
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baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..wooooooooo..
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B                               E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go 
Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
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go Stagger 
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Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.)
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