F C Bb F Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F C Bb F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
Bb
And he blew that poor boy down.
F C Bb F
Do you know what he shot him for?
Bb (a# a g#)
What do you make of that?
G
Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
A
Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
Riff
C D C D G C G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
G C G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
C D C
But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
G C G C D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
C G C D (C G C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
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