(Slow)
D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)      DThe (xx0232@1)night was clear, and the moon was yellow..
        A7 (x02020@1)                 DAnd (xx0232@1)the leaves came tumblin' down...

#1.(fast, rock.)
D (xx0232@1)                   D7I (xx0212@1)was standin' on the corner,
      G7When (320001@1)I heard my bull dog bark.
       DHe (xx0232@1)was barkin' at the two men
         A7 (x02020@1)            D (xx0232@1) 
Who were gamblin' in the dark.
D (xx0232@1)                    D7It (xx0212@1)was Stagger Lee and Billy,
    G7Two (320001@1)men who gambled late.
DStagger (xx0232@1)lee threw a seven,
      A7 (x02020@1)                 DBilly (xx0232@1)swore that he threw eight.

#2.
D (xx0232@1)               D7Stagger (xx0212@1)Lee, said Billy,
        G7I (320001@1)can't let you go with that.
         DYou (xx0232@1)have won all my money,
       A7 (x02020@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)my brand-new Stetson hat.
DStagger (xx0232@1)Lee went home,
       G7And (320001@1)he got his forty-four.
             DHe (xx0232@1)said, I'm goin' to the barroom
        A7 (x02020@1)           DJust (xx0232@1)to pay that debt I owe.
 A7(Go, (x02020@1)Stagger Lee.)

#3.
D (xx0232@1)                     D7Stagger (xx0212@1)Lee went to the barroom,
       G7And (320001@1)he stood across the barroom door.
         D (xx0232@1)                A7 (x02020@1)         DHe (xx0232@1)said, Nobody move, and he pulled his .44.
D (xx0232@1)                D7Stagger (xx0212@1)Lee, cried Billy,
    G7Oh, (320001@1)please don't take my life!
        DI've (xx0232@1)got three little children,
      A7 (x02020@1)        DAnd (xx0232@1)a very sickly wife.

#4.
D (xx0232@1)              D7Stagger (xx0212@1)Lee shot Billy.
       G7Oh, (320001@1)he shot that poor boy so bad..
         DThat (xx0232@1)the bullet went through Billy
    A7 (x02020@1)                  D (xx0232@1)
And broke the bartender's glass.
 A7(Look (x02020@1)out now.)

ADD:
D (xx0232@1)             D7 (xx0212@1)             G7Go, (320001@1)Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..
                 D (xx0232@1) A7D
Go, Stagger Lee..go, go...Fade.