(Garcia/Hunter)

 Last Updated 02/29/96

General Rules On Chord Charts

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Fc   Bb (x1333x@1) F (133211@1)         Bb1940, (x1333x@1)Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F (133211@1)     c (x3101x@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)    FStagger (133211@1)Lee met Billy DeLion
       BbAnd (x1333x@1)he blew that poor boy down.
F (133211@1)    c (x3101x@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)     FDo (133211@1)you know what he shot him for?
     Bb (x1333x@1)                 (a# ag#) (x02210@1)What do you make of that?
      GCause (320003@1)Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
    aWon (x02210@1)Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.

Riff

c (x3101x@1)d (xx0231@1) c (x3101x@1)d (xx0231@1) G (320003@1)                       c (x3101x@1)GBayou, (320003@1)Bayou, tell me how can this be?
      G (320003@1)                c (x3101x@1)     GYou (320003@1)arrest the girls for turning tricks
                     c (x3101x@1)     d (xx0231@1) cBut (x3101x@1)you're scared of Stagger Lee.
G (320003@1)              c (x3101x@1)G (320003@1)                c (x3101x@1)   dStagger (xx0231@1)Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
c (x3101x@1)          G (320003@1)    c (x3101x@1)             d (xx0231@1) (c Gc d)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.