{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1814644,"song":"Stagger Mountain Tragedy","artist":"Kris Kristofferson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11400328-stagger-mountain-tragedy-chords-by-kris-kristofferson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1814644?type=chord","rating":4.76036,"votes":5,"content":"Stagger Mountain Tragedy\r\nFrom the album Border Lord\r\n\r\n[INTRO]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]   \r\nI was born on Stagger Mountain in the sunshine and the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd leaving was the first mistake I made[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I hungered for the shadows in the valley down below[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a girl that danced the tune the devil played[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHer smile was like the blinding light of sunshine on the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the flashing of her hair was black as sin.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd her body set the smokes of hell a-boiling in my skull[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the fiddle of the devil made her spin.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBorn in sunshine [sunshine] high on the mountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the air   is pure and cold;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there's darkness    in the shadows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the canyons of my soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[INTERLUDE]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe lantern cast her shadow like a demon on the wall[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the naked sweat was gleaming on her skin;[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the eagle started screaming in my brain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThen I saw the laughing dagger and I heard the devil scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd her bleeding heart was beating in my hand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen the darkness flew away and I was standing by a tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a hanging rope a-danglin' from a limb.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBorn in sunshine [sunshine] high on the mountain,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the air   is pure and cold;[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there's darkness    in the shadows[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn the canyons of my soul.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Stagger Mountain Tragedy\nFrom the album Border Lord\n\n[INTRO]\n\nC\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INTERLUDE]\n\nC\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC","chords":["C","F","Bb","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}