{"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":1927291,"song":"Stackolee","artist":"Doc Watson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11431146-stackolee-chords-by-doc-watson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1927291?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":9,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAll out in the alley on a dark and dreary night[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBill Lyons and old Stackolee they had one awful fight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwas all about a John B Stetson hat[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBilly went to the bar room to get him a glass of beer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nOld Stackolee comes thumping in he said what are you doing here[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat bad man, they call me Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOld Stackolee says to Billy \"I'm gonna kill you dead,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou taken all of my money and the stetson right off a' my head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYeah I'm gonna kill you they call me Stackolee\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBill Lyons says \"Now Stackolee wont you please spare my life,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] \r\nI got two little children and a darling loving wife,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDon't kill me, don't kill me Stackolee\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOld Stacky says to Billy \"No I aint gonna spare your life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGod bless your little children son and I'll take care of your wife[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm that bad man they call me Stackolee\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOld Stackolee shot poor Billy he shot him right through the head[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow it only taken one .44 ball to kill poor Billy dead[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat bad man that rascal Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAll out in the alley I heard my bulldog bark[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's a'barking at old Stackolee he went stumblin' through the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat bad man he's scared too, that awful Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhen the sheriff found old Stackolee he found him fast asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn when he waken ole Stack up he said he jumped about forty feet[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell he's a bad man, yes they caught old Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThen Stack says to the Jailer, Mr Jailer I can't sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nEvery time I close my eyes at night Bill Lyons begins to creep[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll around this jailhouse all the time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMen folks all a'laughin'. women folks all a'cryin'[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSee the folks ar coming from miles around just to see ol' Stackolee a'dying[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat bad man yeah they called him Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nOld Stack standing up on the scaffold an' he began to curse[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn the Sherriff said \"Lets hang him boys before he kills one of us\".[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe's a bad man, they call him Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nSomebody tripped that scaffold and old Stack went down below[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the devil seen him a'coming he says I hates this rascal so[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe don't need him down here[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 12]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nStack grabbed the devil by the collar and he threwed him up on the shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaid get out of here you son of a gun I'll run this place myself[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm a bad man yes they call me Stackolee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A7[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD G7 D A7 D\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD D7 G D A7 D\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD D7 G D A7 D\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD D7 G D A7 D\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 12]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD D7 G D A7 D","chords":["D","G7","A7","D7","G","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}