{"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":192436,"song":"Stagger Lee","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/192436-stagger-lee-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/192436?type=chord","rating":4.93164,"votes":113,"content":"(Garcia/Hunter)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStagger Lee met Billy DeLion[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd he blew that poor boy down.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDo you know what he shot him for?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                   ([ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch])\r\nWhat do you make of that?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWon Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.[/tab]\r\n\r\nRiff\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou arrest the girls for turning tricks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you're scared of Stagger Lee.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]   ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nBayou go get him or give the job to me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDelia DeLions, oh sweet Delia-D[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHow the hell can I arrest him? He's twice as big as me.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nWell don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nNot only is that mother big but he packs a .45 [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBayou, Delia said, just give me a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                ([ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch])\r\nShe went into the DeLion's club through Billy DeLions blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nStepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nSaid, \"Buy me a gin fizz, love.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBlew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   \r\nBayou, Bayou, see you hang him high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]   ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nHe shot my Billy dead and now he's got to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDelia went a walking down on Singapore Street[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] \r\nA three-piece band on the corner played \"Near My God to Thee\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nBut Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nThe song that woman sung was \"Look Out Stagger Lee\".[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]   ([ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch])\r\nThe song that Delia sung was \"Look Out Stagger Lee\".[/tab]","plain_text":"(Garcia/Hunter)\n\n[Intro]\nC D E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRiff","chords":["C","D","E","F","Bb","A","Ab","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}