Lloyd Price – Stagger Lee chords

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

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

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

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

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

ADD:
D               D7               G7Go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..
                 D   A7 DGo, Stagger Lee..go, go...Fade.