Tonalidad: C major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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wee
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wee hours of the morning
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Or deep in the middle of the night
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That's when Stagger Lee and Billy
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had that great big fight
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I was standing on the corner
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when I heard my bulldog bark
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He was barking at two men
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who were gambling in the dark
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
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two men who gambled late
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Stagger Lee threw a seven
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and Billy swore that he
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threw eight
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Stagger Lee told Billy,
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I can't let you go with that
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Cause you've won all my money,
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now you grab my brand
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new Stetson hat
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So Stagger Lee, he went home,
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Said I'm going back to the barroom
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and pay that debt that I owe
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Stagger Lee went right back
down to the barroom
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And he swaggered in the barroom door
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He said, now nobody move,
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he pulled his 44
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Stagger Lee cried, Billy,
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man, please don't take my life
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I got three little children
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an d a darlin' lovely wife
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What do I care about your
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three little children?
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What do I care about your
darlin' lovely wife?
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You touch my milk wife Stetson,
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I'm bound to take your life
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Stagger Lee, you shot Billy
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He shot that poor boy so bad
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That the bullets went through Billy
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And broke the bartender's glass
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Now, Billy's wife, Millie,
she went down to the bar room
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She said, I can't believe
how Billy's dead
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Now, Stagger Lee just laughed, he said
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He can't, the hole's in his head
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A gentleman of the jury,
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what do you think of that?
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Stagger Lee shot Billy
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about a five dollar Stetson hat.
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Stagger Lee stood before the judge
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and the jury, they heard him curse.
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They said, we better kill him
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before he murders one of us
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Staggered he stood upon the gallows,
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and he held his head up high
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It was twelve o 'clock when they killed him,
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they were all glad to see him die
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He took six, six white horses,
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carry ing that rubber -tied hack
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Well, they've taken old Stag
to the graveyard
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Ain't gonna bring him back
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When the women, the women all heard
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Heard that Stagger Lee was dead
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Well, they rushed right home
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And they re -arragged in red
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When all the people coming
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back from the funeral
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They heard a big rumbling
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Well, that ain't nothing but old style
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Turnin' Billy upside down
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Now, if you're ever up in St. Louis
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And you're walkin' to the Lions Club
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Every step you're steppin' in
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Billy the Lion's blood
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You better run, Stagger Lee,
you better run
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Run, Stagger Lee, you better run
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You better run, Stagger Lee,
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cause a man has got your gun
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