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  (Garcia/Hunter)
  
   Last Updated 02/29/96
  
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  Intro: [c d e]
  
  F C   Bb   F           Bb
  1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
  F       C       Bb      F
  Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
         Bb
  And he blew that poor boy down.
  F      C            Bb       F
  Do you know what he shot him for?
       Bb                   (a# a g#)
  What do you make of that?
        G
  Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
      A
  Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
  
  Riff
  
  C  D   C  D   G                         C  G
  Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
        G                  C       G
  You arrest the girls for turning tricks
                       C       D   C
  But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
  G                C  G                  C     D
  Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
  C            G      C               D   (C G C D)
  Bayou go get him or give the job to me.

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