Stack-a-lee chords by Dr. John

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

G D7 G D7

G B7 C Eb7
G D7 G D7

Verse 1:
        G              B7
Stack-a-Lee shot Billy Lyons
       C              Eb7
He shot that boy so fast
    G
The bullet went through Billy
   D7                       G     D7
It broke the bartender's glass

Verse 2:
        G                   B7
Stack-a-Lee went around the corner
           C                   Eb7
Where they shot Stack in his side
            G
Stack-a-Lee went stumbling
D7            G         D7
In his mother door

Verse 3:
         G             B7
He said, "Mother, oh, mother
          C             Eb7
Won't you turn me over slow?
          G
I've been jabbed in my left side
       D7        G      D7
With a police 44"

Verse 4:
              G                B7
When all the ladies heard that Stack
     C               Eb7
Oh, Stack-a-Lee was dead
           G
Some come dressed in orange colors
 D7                  G        D7
Some came dressed in red
(oh, play it for him now)

Break:
G B7 C Eb7
G D7 G D7

Verse 5:
        G               B7
Stack-a Lee went to the Devil
        C                Eb7
To identify poor Billy's soul
         G
But the poor boy, he was absent
  D7                       G        D7
He had went down to shove coal

Verse 6:
        G             B7
Now the Devil heard a rumbling
          C                 Eb7
A mighty rumbling under the ground
               G                     D7
He said, "That must be Mr. Stack pointing Billy
       G          D7
Upside-down"

Verse 7:
       G              B7
Now it seems that old Devil
   B7                Eb7
On top of his Devil chair
             G
He said, "If you want Mr. Stack, boy
      D7             G       D7
Then get him by yourself," yes

Verse 8:
      G                     B7
Now I told y'all my little story
     C                   Eb7
And sang y'all my little song
       G
'Bout Stack-a-Lee and Billy Lyons
 D7                 G
They both dead and gone

Outro: x2
G B7 C Eb7
G D7 G D7