Stagger Lee chords by Grateful Dead

Chords with lyrics

(Garcia/Hunter)

 Last Updated 02/29/96

General Rules On Chord Charts

Intro: c d e:

FF c  Bb majorBb  FF      Bb majorBb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
FF    c    Bb majorBb   FF
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
    Bb majorBb
And he blew that poor boy down.
FF   c      Bb majorBb    FF
Do you know what he shot him for?
   Bb majorBb          (a# a g#)
What do you make of that?
   G+G
Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
  a
Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.

Riff

c d  c d  G+G             c G+G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
   G+G         c    G+G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
           c    d  c
But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
G+G        c G+G         c   d
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
c      G+G   c        d  (c G+G c d)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.