Stackolee chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

From the albums 'Trouble in mind' also on 'Ballads from Deep Gap'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG-cYTBVMIE

Intro:
D MajorD  G7G7  D MajorD A7A7  D MajorD


Verse 1:
D MajorD                       D7D7
All out in the alley on a dark and dreary night
   G+G                     D MajorD
Bill Lyons and old Stackolee they had one awful fight
   A7A7             D MajorD
Twas all about a John BB Stetson hat

Verse 2:
D MajorD                          D7D7
Billy went to the bar room to get him a glass of beer
  G+G                           D MajorD
Old Stackolee comes thumping in he said what are you doing here
   A7A7             D MajorD
That bad man, they call me Stackolee


Instrumental:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD


Verse 3:
  D MajorD                        D7D7
Old Stackolee says to Billy "I'm gonna kill you dead,
  G+G                           D MajorD
You taken all of my money and the stetson right off a' my head
        A7A7             D MajorD
Yeah I'm gonna kill you they call me Stackolee".


Verse 4:
D MajorD                              D7D7
Bill Lyons says "Now Stackolee wont you please spare my life,
 G+G                      D MajorD
I got two little children and a darling loving wife,
   A7A7              D MajorD
Don't kill me, don't kill me Stackolee".


Verse 5:
  D MajorD                          D7D7
Old Stacky says to Billy "No I aint gonna spare your life
  G+G                             D MajorD
God bless your little children son and I'll take care of your wife
     A7A7             D MajorD
I'm that bad man they call me Stackolee".

Verse 6:
  D MajorD                              D7D7
Old Stackolee shot poor Billy he shot him right through the head
  G+G                       D MajorD
Now it only taken one .44 ball to kill poor Billy dead
   A7A7             D MajorD
That bad man that rascal Stackolee


Instrumental:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD


Verse 7:
D MajorD                       D7D7
All out in the alley I heard my bulldog bark
    G+G                           D MajorD
He's a'barking at old Stackolee he went stumblin' through the dark
   A7A7                    D MajorD
That bad man he's scared too, that awful Stackolee


Verse 8:
D MajorD                       D7D7
When the sheriff found old Stackolee he found him fast asleep
  G+G                     D MajorD
An when he waken ole Stack up he said he jumped about forty feet
      A7A7                 D MajorD
Well he's a bad man, yes they caught old Stackolee


Verse 9:
D MajorD                       D7D7
Then Stack says to the Jailer, Mr Jailer I can't sleep
  G+G                     D7D7
Every time I close my eyes at night Bill Lyons begins to creep
   A7A7             D MajorD
All around this jailhouse all the time


Instrumental:
D MajorD D7D7 G+G D MajorD A7A7 D MajorD


Verse 10:
D MajorD                       D7D7
Men folks all a'laughin'. women folks all a'cryin'
  G+G                                 D MajorD
See the folks ar coming from miles around just to see ol' Stackolee a'dying
   A7A7                 D MajorD
That bad man yeah they called him Stackolee


Verse 11:
D MajorD                            D7D7
Old Stack standing up on the scaffold an' he began to curse
    G+G                            D MajorD
An the Sherriff said "Lets hang him boys before he kills one of us".
    A7A7               D MajorD
He's a bad man, they call him Stackolee


Verse 11:
D MajorD                              D7D7
Somebody tripped that scaffold and old Stack went down below
     G+G                          D MajorD
When the devil seen him a'coming he says I hates this rascal so
     A7A7         D MajorD
We don't need him down here


Verse 12:
D MajorD                                    D7D7
Stack grabbed the devil by the collar and he threwed him up on the shelf
   G+G                           D MajorD
Said get out of here you son of a gun I'll run this place myself
   A7A7               D MajorD
I'm a bad man yes they call me Stackolee


Outro: