Stackolee chords by Guthrie Woody

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

e|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------|
BB|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------------|
G+G|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------|
BB|---0---0---0---0---0---0---2---2-------------------------------|
G+G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---3---3-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----0-------0-------0---0-------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------0---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-------3-------3---------------------------------------------|

e|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------|
BB|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------------|
G+G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----2-------2-------2-------2---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-------0-------0-------0-------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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Verse:
D MajorD
Stackolee was a bad man, everybody knows
G+G                     D MajorD
Spent a hundred dollars for just one suit of clothes
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
Stackolee loaded cotton, weighed five hundred pounds

Carried along a Gatling gun, that drug him to the ground
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
It was in a hustling b-joint where the Mississippi run
G+G                     D MajorD
Stackolee killed Billy de Lyons with a smoking forty-one
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
The high sheriff asked the deputy, "How can it be
G+G                     D MajorD
You can arrest everybody, but the mean old Stackolee?
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He's a bad man, that mean old Stackolee."

Verse:
D MajorD
And the deputy told the new sheriff, "Double up my fee
G+G                     D MajorD
And I'll go get that outlaw, by the name of Stackolee
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
'Cause he's a bad man, that mean old Stackolee."

D MajorD
Gentlemen of the jury, what do you think about that?
G+G                     D MajorD
Stackolee killed Billy de Lyons about a five dollar Stetson hat
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
Billy was in the card house and kneeling on the floor
G+G                     D MajorD
Stackolee pulled the trigger of his red-hot forty-four
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
Billy said to Stackolee, "Please don't take my life
G+G                     D MajorD
I've got three little babes and a darling loving wife
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
You're a bad man, your name is Stackolee"

Verse:
D MajorD
"What do I care about your two little babes, your darling loving wife?
G+G                     D MajorD
You done stole my brand new hat and I'm bound to take your life

'Cause you're a bad man, and my name is Stackolee"

D MajorD
Billy died in the sawdust, with his head upon the rail
G+G                     D MajorD
Deputy took old Stackolee and he marched him off to jail
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee

D MajorD
The judge said, "Mr. Stackolee, Mr. Stackolee
G+G                     D MajorD
I'm gonna hang your body up and set your spirit free
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
'Cause you're a bad man, your name is Stackolee"

D MajorD
Stackolee on his gallows, his head way up high
G+G                     D MajorD
Twelve o'clock we killed him, was all glad to see him die
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
He was a bad man, that mean old Stackolee