Chords for Hugh Laurie - Stagger Lee (From Ocean Way Studios)

Tempo:
108.65 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

B

C

C#

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hugh Laurie - Stagger Lee (From Ocean Way Studios) chords
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[G] Stagger Lee were [B]
[C] gambling in the [C#m]
[G] Stagger Lee said to Billy,
[D] Billy Lyons, let's take [G] a walk.
[A] [D#] [G]
Stagger Lee won [B] Billy Lyons [D#m] money,
[F#m]
[C] and he took his [C#m] coat and hat.
[G]
Billy Lyons said to Stagger [D] Lee, Lord wife you gotta [G] do me like [C] that.
[G]
Billy Lyons [B] said to Stagger Lee,
[C] please don't you take my [C#] life.
[Gm] I got two little children [D] and a poor little [G] homeless [D] wife.
[E] [G] [D] [G]
[B]
[C] [G]
[F#] [D]
[G] [E] [G] Well, Stagger Lee shot [B] Billy Lyons, [Em] and he fell [G] down to [C#] his knees.
[G] He said, Lord have mercy, [D] [G] Lord have mercy if you please.
[D] [G]
And Stagger Lee, he [B] ran to the corner,
[C] and he looked up and [C#] down.
[G] Said, I'd rather see [D] you, Billy, Billy Lyons [G] six feet under [D] the [Gm] [D] ground.
[G]
Gee na na, [B] gee na na na,
[C] gee na na [Em] na na na, [G]
gee na na na [Am] na, [D] [A#] gee na na [G] na na.
Well, the people, they [B] started weeping,
[C] and some of them [C#] began to [A#] moan.
[G]
Everybody [D] worried poor old Billy [G] Lyons was gone.
When I die, I [B] want the copper bottom band [C] to play the blues when they lay [G] me down.
I want 10,000 women [D] at my burial [G] ground.
[D] [G] Gee na na, [B] gee na na na, [C] gee na na na [C#] na, gee na na na na na
[G] gee na na [F#] na na, gee na [Am] na na
[G] [D] [G] [D] [E]
[G] [B]
[C] [C#] [A#]
[G] [D] [D#]
[Em] [C#] [G]
[D]
[Gm] [G]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
B
12341112
C
3211
C#
12341114
G
2131
D
1321
B
12341112
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To jam and learn Hugh Laurie - (Special Edition Bookpack) Staggerlee chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: B, C, G, D and G. A good strategy is to initiate at 54 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 109 BPM. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: G Major.

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[G] _ _ _ Stagger Lee _ were _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] gambling _ in the _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Stagger Lee said to Billy, _ _ _
[D] _ _ Billy Lyons, let's take [G] a walk.
_ [A] _ [D#] _ [G] _ _ _
Stagger Lee won [B] Billy Lyons [D#m] money,
[F#m] _ _
[C] and he took his [C#m] coat and hat.
[G] _ _
Billy Lyons said to Stagger [D] Lee, Lord wife you gotta [G] do me like [C] that.
[G] _ _ _ _
Billy Lyons _ [B] said to Stagger Lee, _
[C] please don't you take my [C#] life. _ _
[Gm] I got two little children _ [D] and a poor little [G] homeless [D] wife.
[E] _ [G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ Well, Stagger Lee shot [B] Billy Lyons, _ [Em] and he fell [G] down to [C#] his knees. _ _
[G] He said, Lord have mercy, [D] _ [G] Lord have mercy if you please.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G]
And Stagger Lee, he [B] ran to the corner, _ _
[C] and he looked up and [C#] down. _
[G] Said, I'd rather see [D] you, Billy, Billy Lyons [G] six feet under [D] the [Gm] _ [D] ground.
_ [G]
Gee na na, _ [B] gee na na na, _ _
[C] gee na na [Em] na na na, [G] _
gee na na na [Am] na, [D] [A#] gee na na [G] na _ _ _ _ na.
Well, the people, they [B] started weeping, _ _
[C] and some of them [C#] began to [A#] moan.
[G] _
_ Everybody [D] worried poor old Billy [G] Lyons was gone.
_ _ _ When I die, I [B] want the copper bottom band [C] to play the blues when they lay [G] me down. _
I want 10,000 women [D] at my burial [G] ground.
_ _ _ [D] _ [G] Gee na na, _ _ [B] gee na na na, _ [C] gee na na na [C#] na, gee na na na na na _
[G] gee na na [F#] na na, gee na [Am] na na
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [A#] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the Didnt It Rain album.

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