Chords for MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - Stack O' Lee [1928]

Tempo:
137.85 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Ab

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT - Stack O' Lee [1928] chords
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[Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb]
[Eb]
Police officer, how can it be?
You can [Ab] arrest everybody but cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee, [Bb] that bad man.
Oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb]
There's a line told Stagger Lee, please don't take my life.
[Ab] I got two little babes and a darling loving [Eb] wife.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
What I care about you two little babes, darling loving wife.
You done [Ab] stole my stuff and hat, I'm [Eb] bound to take your life.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] Boom, boom, boom, boom.
Winter's 44, [Ab] winter's by.
There's a line you line [Eb] down on the floor.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
Young as all the jewelry, what you think of that?
[Ab] Stagger Lee killed in the line, bought a $5 [Eb] stuntman hat.
That bad man, oh cruel Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Bb] [Eb]
Standing on the galler's head way up high.
[Ab] At 12 o'clock they killed him, he's all glad [Eb] to see him die.
[Bb] That bad man, oh [Eb] cruel Stagger Lee.
[Ab]
[Eb]
[Bb] [Eb]
[N]
Key:  
Eb
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Ab
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Bb
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Eb
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Ab
134211114
Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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To learn Mississippi John Hurt - Stack Olee chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: Ab, Bb, Eb, Ab and Eb. Adjust your pace with the tempo control on ChordU, starting slowly and speeding up progressively. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: Eb Major.

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_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
Police officer, how can it be?
You can [Ab] arrest _ everybody but cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee, [Bb] that bad man.
Oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There's a line told Stagger Lee, please don't take my life.
[Ab] I got two little babes and a darling loving [Eb] wife.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
What I care about you two little babes, darling loving wife.
You done [Ab] stole my stuff and hat, I'm [Eb] bound to take your life.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel Stagger Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ Boom, _ _ _ _ _ boom, boom, boom.
Winter's 44, _ [Ab] winter's by.
There's a line you line [Eb] down on the floor.
[Bb] That bad man, oh cruel [Eb] Stagger Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Young as all the jewelry, what you think of that?
[Ab] Stagger Lee killed in the line, bought a $5 [Eb] stuntman hat.
That bad man, oh cruel Stagger _ Lee. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ Standing on the galler's head way up high.
[Ab] At 12 o'clock they killed him, he's all glad [Eb] to see him die.
[Bb] That bad man, oh [Eb] cruel Stagger Lee. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _

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