Chords for Professor Longhair --- Stag O' Lee

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_ [D] _ _ _ _ It was early, early one morning [Bb] when I heard my bulldog bark.
[F] He was barking [C] at the two men who were gambling [F] his dog.
_ It was Stackley and Billy Lyon, [Bb] boys, and they gambled them dirty.
[F] Every time Stackley [C] was having Billy Lyon, boy, [F] he threw it.
[C] _ _ [F] Stackley lost all of his money, [Bb] boys, and he lost his [F] Cadillac.
He said, I believe you, [C] but you really don't, Billy, [F] when I come [C] back.
_ _ [F] _ Stackley went home [Bb] and he knocked upon [F] Bertha's door.
He said, wake up, little girl, [C] baby, and hand me my [F] 44.
_ [C] _ [F] You know, Bertha jumped out of the bed screaming.
[Bb] Boy, she was [F] looking at Stackley's eyes.
She said, come on inside, [C] honey, I can see some old [F] man's gonna [C] die.
_ _ Stackley told Bertha [Bb] that he had lost his Cadillac,
[F] but he believed Billy was cheating, [C] and she knew that he didn't go [F] for that.
[C] _ _ [F] Stackley went back on the corner, [Bb] boys, and he stood up in the barn door.
[F] He said, don't nobody move, [C] because I got my [F] 44.
[C] _ _ _ [F] Stackley shot Billy Lyon.
Oh, [Bb] he shot the poor boy so [F] fast.
The bullet went through Billy, [C] and it broke the bar, [F] tell me, Glenn.
[C] _ _ [F] Billy Lyon started to holler.
I could [Bb] hear him say, Stackley, don't [Bb] take my life.
[F] You know, I got two little [C] children and a poor little [F] sickly wife.
[C] _ _ [F] Stackley, Stackley, don't kill it.
Yes, [Bb] I know you got a cute boy and [F] girl,
but if you want to save your [C] family, Billy,
you don't need to [F] tell the world.
[C] Say it to this one.
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_ [F] _ _ _ He was a lovely, lovely one of mine.
[Bb] Oh, I heard [F] my little boy walk.
He was walking [C] at the two-minute gap [F] in the dark.
[C] _ It [F] was Stackley and Billy Lyon.
Oh, it came around very late.
Every time Stackley said to Billy Lyon that he threw it.
[C] _ _ [F] Stackley lost all of his money, boys, and he lost his brand-new Cadillac.
He said, I [F] believe in the Jesus, Billy, [C] don't kill you when I come back. _ _ _
Stackley went home, and [Bb] he knocked upon the door.
He [F] said, wake up, Lou, where the [C] baby had [F] me, Bob, 44.
_ _ Boy, he could jump out of the bed screaming.
Boy, she was [Fm] looking dead Stackley's eyes.
[F] She said, come on [C] inside, honey, I can see [F] some old men going to die.
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[F] Stackley told Bertha [Bb] that he had lost his [F] Cadillac,
but he believed in Lucy, unless she [D] knew that he didn't go for that.
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Stackley went back on the corner, boys, [Bb] and he stood up in the barroom door.
He [F] said, don't [C] nobody move, because I got my [F] 44.
[C] Take it away.
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Thank you.
_ Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Let's give it to the professor ladies and gentlemen.
Professor [E] Longhand.
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