Stagger Lee Chords by The Youngbloods
Tempo:
140.9 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Gm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] The [Em] night was dark [F] and the moon [C] was yellow
And [F] the leaves [G] came tumbling [C] down
[G] I [C] was standing on a corner
[F] When I heard my football [C] call
He was walking at the tube [G] and he was gambling
[C] In the dark, [G] [C] he was a glee
And yet at the [F] tube and he gambled
[C] Stack a leaf through seven [G] and it's falling
[C] He threw a four nine stack of leaves
Crying that I'm [F] afraid to let you go
I had to [C] have one on my [G] money
But my family [C] said not to ask
[G] [C] Four nine stack of leaves
Went home and he [F] got a great big 44
[C] He said I'm going to the [G] ballroom just to play that
[C]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Gm] [F#m] [C]
[G] [C] Oh, and I'm like a leaf, put to the bottom, [F] and it's stuck deep behind the door.
[C] Said no [A#] nobody [Am] move, [G] and they pulled it, [C] 44.
[G] [C] Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
[F] Oh, please won't take my life.
[C] I've got three little [D] children, [G] and they're very [C] sickly wise.
Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
Yeah, you know, [F] he shot that poor boy so bad.
[C] Tell the boy his name's Billy, [G] and he broke him up [C] into flares.
Talking about that bad man, [F] oh, that mean old man.
[C] Talking about that mean old [G] bad man, [C] who's that good man.
[G] Talking about [C] that.
Singing about [F]
that.
[C] Preaching about that mean old bad [G] man, [C] who's that good man.
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] [Cm] [C] Oh, that mean old bad man, [G] [Fm]
[F] oh, that [C] mean old bad [G] man.
[C]
[Bm] Chapter [C] 8
[N]
And [F] the leaves [G] came tumbling [C] down
[G] I [C] was standing on a corner
[F] When I heard my football [C] call
He was walking at the tube [G] and he was gambling
[C] In the dark, [G] [C] he was a glee
And yet at the [F] tube and he gambled
[C] Stack a leaf through seven [G] and it's falling
[C] He threw a four nine stack of leaves
Crying that I'm [F] afraid to let you go
I had to [C] have one on my [G] money
But my family [C] said not to ask
[G] [C] Four nine stack of leaves
Went home and he [F] got a great big 44
[C] He said I'm going to the [G] ballroom just to play that
[C]
[G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [Gm] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[Gm] [F#m] [C]
[G] [C] Oh, and I'm like a leaf, put to the bottom, [F] and it's stuck deep behind the door.
[C] Said no [A#] nobody [Am] move, [G] and they pulled it, [C] 44.
[G] [C] Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
[F] Oh, please won't take my life.
[C] I've got three little [D] children, [G] and they're very [C] sickly wise.
Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
Yeah, you know, [F] he shot that poor boy so bad.
[C] Tell the boy his name's Billy, [G] and he broke him up [C] into flares.
Talking about that bad man, [F] oh, that mean old man.
[C] Talking about that mean old [G] bad man, [C] who's that good man.
[G] Talking about [C] that.
Singing about [F]
that.
[C] Preaching about that mean old bad [G] man, [C] who's that good man.
[Gm] [C]
[F]
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] [Cm] [C] Oh, that mean old bad man, [G] [Fm]
[F] oh, that [C] mean old bad [G] man.
[C]
[Bm] Chapter [C] 8
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Gm
Em
C
G
F
[C] The [Em] night was dark [F] and the moon [C] was yellow
_ And [F] the leaves [G] came tumbling _ [C] down
_ _ [G] I _ [C] was standing on a corner
_ [F] When I heard my football _ [C] call
He was walking at the tube [G] and he was gambling
_ [C] In the dark, [G] _ _ _ [C] he was a glee
And yet at the [F] tube and he gambled
_ _ [C] Stack a leaf through seven [G] and it's falling
_ [C] He threw a _ _ _ _ four nine stack of leaves
Crying that I'm [F] afraid to let you go
I had to [C] have one on my [G] money
But my family _ [C] said not to ask
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Four nine stack of leaves
Went home and he [F] got a great big 44
_ [C] He said I'm going to the [G] ballroom just to play that
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Oh, and I'm like a leaf, put to the bottom, _ [F] and it's stuck deep behind the door.
_ [C] Said no [A#] nobody [Am] move, [G] and they pulled it, [C] 44. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
_ [F] Oh, please won't take my life.
_ [C] I've got three little [D] children, [G] and they're very [C] sickly wise.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
Yeah, you know, [F] he shot that poor boy so bad.
_ [C] Tell the boy his name's Billy, [G] and he broke him up [C] into _ _ flares.
_ _ Talking about that _ _ bad man, [F] oh, that mean old man.
_ _ [C] Talking about that mean old [G] bad man, _ [C] who's that good man.
_ _ _ [G] _ Talking about [C] that.
_ _ _ _ Singing about [F] _
_ that.
_ _ [C] Preaching about that mean old bad [G] man, _ [C] who's that good man.
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] [C] Oh, that mean old bad man, _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] oh, that _ [C] mean old bad [G] man.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] Chapter _ [C] 8 _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ And [F] the leaves [G] came tumbling _ [C] down
_ _ [G] I _ [C] was standing on a corner
_ [F] When I heard my football _ [C] call
He was walking at the tube [G] and he was gambling
_ [C] In the dark, [G] _ _ _ [C] he was a glee
And yet at the [F] tube and he gambled
_ _ [C] Stack a leaf through seven [G] and it's falling
_ [C] He threw a _ _ _ _ four nine stack of leaves
Crying that I'm [F] afraid to let you go
I had to [C] have one on my [G] money
But my family _ [C] said not to ask
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] Four nine stack of leaves
Went home and he [F] got a great big 44
_ [C] He said I'm going to the [G] ballroom just to play that
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Oh, and I'm like a leaf, put to the bottom, _ [F] and it's stuck deep behind the door.
_ [C] Said no [A#] nobody [Am] move, [G] and they pulled it, [C] 44. _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
_ [F] Oh, please won't take my life.
_ [C] I've got three little [D] children, [G] and they're very [C] sickly wise.
_ _ _ _ _ Yeah, and I'm like a leaf, dried barely.
Yeah, you know, [F] he shot that poor boy so bad.
_ [C] Tell the boy his name's Billy, [G] and he broke him up [C] into _ _ flares.
_ _ Talking about that _ _ bad man, [F] oh, that mean old man.
_ _ [C] Talking about that mean old [G] bad man, _ [C] who's that good man.
_ _ _ [G] _ Talking about [C] that.
_ _ _ _ Singing about [F] _
_ that.
_ _ [C] Preaching about that mean old bad [G] man, _ [C] who's that good man.
[Gm] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Cm] [C] Oh, that mean old bad man, _ _ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [F] oh, that _ [C] mean old bad [G] man.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bm] Chapter _ [C] 8 _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _