Stagger Lee Grateful Dead
Closing of Winterland 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8anFSWdew
Chords for Part 1
F* A G F Bb
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F* A G F Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F* A G F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
And he [Bb]blew that poor boy down.
F* A G F
Do you know what he shot him for?
What [Bb]do you make of that?
Riff 1
E--------------------------------------------| B--------------------------------------------| G--------------------------------------------| D--------------------------------------------| A--1--0--------------------------------------| E---------4--3-------------------------------|
[G]Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
Won [A]Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.
Riff 2
E-----------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------| G-------0--------2----2-------------------------------------| D---1^2----2p0----------------------------------------------| A--------------3---0----------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------|
Part 2
Chords
[G] [C/G] [D] [C]
E---3--- E---3-- E---2--- E-------| B------- B---1--- B---3--- B---1---| G------- G------- G---2--- G-------| D------- D---2--- D------- D---2---| A---2--- A------- A------- A---3---| E---3--- E---3--- E------- E-------|
After he sings "Tell me how can this be?" Hammer on and Pull off the 2nd fret of the G string
Bayou Bayou
E--------------- E---------------| B----1----h3---- B----1----h3----| G----2---------- G----2----------| D--------------- D---------------| A--------------- A---------------| E--------------- E---------------|
[G]Tell me how can this be?
[G]You arrest the girls fo[C/G]r turning[G] tricks
But you're [C]scared of [C]Stagger [D]Lee.[C]
[G]Stagger Lee is a[C/G] mad[G]man and he [C]shot my [C]Billy [D]D.
[C]Bayou go get [G]him or [C]give the [C]job to [D]me.[(C] [G] [C] [C] [D)]
Use Part 2 chords
Delia Deliah
E--------------- E---------------| B----1----h3---- B----1----h3----| G----2---------- G----2----------| D--------------- D---------------| A--------------- A---------------| E--------------- E---------------|
[G]Oh sweet Delia-D (Hammer on and Pull off G string 2nd Fret)
[G]How the hell can I[C/G] arrest [G]him? He's [C]twice as[C] big as [D]me[C]
[G]Well don't ask me to[C/G] go down[G]town, I [C]won't come[C] back a[D]live
[C]Not only is that mother [G]big he [C]packs a [C]Forty [D]Five[(C] [G] [C] [C] [D)]
Use Chord and Riffs from Part 1
F* A G F Bb
Bayou, Delia said, just give me a gun
F* A G F Bb
He shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna see him hung.
F* A G F Bb
She went into the DeLion's club through Billy DeLion's blood
Riff1
[G]Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar,
Said, "[A]Buy me a gin fizz, love."
Riff 2
As stagger Lee Lit a Cigarette
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[G]she shot him in the balls (h2p0 on G string)
[G]Blew the smoke off[C/G] her[G] revolver, had him [C]dragged to [C]city [D]hall[C]
[G]Bayou[C/G], Ba[G]you, see [C]you [C]hangin' [D]high
[C]He shot my Billy [G]dead and now [C]he's [C]got to[D] die
Delia Went walkin
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[G]Down on Singapore Street (h2p0 on G string)
[G]A three-piece band on the[C/G] corner[G] played [C]"Near My [C]God to [D]Thee"
[G]But Delia whistled a[C/G] different [G]tune, what [C]tune [C]could it [D]be?
[C]The song that woman [G]sung was "[C]Look Out [C]Stagger [D]Lee".
[C]The song that Delia [G]sung was "[C]Look Out [C]Stagger [D]Lee".[(C] [G] [C] [C] [D)]
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