[Intro]
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D|--3----------------------| 3-------|-------------------------------------------------10-----8------5--|
A|-3-----------------------| 3-------|-------------------------------------------------8------6------3--|
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I went down to the Goggle West, I thought I would have myself a ball
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B|-------9--------------------6-------------------1----------------------1-------1-----------|
G|-------10-------------------6-------------------1----------------------0-------1-----------|
D|-------10-------------------6-------------------3----------------------2-------3-----------|
A|-------8--------------------4-------------------3----------------------3-------3-----------|
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But If I had known what was installed for me, I guess we wouldn't have gone at all
[Chorus]
C* Eb* E* F/C* Fm7FmFm7Fm
Cause they threw, chairs and bottles, all over the place
FmFm7CC7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
FmFm7DbDb7
But every time I made a break for the door
FmC7Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Verse]
FmFm7FmFm7Fm
Stagger Lee was kissing Billy's wife,
Fm7CC7
When Billy walked in the door
FmFm7DbDb7
Stagger Lee got to flee and got on his knee,
Fm7CFm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
But Billy knocked him right dead on the floor
[Verse]
FmFm7
Billy was hitting Stagger Lee so hard,
FmCC7
The cops were too scared to speak
FmFm7DbDb7
But two bounces standing there wouldn't turn their head,
FmCFm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Pretending like they didn't see
[Verse]
FmFm7Fm
Billy whipped the fool for so long,
FmFm7CC7
Until he started to looking pale
FmDbDb7
He even gave Stagger Lee two black eyes
FmCFm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
And they'd be the one to swell, While they threw,
[Chorus]
Fm7FmFm7
Chairs and bottles, all over the place
FmFm7CC7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
FmFm7DbDb7
But every time I made a break for the door
FmC7Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Instrumental]
FmFm7FmFm7FmFm7CC7
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FmFm7DbDb7FmFm7Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
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[Verse]
FmFm7FmFm7
Now when the fight was over, Oh what a mess
FmFm7CC7
Stagger Lee had some broken bones
FmFm7DbDb7
And I know that no one has learned a lesson from this
FmC7Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Best to leave married woman alone,'cause they threw,
[Chorus]
Fm7FmFm7
Chairs and bottles, all over the place
FmFm7CC7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
FmFm7DbDb7
But every time I made a break for the door
FmC7Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Outro](Spoken)
FmFm7FmFm7
Ha, ha, ha, I ain't never seen the likes before
FmFm7FmFm7
A poor boy gained ten pounds in five days
FmFm7FmFm7
His hair looks like a watermelons overcoat, huh!
FmFm7FmFm7
And his eyes were the size of a milk laden
FmFm7FmFm7FmFm
His mouth looks like a salvation army teared with buck shot holes, huh!
Fm7Fm
Mad man, what a mess
(Fade out...........)
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| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
| (Very Fast Strumming Accenting Chords shown)