Stagger Lee Chords & Tabs
Grateful Dead
Stagger Lee
Closing of Winterland 1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP8anFSWdew
Chords for Part 1
F* A G F Bb
E---x--- E---x-- E---x--- E---x--- E---1---|
B---6--- B---x--- B---x--- B---1--- B---1---|
G---5--- G---5--- G---3--- G---2--- G---3---|
D---7--- D---7--- D---5--- D---3--- D---3---|
A---8--- A---7--- A---5-- A---3--- A---1---|
E------- E------- E------- E------- E---1---|
F* A G F Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F* A G F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
Bb
And he blew that poor boy down.
F* A G F
Do you know what he shot him for?
Bb
What do you make of that?
Riff 1
E--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------|
A--1--0--------------------------------------|
E---------4--3-------------------------------|
G
Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
A
Won 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 C/G G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
C C D C
But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
G C/G G C C D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
C G C C D (C G C C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
Use Part 2 chords
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/grateful_dead/stagger_lee_tab.html ]
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 C/G G C C D C
How the hell can I arrest him? He's twice as big as me
G C/G G C C D
Well don't ask me to go downtown, I won't come back alive
C G C C D (C G C C D)
Not only is that mother big he packs a Forty Five
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,
A
Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love."
Riff 2
As stagger Lee Lit a Cigarette
E--------------- E---------------|
B----1----h3---- B----1----h3----|
G----2---------- G----2----------|
D--------------- D---------------|
A--------------- A---------------|
E--------------- E---------------|
G
she shot him in the balls (h2p0 on G string)
G C/G G C C D C
Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
G C/G G C C D
Bayou, Bayou, see you hangin' high
C G C C D
He shot my Billy dead and now he's got to die
Delia Went walkin
E--------------- E---------------|
B----1----h3---- B----1----h3----|
G----2---------- G----2----------|
D--------------- D---------------|
A--------------- A---------------|
E--------------- E---------------|
G
Down on Singapore Street (h2p0 on G string)
G C/G G C C D
A three-piece band on the corner played "Near My God to Thee"
G C/G G C C D
But Delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be?
C G C C D
The song that woman sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
C G C C D (C G C C D)
The song that Delia sung was "Look Out Stagger Lee".
