Intro: C D E
F C Bb F Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F C Bb F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLyon
Bb
And he blew that poor boy down.
F C Bb F
Do you know what he shot him for?
Bb (A# A G#)
What do you make of that?
G
Cause Billy DeLyon threw the lucky dice
A
Won Stagger Lee’s Stetson hat.
C D C D G C G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
G C G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
C D C
But you’re scared of Stagger Lee.
G C G C D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
C G C D (C G C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
Delia DeLyon, dear sweet Delia
How the hell can I arrest him when he’s twice as big as me?
Don’t ask me to go downtown – I wouldn’t come back alive
Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45
Baio Delia said just give me a gun
He shot my Billy dead now I’m gonna see him hung
She waded into DeLyon’s Club through Billy DeLyon’s blood
Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
Said “Buy me a gin fizz, love”
As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
Baio, Baio, see you hang him high
He shot my Billy dead and now he’s got to die
Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street
A three-piece band on the corner played “Nearer, My God, to Thee”
but Delia whistled a different tune…what tune could it be?
The song that woman sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that Delia sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that woman sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that Delia sung was Look out Stagger Lee
F C Bb F Bb
1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town
F C Bb F
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLyon
Bb
And he blew that poor boy down.
F C Bb F
Do you know what he shot him for?
Bb (A# A G#)
What do you make of that?
G
Cause Billy DeLyon threw the lucky dice
A
Won Stagger Lee’s Stetson hat.
C D C D G C G
Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can this be?
G C G
You arrest the girls for turning tricks
C D C
But you’re scared of Stagger Lee.
G C G C D
Stagger Lee is a madman and he shot my Billy D.
C G C D (C G C D)
Bayou go get him or give the job to me.
Delia DeLyon, dear sweet Delia
How the hell can I arrest him when he’s twice as big as me?
Don’t ask me to go downtown – I wouldn’t come back alive
Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45
Baio Delia said just give me a gun
He shot my Billy dead now I’m gonna see him hung
She waded into DeLyon’s Club through Billy DeLyon’s blood
Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
Said “Buy me a gin fizz, love”
As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall
Baio, Baio, see you hang him high
He shot my Billy dead and now he’s got to die
Delia went a walking down on Singapore Street
A three-piece band on the corner played “Nearer, My God, to Thee”
but Delia whistled a different tune…what tune could it be?
The song that woman sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that Delia sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that woman sung was Look out Stagger Lee
The song that Delia sung was Look out Stagger Lee
