Stackalee Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Hawlin Alley one dark
and drizzly night
Billy [F]Lyons and Stack- A- Lee
had one ter[G]rible fight
All about that John B. Stetson [Am]Hat.

[Verse 2]
Stack- A- Lee walked to the bar- [Am]room
and he called for a glass of beer
[F]Turned around to Billy Lyons,
said "What- a you doin' [G]here?"
"Waitin' for a train to bring my wo
[Am]man home."

[Verse 3]
"Stack- A- Lee, oh Stack- [Am]A- Lee
please don't take [C]my life
[Am]I've got [F]three little children and a weepin',
lov[G]ing wife
You're a bad man,
bad man Stack[Am]- A- Lee."

[Verse 4]
"God bless your children [Am]and I'll
take care of your wife
You stole [F]my John B.,
now I'm bound to take [G]your life"
All about that John B. Stet[Am]son Hat.
Stack- A- Lee [C]turned [Am]to Billy

[Verse 5]
Lyons
and shot him right through [C]the head
[F]Only taking one shot to kill
Billy Lyon[G]s dead
All about that John B. Stet[Am]son Hat.

[Verse 6]
Sent [Am]for the doctor,
well the doctor he [C]did come
[Am]Just pointed o[F]ut Stack- A- Lee,
said, "Now what have [G]you done?"
You're a bad man,
bad man Stack[Am]- A- Lee.

[Verse 7]
Six big horses [Am]and a rubber-
tired [C]hack[Am]
[F]Taking him to the cemetery,
but they failed to bring [G]him back
All about that John B. Stet
[Am]son [C]Hat.[Am]

[Verse 8]
[C]Hawlin Alley,
thought I heard [Am]the bulldogs bark
[F]It must have been old Stack- A- Lee
stumbling in [G]the dark
He's a bad man,
gonna land him right back [C]in [Am]jail.

[Verse 9]
High [Am]police walked [C]on [Am]to Stack- A- Lee,
he was lying fast [C]asleep
[Am]High [F]po lice catched Stack- A- Lee, and he
jumped forty [G]feet
He's a bad man,
gonna land him right back in jail.
Well [C]they[Am]

[Verse 10]
got old Stack- A- Lee,
and they led him right back in jail
[F]Couldn't get a man around
to go Stack- A- Lee's [G]bail
All about that John B. Stet
[C]son Hat.[Am]

[Verse 11]
Stack- [Am]A- Lee said to [C]the jail[Am]er , "Jailer,
I [C]can't sleep[F]
'Round my bedside
Billy Lyons begin [G]to creep"
All about that John B. Stet
[C]son Hat.[Am]

[Outro 1]
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