| Midi 1(C90)* Midi 2(Bb140) |
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| Midi 3(C90)*-harp | |
| Tabbed by Mark Purintun 9-06
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The problem with this song: different singers use different lyrics.
There are two basic patterns here as noted in the 1st and 2nd stanzas.
Lead in...
RRRr 6
7 7 -7 6 6
-6 -6 6 5 4 4
-4 -4 4 3
| The | night was clear and the | moon was yellow and the
| leaves came tumblin' |
4 R 8r 8 8----> 8 Rr 8
8 8 8 R -8 r7 -8--->-8 -8
7 -6-->
| down.
I was stan | din' on the cor | ner when I heard | my bulldog bark. |
-> R 7r -6 8--> 8 8 8 8
7 7 7 -7--> -6 6 r-7
-7 7---->
|
He was bar | kin' at the two men who were gam | blin' in' in the dark. |
----> RRr 8 8 8---> 8 8 Rr
-8 7 -8 RRr8 -8 7 -8 -8 r -8 7
-6---->
| |
It was Stag | ger Lee and Billy, | tw wo men wh ho | gambled late. |
-> Rr 7 7 8---> 8 8 8 7
7 -7 -6 6 r-7 -7
7----->
|
Stagger Lee | threw a seven,
Billy | swore that he threw eight. |
----> RRr 8 8 8 RRr 8
8 8 8 R -8 r 7
-8--> -8 -8 7 -6---->
| |
Stagger Lee | he tol' Bil | ly, "I can't let
| you go with that, |
-> R 7 r -6 8---> 8 8 8 8 7
7 7 -7-->-6 6 r -7 -7 7-------->
| you have won | all my money an' my brand | ne ew Stetson hat".
| |
RRr 8 8 8--->8 8 Rr -8 7 -8 RRr 8 -8 7
-8 -8 r-8 7 -6---->
| Stagger Le | e e, he went home |
and he ah | got his four ty four, |
->Rr 7 7 8---> 8
8 8 8 7 7 -7---> -6
6 r -7 -7 7------->
| He said "I'm | go in' to the barroom just | t'pay that
debt I owe." | |
8 measure instrumental here..
| RRRR | RRRR | RRRR | RRRR | RRRR | RRRR | RRRR | RRRR |
RRr 8 8 8 RRr 8 8 8 8
R -8 r 7 -8---> -8 -8 7 -6---->
|
Stagger Lee | went to the | barroom and he stood |
a cross the door.
|
-> R 7r -6 8--> 8 8 8 8
7 7 7 -7--> -6 6 r -7-7 7------>
|
He said, "no | ah body move" and he pul | led his forty-four. |
|
RRr 8 8 8----> 8 8 Rr -8
7 -8 RRr 8 -8 7
-8 -8 r -8 7 -6---->
| "Stagger Lee", | e e said Billy.
| "Oh, please do | n't ta ke my life". |
-> Rr 7 7 8----> 8 8
8 7 7 7-->-6 6 r -7 -7 7------->
|
"I've got three | little children and a | very sickly wife". |
|
RRr 8 8 8 RRr 8
8 8 8 Rr -8 7 -8---> -8
-8 -8 7 -6--->
|
Stagger Lee | he shot Bil | ly. Oh he shot | that poor boy so bad,
|
R 7 r -6 8--> 8 8
8 8 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 r -7
-7 7------>
| the bullet | went through Billy and it broke | the bar tender's glass. |
|
Original fades out here...
RRr 8 8 8---> 8 8 Rr -8 7
-8 RRr 8 -8 7
-8 -8r -8 7 -6
|
Stagger Lee | went to the barroom | and he stood | 'cross the barroom door.
|
Rr 7 7 8--> 8 8 8
7 7 -7-> -6 6 r -7-7 7------>
|
He said, "no | body move" and he pul | led his forty-four. |
|
RRr 8 8 8
RRr 8 8 8 8 Rr -8 7
-8---> -8 -8 -8 7 -6--->
|
Stagger Lee | he shot Bil | ly. Oh he shot | that poor boy so bad,
|
R 7 r -6 8--> 8 8
8 8 7 7 7 7 -7 -6 6 r -7
-7 7------>
| the bullet | went through Billy and it broke | the bar tender's glass. |
|
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