Tom: Fm
[Intro]
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Fm Fm Fm Eb C
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B|----1----------------4---| 1-------|-------------------------------------------------9------8------5--|
G|---1---------------------| 1-------|-------------------------------------------------10-----8------5--|
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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Fm Db Fm C Fm
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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* Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm
Cause they threw, chairs and bottles, all over the place
Fm Fm7 C C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
Fm C7 Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Verse]
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm
Stagger Lee was kissing Billy's wife,
Fm7 C C7
When Billy walked in the door
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
Stagger Lee got to flee and got on his knee,
Fm7 C Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
But Billy knocked him right dead on the floor
[Verse]
Fm Fm7
Billy was hitting Stagger Lee so hard,
Fm C C7
The cops were too scared to speak
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
But two bounces standing there wouldn't turn their head,
Fm C Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Pretending like they didn't see
[Verse]
Fm Fm7 Fm
Billy whipped the fool for so long,
Fm Fm7 C C7
Until he started to looking pale
Fm Db Db7
He even gave Stagger Lee two black eyes
Fm C Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
And they'd be the one to swell, While they threw,
[Chorus]
Fm7 Fm Fm7
Chairs and bottles, all over the place
Fm Fm7 C C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
Fm C7 Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Instrumental]
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7 C C7
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Fm Fm7 Db Db7 Fm Fm7 Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
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[Verse]
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7
Now when the fight was over, Oh what a mess
Fm Fm7 C C7
Stagger Lee had some broken bones
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
And I know that no one has learned a lesson from this
Fm C7 Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Best to leave married woman alone,'cause they threw,
[Chorus]
Fm7 Fm Fm7
Chairs and bottles, all over the place
Fm Fm7 C C7
But I could'nt find no place to hide
Fm Fm7 Db Db7
But every time I made a break for the door
Fm C7 Fm* C* Eb* E* F/C*
Somebody knock me right back inside
[Outro](Spoken)
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7
Ha, ha, ha, I ain't never seen the likes before
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7
A poor boy gained ten pounds in five days
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7
His hair looks like a watermelons overcoat, huh!
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7
And his eyes were the size of a milk laden
Fm Fm7 Fm Fm7 Fm Fm
His mouth looks like a salvation army teared with buck shot holes, huh!
Fm7 Fm
Mad man, what a mess
(Fade out...........)
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| p Pull-off
| h Hammer-on
| (Very Fast Strumming Accenting Chords shown)
