Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee: Chords

Intro:
REm          LAm

REm          LAm

       REm
It was back in '32 when times were hard

He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards
LAm
Stagger Lee
        REm
He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat

Had a '28 Ford, he had payments on that
LAm
Stagger Lee
    REm
His woman threw him out in the ice and snow

And she told him, "Never ever come back no more"
LAm
Stagger Lee
      REm
So he walked through the rain 

and he walked through the mud

'Til he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood
LAm
Stagger Lee
         REm
He said "Mr Motherfucker, you know who I am"

The barkeeper said, 
                               LAm
"No, and I don't give a good goddamn"

To Stagger Lee
          REm
He said, "Well bartender, it's a plain to see

I'm the bad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
LAm
Mr. Stagger Lee
         REm
Well the barkeep said, 

"Yeah, I've heard your name down the way
                                        LAm
And I kick motherfucking asses like you every day"

Mr Stagger Lee
     REm
Well those were the last words 

that the barkeep said

'Cause Stag put four holes 
                         LAm
in his motherfucking head
     REm
Just then in came a broad called Nellie Brown
                                           LAm
Known to make more money than any bitch in town
    REm
She struts across the bar, hitching up her skirt
                      
Over to Stagger Lee, she's starting to flirt
LAm
 Oh, with Stagger Lee
    REm
She saw the barkeep, said, 

"Oh God, he can't be dead!"

Stag said, "Well, just count the holes 
       LAm
in the motherfucker's head"
               REm
She said, "You ain't look like you 

scored in quite a time
 
Why not come to my pad? It won't cost you a dime"
LAm
   Mr. Stagger Lee
             REm
"But there's something 

I have to say before you begin

You have to be gone 
                    LAm
before my man Billy Dilly comes in

Mr. Stagger Lee"
      REm
"I'll stay here 'til Billy Dilly comes in, 

'til time comes to pass

And furthermore I'll fuck Billy 
       LAm
in his motherfucking ass"

Said Stagger Lee
       REm
"I'm a bad motherfucker, don't you know

And I'll crawl over fifty good pussies 
                    LAm    
just to get one fat boy's asshole"

Said Stagger Lee
          REm
Just then Billy Dilly rolls in, 

he says, "You must be

The mad motherfucker called Stagger Lee"
LAm
   I'm Stagger Lee
           REm
"Yeah, I'm Stagger Lee and you better 

get down on your knees

Then suck my dick, 
                     LAm
because If you don't you're gonna be dead"

Said Stagger Lee
     REm
Well Billy Dilly dropped down 
                          
and slobbered on his head
                                LAm
And Stag filled him full of lead

...Oh yeah
REm          LAm          REm          LAm

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Classici Italiani

Stagger Lee è un brano rielaborato ed inciso da Nick Cave, all'anagrafe Nicholas Edward Cave, contenuto nell'album Murder Ballads pubblicato nel 1996. Nono lavoro in studio per il rocker australiano, prende spunto dalla tradizione del folk anglosassone raccontando in musica storie d'amore finite in tragedia. La canzone è infatti presa da tale repertorio; il protagonista è un certo Lee Sheldon che, nel pieno della rabbia, compie una strage in un bar.

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L'autore del post

Alberto Moneti

36 anni, polistrumentista: pianoforte, chitarra, batteria, clarinetto. Ha conseguito la licenza in teoria musicale e solfeggio presso il Conservatorio Cherubini di Firenze. Dal 1997 è organista presso la Basilica di Santa Maria del Sasso, a Bibbiena (AR).