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Stagger Mountain Tragedy - Kris Kristofferson Chords

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C F C F

I was born on Stagger Mountain in the sunshine and the snow

C Bb F G

And leaving was the first mistake I made

C G F C

But I hungered for the shadows in the valley down below

C Bb C

And a girl that danced the tune the devil played

C F C F

Her smile was like the blinding light of sunshine on the snow

C Bb F G

And the flashing of her hair was black as sin.

C G F C

And her body set the smokes of hell a-boiling in my skull

C Bb C

When the fiddle of the devil made her spin.

F C

Born in sunshine (sunshine) high on the mountain,

G F C

Where the air is pure and cold;

G F C

But there's darkness in the shadows

Bb C

In the canyons of my soul.

C F C F

The lantern cast her shadow like a demon on the wall

C Bb F G

And the naked sweat was gleaming on her skin;

C G F C

Then the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall

C Bb C

And the eagle started screaming in my brain

C F C F

Then I saw the laughing dagger and I heard the devil scream

C Bb F G

And her bleeding heart was beating in my hand.

C G F C

Then the darkness flew away and I was standing by a tree

C Bb C

With a hanging rope a-danglin' from a limb.

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