Stack O Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt Chords
Chords: Capo, Fret, D, G, A7
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Genre: blues, folk, traditional
Stack O Lee Blues
By Mississipi John Hurt
Key of Eb
Capo 1st Fret
D
Police officer, how can it be?
G D
You can 'rest everybody but cruel Stack O' Lee
A7 D
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
D
Billy de Lyon told Stack O' Lee, "Please don't take my life
G D
I got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wife"
A7 D
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
D
"What I care about you little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?
G D
You done stole my Stetson1 hat, I'm bound to take your life"
A7 D
That bad man, cruel Stack O' Lee
D
Hmmmm Hmmmmm. With the forty-four
G D
When I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floor
A7
That bad man, oh cruel Stack O' Lee
D
"Gentleman's of the jury, what do you think of that?
G D
Stack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hat"
A7
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
D
And all they gathered, hands way up high
G D
At twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die
A7 D
That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee
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