JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Stagger Lee" merupakan lagu Lloyd Price yang dirilis pada 1959.
Lagu yang menceritakan tentang pembunuhan ini sebenarnya sudah ada sejak 1895.
Kini, lagu "Stagger Lee" yang dibawakan oleh Lloyd Price sudah bisa didengarkan lewat platform musik digital.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Personality - Lloyd Price
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Stagger Lee" dari Lloyd Price.
[Intro]
D G D
The night was clear, and the moon was yellow..
A7 D
And the leaves came tumblin' down...
[Verse 1]
(fast, rock.)
D D7
I was standin' on the corner,
G7
When I heard my bull dog bark.
D
He was barkin' at the two men
A7 D
Who were gamblin' in the dark.
D D7
It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
G7
Two men who gambled late.
D
Stagger lee threw a seven,
A7 D
Billy swore that he threw eight.
[Verse 2]
D D7
Stagger Lee, said Billy,
G7
I can't let you go with that.
D
You have won all my money,
A7 D
And my brand-new Stetson hat.
D
Stagger Lee went home,
G7
And he got his forty-four.
D
He said, I'm goin' to the barroom
A7 D
Just to pay that debt I owe.
A7
(Go, Stagger Lee.)
[Verse 3]
D D7
Stagger Lee went to the barroom,
G7
And he stood across the barroom door.
D A7 D
He said, Nobody move, and he pulled his .44.
D D7
Stagger Lee, cried Billy,
G7
Oh, please don't take my life!
D
I've got three little children,
A7 D
And a very sickly wife.
[Verse 4]
D D7
Stagger Lee shot Billy.
G7
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad..
D
That the bullet went through Billy
A7 D
And broke the bartender's glass.
A7
(Look out now.)
[Outro]
D D7 G7
Go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..
D A7 D
Go, Stagger Lee..go, go...Fade.