Biography:
Tommy Roe (born Thomas David Roe, 9 May 1942, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) is an American pop music singer-songwriter. Best-remembered for his hits "Sheila" (1962) and "Dizzy" (1969), Roe was "widely perceived as one of the archetypal bubblegum artists of the late 1960s, but Roe also cut some rockers early in his career.
Roe was raised in Atlanta, Georgia where he attended Brown High School and was part of band. Greatly influenced by the sounds of the late Buddy Holly
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Stagger Lee:Tommy Roe.
#34 on AC and #25 on BB Hot 100
on ABC Records in 1971.
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(Stagger Lee is a popular American folk song
about the murder of Billy Lyons by, 'Stag' Lee
Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri on Christmas, 1895.
The song was first published in 1911, and first
recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.
Lloyd Price's version reached #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 in 1959.)
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INTRO: A#
#1.
A# D#
I was standing on the corner when I heard my
bulldog bark.
A# F
He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin'
A# F
in the dark..yeah.
#2.
F A# D#
It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late.
A# F A# F
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight.
A# D#
Stagger Lee told Billy, I can't let you go with that..
A# F A# F
you have won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat.
#3.
A# D#
Stagger Lee went home and he got his Forty-Four..said, I'm
A# F A# F
goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe.
(INTERLUDE:) A# D# A# F A#..B....B E B F# B F#
#4.
B E
Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom
floor.
B F# B F#
He said, now, nobody move, and he pulled his forty-four.
B E
Stagger Lee, said Billy, oh, please don't take my life..I got
B F# B F#
three little children and a very sickly wife..oh, yeah.
#5.
B E
Stagger Lee shot Billy..he shot that poor boy so bad..that the
B F# B F#
the bullet went through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass..(mercy!)
OUTRO:
B E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B F# B F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.
B E
Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
B F# B F#
baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..wooooooooo..
B E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B F# B F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.)
A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
#34 on AC and #25 on BB Hot 100
on ABC Records in 1971.
***************************************************
(Stagger Lee is a popular American folk song
about the murder of Billy Lyons by, 'Stag' Lee
Shelton in St. Louis, Missouri on Christmas, 1895.
The song was first published in 1911, and first
recorded in 1923 by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.
Lloyd Price's version reached #1 on the Billboard
Hot 100 in 1959.)
****************************************************
INTRO: A#
#1.
A# D#
I was standing on the corner when I heard my
bulldog bark.
A# F
He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin'
A# F
in the dark..yeah.
#2.
F A# D#
It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late.
A# F A# F
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight.
A# D#
Stagger Lee told Billy, I can't let you go with that..
A# F A# F
you have won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat.
#3.
A# D#
Stagger Lee went home and he got his Forty-Four..said, I'm
A# F A# F
goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe.
(INTERLUDE:) A# D# A# F A#..B....B E B F# B F#
#4.
B E
Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom
floor.
B F# B F#
He said, now, nobody move, and he pulled his forty-four.
B E
Stagger Lee, said Billy, oh, please don't take my life..I got
B F# B F#
three little children and a very sickly wife..oh, yeah.
#5.
B E
Stagger Lee shot Billy..he shot that poor boy so bad..that the
B F# B F#
the bullet went through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass..(mercy!)
OUTRO:
B E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B F# B F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.
B E
Baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..
B F# B F#
baa-daa-daa-daa-daa..wooooooooo..
B E
Go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..go Stagger Lee..
B F# B F#
go Stagger Lee..woooooooooooo..hooooooo..yeah.. (Fade.)
A fifties/seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
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