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STACKOLEE
by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians

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