Em                                                                      Em
It was back in '32 when times were hard, he had a Colt .44 & a deck of cards, Stagger Lee
         Em                                                                         Em
He wore ratdrawn shoes & an old stetson hat, had a '28 Ford, had payments on that, Stagger Lee
           Em                                                                                    Em
Well, his woman threw him out in the ice & the snow, she said: don't you ever come back no more, Stagger Lee
       Em                                                                                                  
   Em
So he walked through the rain & he walked through the mud, 'til he came to a place called the Bucket 
Stagger Lee