[ Предположительная тональность: D ] From the albums 'Trouble in mind' also on 'Ballads from Deep Gap'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG-cYTBVMIE [Intro] D G7 D A7 D [Verse 1] D D7 All out in the alley on a dark and dreary night G D Bill Lyons and old Stackolee they had one awful fight A7 D Twas all about a John B Stetson hat [Verse 2] D D7 Billy went to the bar room to get him a glass of beer G D Old Stackolee comes thumping in he said what are you doing here A7 D That bad man, they call me Stackolee [Instrumental] D D7 G D A7 D [Verse 3] D D7 Old Stackolee says to Billy "I'm gonna kill you dead, G D You taken all of my money and the stetson right off a' my head A7 D Yeah I'm gonna kill you they call me Stackolee". [Verse 4] D D7 Bill Lyons says "Now Stackolee wont you please spare my life, G D I got two little children and a darling loving wife, A7 D Don't kill me, don't kill me Stackolee". [Verse 5] D D7 Old Stacky says to Billy "No I aint gonna spare your life G D God bless your little children son and I'll take care of your wife A7 D I'm that bad man they call me Stackolee". [Verse 6] D D7 Old Stackolee shot poor Billy he shot him right through the head G D Now it only taken one .44 ball to kill poor Billy dead A7 D That bad man that rascal Stackolee [Instrumental] D D7 G D A7 D [Verse 7] D D7 All out in the alley I heard my bulldog bark G D He's a'barking at old Stackolee he went stumblin' through the dark A7 D That bad man he's scared too, that awful Stackolee [Verse 8] D D7 When the sheriff found old Stackolee he found him fast asleep G D An when he waken ole Stack up he said he jumped about forty feet A7 D Well he's a bad man, yes they caught old Stackolee [Verse 9] D D7 Then Stack says to the Jailer, Mr Jailer I can't sleep G D7 Every time I close my eyes at night Bill Lyons begins to creep A7 D All around this jailhouse all the time [Instrumental] D D7 G D A7 D [Verse 10] D D7 Men folks all a'laughin'. women folks all a'cryin' G D See the folks ar coming from miles around just to see ol' Stackolee a'dying A7 D That bad man yeah they called him Stackolee [Verse 11] D D7 Old Stack standing up on the scaffold an' he began to curse G D An the Sherriff said "Lets hang him boys before he kills one of us". A7 D He's a bad man, they call him Stackolee [Verse 11] D D7 Somebody tripped that scaffold and old Stack went down below G D When the devil seen him a'coming he says I hates this rascal so A7 D We don't need him down here [Verse 12] D D7 Stack grabbed the devil by the collar and he threwed him up on the shelf G D Said get out of here you son of a gun I'll run this place myself A7 D I'm a bad man yes they call me Stackolee [Outro] D D7 G D A7 D
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