Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee

Furry Lewis

Key: C, or: C shape but guitar tuned down two steps.

[C]I remember one September, on one Friday night

[F]Stack O’Lee and Billy De Lyons had a great big [C]fight

Cryin’, when you [G]lose your money, learn to [C]lose

Billy De Lyons shot six bits, Stack, he bet he passed

Stack O’Lee out with his .45, said, “You done shot your last.”

When you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord, a woman come a-runnin’, fell down on her knees

Cryin’, “Oh, Mr. Stack O’Lee, don’t shoot my brother, please!”

When you lose your money (guitar finishes line)

Now, you talkin’ ’bout some gambler, oughta seen Richard Lee

Shot one thousand dollars and come out on a three

Cryin’, when you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord the Judge told the Sheriff, We want ‘im dead or alive.”

“How in the world can we bring him, when he totes a .45?”

When you lose your money, learn to lose

Lord, a woman told the Judge, “My husband’s named Jack, Sheriff.”

Want to ‘rest poor Stack O’Lee, better go somewheres else

When you lose your money, learn to lose