Kris Kristofferson - Stagger Mountain Tragedy

Stagger Mountain Tragedy K. Kristofferson INTRO: C I was soul INTRO The lantern cast her shadow like a demon on the wall And her naked sweat was gleamin' on her skin Then the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall And the eagle started screamin' in my brain Then I saw the laughing dagger and I heard the devil's scream And her bleedin' heart was beatin' in my hands Then the darkness flew away and I was standing by a tree With a hangin' rope a-danglin' from a limb CHORUS IN (azchords.com)

Stagger Mountain Tragedy Kris Kristofferson K. Kristofferson INTRO: C I was [C]born on Stagger [F]Mountain in the [C]sunshine and the [F]snow And [C]leavin' was the [Bb]first mis[F]take I [G]made But I [C]hungered for the [G]shadows in the [F]valley down be[C]low And the girl that danced the [Bb]tune the Devil [C]played Her smile was like the blindin' light of sunshine on the snow And the flashin' of her hair was black as sin And her body set the smokes of Hell to boiling in my skull When th (allcountrytabs.com)

Stagger Mountain Tragedy Kris Kristofferson [C] I was b[C]orn on Stagger Mo[F]untain in the s[C]unshine and the sn[F]ow And le[C]aving was the f[Bb]irst mist[F]ake I m[G]ade But I h[C]ungered for the sh[G]adows in the v[F]alley down bel[C]ow And a g[C]irl that danced the t[Bb]une the devil pl[C]ayed Her sm[C]ile was like the bl[F]inding light of s[C]unshine on the sn[F]ow And the fl[C]ashing of her h[Bb]air was bl[F]ack as s[G]in. And her b[C]ody set the sm[G]okes of hell a-b[F]oiling in my s (azchords.com)