Back

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

by Jim Croce
Chords
4.8 (668)
Tuning: E A D G B E
Version:
Transpose
0
Capo
None
Size
100%
Intro
Verse
Well, the
south side of Chicago
Is the
baddest part of town.
And if you
go down there
You better j
ust beware of a
man named L
eroy Brow
n.
Now, Lero
y more than trouble,
You see he
stand about 'bout six foot four.
All the
downtown ladies call him "
treetop lover."
All the
men just c
all him "
sir."
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
Verse
Now, Le
roy, he a gambler,
and he
likes his fancy clothes.
And he like
s to wave diamond
rings
in front of e
verybo
dy's n
ose.
He go
t a custom Continental.
He got an El
dorado too.
He got a th
irty-two gun in his po
cket for fun.
He got a ra
zor in
his sh
oe.
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And m
eaner than a j
unkyar
d dog.
Verse
Well, Frid
ay 'bout a week ago,
Ler
oy's shootin' dice.
And at the ed
ge of the bar sat a gi
rl name of Doris
and o
h, that gir
l look nic
e
Well, he ca
st his eyes upon her
and the trou
ble soon began.
And Leroy
Brown, he learned a les
son 'bout messin'
with the wi
fe of a je
alous m
an
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
Bridge
Well,
the two men took to fightin'
And when they
pulled them from the floor,
Leroy looked like a
jigsaw puzzle with a
couple of p
ieces g
one.
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
And he's b
ad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
Yes, you wer
e badder than old Kin
g Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
1x