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Bad Bad Leroy Brown

by Jim Croce
Chords
4.6 (121)
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Intro
Verse 1
Well, the s
outh side of Chicago, is the b
addest part of town.
And if you
go down there you better j
ust beware,
of a
man named a-Leroy Br
own.
Now
Leroy, more than trouble. You see he
stand about six foot four.
And the
downtown ladies call him
tree top-lover,
all the
men just call him
sir.
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad Leroy Brown. The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than a ol' King
Kong,
meaner than a
junkyard d
og.
Verse 2
Now
Leroy, he a gambler. And he
like his fancy clothes.
And he
like to wave his d
iamond rings, in front of every everyb
ody's
nose.
He got a c
ustom Continental. He got a E
ldorado, too.
He got a
thirty-two gun in his p
ocket for fun,
he got a
razor in his
shoe.
Chorus
And he's
bad, (bad) bad (bad) Leroy
Brown. The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than a ol' King
Kong, an
meaner than a
junkyard d
og.
Verse 2
Well,
Friday, 'bout a week ago.
Leroy, shootin' dice.
And at the e
dge of the bar sat a g
irl named a-Doris.
And
ooh, dat girl looked
nice.
Well, he c
asts his eyes upon her, and a-
trouble soon began.
And
Leroy Brown he learned
a lesson 'bout messin'
with the
wife of a jealous
man.
Chorus
And he's
bad, (bad) bad (bad) Leroy
Brown. The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than a ol' King
Kong, an
meaner than a
junkyard d
og.
Verse 3
Well, the two men, took to fightin', and when they
pulled them from the floor.
Leroy looked like a
jig saw puzzle,
with a
couple of pieces gone.
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad Leroy Brown. The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than a ol' King
Kong, an
meaner than a
junkyard d
og.
Chorus
And he's
bad, (bad) bad (bad) Leroy
Brown. Baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than ol' King
Kong,
meaner than a
junkyard d
og.
Outro
Yeah, he badder than ol' King K
ong, m
eaner than a j
unkyard do
g.
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