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Bad Bad Leroy Brown

by Jim Croce
Chords
4.9 (2,152)
Tuning: E A D G B E
Version:
Transpose
0
Capo
None
Size
100%
Chords:
C 8-10-10-9-8-8
D7* 10-12-10-11-10-10
Intro
Verse 1
Well, the
south side of Chicago
Is the
baddest part of town.
And if you
go down there
You better
just beware of a
man name of
Leroy Bro
wn.
Now,
Leroy more than trouble,
You see he
stand about 'bout six foot four.
All the
downtown ladies call him "
treetop 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 old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard do
g.
Verse 2
Now,
Leroy, he a gambler,
and he
like his fancy clothes.
And he
like to wave
diamond rings
in front of
every
body's
nos
e
He got a
custom Continental.
He got an
Eldorado too.
He got a
thirty-two gun in his
pocket for fun.
He got a
razor
in his
shoe.
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 do
g.
Verse 3
Well,
Friday 'bout a week ago,
Leroy's shootin' dice.
And at the
edge of the bar sat a
girl name of Doris
and
oh, that
girl look
nice
Well, he
cast his eyes upon her
and the
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, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard do
g.
Verse 4
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
pieces
gone.
Chorus
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King Kon
g
And
meaner than a
junkyard do
g.
And he's
bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The
baddest man in the whole damn town.
Badder than old King Kon
g
And
meaner than a
junkyard do
g.
Outro
Yes, you were
badder than old King
Kong
And
meaner than a
junkyard
dog.
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