| Artist: | Jim Croce (English) |
| User: | Mike David |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Default |
| Abusive: | |
| Comment: | - |
BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
by Jim Croce
[Intro]
G Gsus G Gsus
G Gsus G
G Gsus G Gsus
Db7 D7
[Verse 1]
G
Well, the south side of Chicago
A
Is the baddest part of town.
B
And if you go down there
C
You better just beware
D C G D7
of a man named Leroy Brown.
G
Now, Leroy more than trouble,
A
You see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
B
All the downtown ladies
C
call him "treetop lover."
D C G D7
All the men just call him "sir."
[CHORUS]
G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B C
Badder than old King Kong
D C G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
[Verse 2]
G
Now, Leroy, he a gambler,
A
and he likes his fancy clothes.
B C
And he likes to wave diamond rings
D C G D7
in front of everybody's nose.
G
He got a custom Continental.
A
He got an El Dorado too.
B
He got a thirty-two gun
C
in his pocket for fun.
D C G D7
He got a razor in his shoe.
[CHORUS]
G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B C
Badder than old King Kong
D C G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
[Verse 3]
G
Well, Friday 'bout a week ago,
A
Leroy's shootin' dice.
B
And at the edge of the bar
C
sat a girl name of Doris
D C G D7
and Oh, that girl look nice!
G
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
A
and the trouble soon began.
B
And Leroy Brown, he learned
C
a lesson 'bout messin'
D C G D7
with the wife of a jealous man
[CHORUS]
G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B C
Badder than old King Kong
D C G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
[Bridge]
G
Well, the two men took to fightin'
A
And when they pulled them from the floor,
B C
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
D C G D7
with a couple of pieces gone.
[DOUBLE CHORUS]
G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B C
Badder than old King Kong
D C G
And meaner than a junkyard dog...
G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B C
Badder than old King Kong
D C G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
[CODA]
B
Yes, he was badder than
C
old King Kong
D C G F# G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.