[ Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown von Jim Croce ]


 

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Well, the south side of Chicago
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Is the baddest part of town.
           B7
And if you go down there
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You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.


                G
Now, Leroy more than trouble,
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You see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
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All the downtown ladies call him "treetop lover."
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All the men just call him "sir."


Chorus:
          G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
      A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
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Badder than old King Kong
      D              C
And meaner than a junk yard dog.


            G                       A7
Now, Leroy, he a gambler, and he likes his fancy clothes.
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And he likes to wave his diamond rings in front of everybody's nose.
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He got a custom Continental.  He got an Eldorado too.
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He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.  He got a razor in his shoe.


**Chorus

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Well, Friday 'bout a week ago, Leroy's shootin' dice.
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And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris 
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And oh, that girl look nice.
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Well, he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began.
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And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin' 
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With the wife of a jealous man.


**Chorus

       G
Well, the two men took to fightin'
                A7
And when they pulled them from the floor,
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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.


Out Chorus:
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Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
      D            C          G
And meaner than a junk yard dog.