Bad, Bad Leroy Brown — Jim Croce
Chords and lyrics for Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce (key of G).
Intro
[G] [A7] [B7] [C] [D] [C] [G]
Verse 1
Well, the [G]south side of Chicago
Is the [A7]baddest part of town.
And if you [B7]go down there
You better just [C]beware of a man [D]named Leroy [C]Brown.[G]
Now, Leroy [G]more than trouble,
You see he [A7]stand about 'bout six foot four.
All the [B7]downtown ladies call him [C]treetop lover.
All the [D]men just [C]call him [G]sir.
Chorus
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town.
[B7]Badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]
Verse 2
Now, Leroy [G]he a gambler,
and he [A7]likes his fancy clothes.
And he [B7]likes to wave diamond [C]rings
in [D]front of [C]everybody's [G]nose.
He got a [G]custom Continental.
He got an [A7]Eldorado too.
He got a [B7]thirty-two gun in his pocket [C]for fun.
He got a [D]razor [C]in his [G]shoe.
Chorus
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town.
[B7]Badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]
Verse 3
Well, [G]Friday 'bout a week ago,
Leroy's [A7]shootin' dice.
And at the [B7]edge of the bar sat a girl name of [C]Doris
and oh, that [D]girl look [C]nice[G]
Well, he [G]cast his eyes upon her
and the [A7]trouble soon began.
And Leroy [B7]Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout [C]messin'
with the [D]wife of a [C]jealous [G]man
Chorus
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town.
[B7]Badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]
Bridge
Well, the [G]two men took to fightin'
And when they [A7]pulled them from the floor,
[B7]Leroy looked like a jigsaw [C]puzzle with a [D]couple of [C]pieces [G]gone.
Chorus
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town.
[B7]Badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town.
[B7]Badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]
Yes, you were [B7]badder than old King Kong
And [C]meaner than a [D]junkyard [C]dog.[G]