Bad Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce

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C    8-10-10-9
D7*  10-12-10-

-8-8
11-10-10


[Intro]

 


[Verse 1]

          
Well, the sout

h side of Chic

ago
       
Is the baddest

 part of town.
           
And if you go 

down there
             
You better jus

              
t beware of a 

          
man name of Le

         
roy Brown.
     
Now, Leroy mor

e than trouble

,
           
You see he sta

nd about 'bout

 six foot four

.
            
All the downto

              
wn ladies call

      
 him "treetop 

lover."
           
All the men ju

             
st call him "s

    
ir."


[Chorus]

         
And he's bad, 

bad, Leroy Bro

wn,
    
The baddest ma

n in the whole

 damn town.
            
Badder than ol

       
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

             
n a junkyard d

   
og.


[Verse 2]

     
Now, Leroy, he

 a gambler,
       
and he like hi

s fancy clothe

s.
            
And he like to

      
 wave diamond 

rings
            
in front of ev

*          
erybody's nose
         
He got a custo

m Continental.
          
He got an Eldo

rado too.
            
He got a thirt

              
y-two gun in h

   
is pocket for 

fun.
           
He got a razor

           
 in his shoe.


[Chorus]

         
And he's bad, 

bad, Leroy Bro

wn,
    
The baddest ma

n in the whole

 damn town.
            
Badder than ol

       
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

             
n a junkyard d

   
og.


[Verse 3]

      
Well, Friday '

bout a week ag

o,

Leroy's shooti

n' dice.
            
And at the edg

              
e of the bar s

     
at a girl name

 of Doris
          
and oh, that g

            
irl look nice
         
Well, he cast 

his eyes upon 

her
        
and the troubl

e soon began.
            
And Leroy Brow

              
n, he learned 

  
a lesson 'bout

 messin'
           
with the wife 

            
of a jealous m

   
an


[Chorus]

         
And he's bad, 

bad, Leroy Bro

wn,
    
The baddest ma

n in the whole

 damn town.
            
Badder than ol

       
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

             
n a junkyard d

   
og.


[Verse 4]

          
Well, the two 

men took to fi

ghtin'
              
And when they 


pulled them fr

om the floor,
            
Leroy looked l

             
ike a jigsaw p

             
uzzle with a c

           
ouple of piece

      
s gone.


[Chorus]

         
And he's bad, 

bad, Leroy Bro

wn,
    
The baddest ma

n in the whole

 damn town.
            
Badder than ol

          
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

             
n a junkyard d

   
og.

         
And he's bad, 

bad, Leroy Bro

wn,
    
The baddest ma

n in the whole

 damn town.
            
Badder than ol

          
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

             
n a junkyard d

 
og.


[Outro]

              
Yes, you were 

            
badder than ol

       
d King Kong
           
And meaner tha

            
n a junkyard d

og.

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