Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords by Celtic Thunder

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Well, the south  (C major) side of Chicago
D 
Is the  (D major) baddest part of town
E 
And if you  (E major) go down there
F 
you better just  (F major) beware
G 
C 
Of a man  (G major) named Leroy Brown  (C major) 

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Verse 2

Now Leroy more than trouble

You see he stand 'bout six foot four

All the downtown ladies

call him Treetop Lover

All the men just call him Sir

Verse 3
C 
And he's a  (C major) bad, bad Leroy Brown
D 
 (D major) The baddest man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
 (E major) Badder than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
F 
C 
Gm 
And  (G major) meaner than a junkyard  (F major)  (C major) dog  (G minor) 
G 
 (G major) And he's a

Verse 4
C 
 (C major) bad, bad Leroy Brown
D 
The  (D major) baddest man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
 (E major) Badder than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
F 
C 
G 
And  (G major) meaner than a  (F major) junkyard  (C major) dog  (G major) 

Verse 5

Now Leroy, he a gambler

And he like his fancy clothes

And he like to wave his diamond rings

In front of everybody's nose

Verse 6

He got a custom Continental

He got an Eldorado too

He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun

He got a razor in his shoe

Verse 7
C 
And he's a  (C major) bad, bad Leroy Brown
D 
The  (D major) baddest man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
 (E major) Badder than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
F 
And meaner  (G major) than a  (F major) junkyard
C 
G 
 (C major) dog  (G major) 

Verse 8
C 
D 
Now Friday  (C major) 'bout  (D major) a week ago
Leroy shootin' dice
E 
D 
And  (E major) at the edge of the bar  (D major) 
F 
C 
D 
sat  (F major) a girl named  (C major) Dor (D major) is
G 
D 
C 
And  (G major) ooh,  (D major) that girl looked  (C major) nice

Verse 9
C 
D 
Well, he cast  (C major) his eyes upon her  (D major) 
And the trouble soon began
E 
Well,  (E major) Leroy Brown learned a
F 
 (F major) lesson 'bout messin'
G 
D 
G 
With the  (G major) wife of a jealous  (D major) man  (G major) 

Verse 10
C 
And he's a  (C major) bad, bad Leroy Brown
D 
The  (D major) baddest man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
 (E major) Badder than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
F 
C 
G 
And  (G major) meaner than a  (F major) junkyard  (C major) dog  (G major) 

Verse 11

Well, the two men took to fighting

And when they pulled them from the floor

Oh, Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle

With a couple of pieces gone

Verse 12
C 
And he's a  (C major) bad,
bad Leroy Brown
D 
The baddest  (D major) man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
Badder  (E major) than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
F 
G 
And  (G major) meaner than a junkyard  (F major) dog  (G major) 

Verse 13
C 
And he's a  (C major) bad, bad Leroy Brown
D 
The  (D major) baddest man in the
whole damned town
E 
F 
 (E major) Badder than old King Kong  (F major) 
G 
C 
And  (G major) meaner than a junkyard  (C major) dog