Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords by Jim Croce (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(G major) (G major) (G major) (G major)
(G major) (G major) (G major) (D7)
Verse 1
Well the South (G major) side of Chicago
Is the baddest (A7) part of town
And if you (B major) go down there
You better (C major) just beware
Of a (D7) man named (C major) Leroy Brown (G major) (D7)
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Verse 2
Now Le (G major) roy more than trouble
You see he (A7) stand about six foot four
All those down (B major) town ladies
call him (C major) "Treetop Lover"
All the (D7) men just (C major) call him "Sir" (G major) (D7)
Chorus 1
And it's bad, (G major) bad Leroy Brown
The (A7) baddest man in the whole damned town
(B major) Badder than old King Kong (C major)
And (D7) meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major) (D7)
Verse 3
Now Le (G major) roy he a gambler
And he like (A7) his fancy clothes
And he like (B major) to wave his (C major) diamond rings
In front of (D7) everybod (C major) y's nose (G major) (D7)
Verse 4
He got a (G major) custom Continental
He got a (A7) Eldorado too
He got a (B major) thirty two gun
in his pock (C major) et for fun
He got a (D7) razor (C major) in his shoe (G major) (D7)
Chorus 2
And it's bad, (G major) bad Leroy Brown
The (A7) baddest man in the whole damned town
(B major) Badder than old King Kong (C major)
And (D7) meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major) (D7)
Verse 5
Well Fri (G major) day 'bout a week ago
(A7) Leroy shootin' dice
And at the (B major) edge of the bar
Sat a (C major) girl named Doris
And (D7) ooh that girl (C major) looked nice (G major) (D7)
Verse 6
Well he cast (G major) his eyes upon her
And the trou (A7) ble soon began
And (B major) Leroy Brown he learned a (C major) lesson
'Bout messin' with the wife (D7)
of a (C major) jealous man (G major) (D7)
Chorus 3
And it's bad, (G major) bad Leroy Brown
The (A7) baddest man in the whole damned town
(B major) Badder than old King Kong (C major)
And (D7) meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major) (D7)
Verse 7
Well the two (G major) men took to fighting
And when they (A7) pulled them from the floor
(B major) Leroy looked like a jig (C major) saw puzzle
With a (D7) couple of pieces gone (D7)
Chorus 4
And it's bad, (G major) bad Leroy Brown
The (A7) baddest man in the whole damned town
(B major) Badder than old King Kong (C major)
And (D7) meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major) (D7)
Chorus 5
And he's bad, (G major) bad Leroy Brown
The (A7) baddest man in the whole damned town
(B major) Badder than old King Kong (C major)
And (D7) meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major)
Yeah, he was (B major) badder than old King Kong (C major)
(D7) Meaner than a (C major) junkyard dog (G major) (G major)
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
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