Bad Bad Leroy Brown original guitar chords by
Jim Croce

1973Folk3.6K views

Key: G major•

Intro 1

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G

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G

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G

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G

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G

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G

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G

G

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D7

D7

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Verse 1
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Well the South side of Chicago
A7 A7 
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Is the baddest part of town
B B 2
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And if you go down there
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You better just beware
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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Of a man named Leroy Brown

Verse 2
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Now Le roy more than trouble
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You see he stand about six foot four
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All those downtown ladies
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call him "Treetop Lover"
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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All the men just call him "Sir"

Chorus 1
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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
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C C 
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Badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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And meaner than a junkyard dog

Verse 3

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G

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Now Le roy he a gambler

A7

A7

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And he like his fancy clothes

B

B

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C

C

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And he like to wave his diamond rings

D7

D7

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C

C

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G

G

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D7

D7

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In front of everybody's nose

Verse 4
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He got a custom Continental
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He got a Eldorado too
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He got a thirty two gun
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in his pocket for fun
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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He got a razor in his shoe

Chorus 2
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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
B B 2
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C C 
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Badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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And meaner than a junkyard dog

Verse 5
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Well Friday 'bout a week ago
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Leroy shootin' dice
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And at the edge of the bar
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Sat a girl named Doris
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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And ooh that girl looked nice

Verse 6
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Well he cast his eyes upon her
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And the trouble soon began
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C C 
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And Leroy Brown he learned a lesson
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'Bout messin' with the wife
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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of a jealous man

Chorus 3
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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
B B 2
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C C 
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Badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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And meaner than a junkyard dog

Verse 7

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G

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Well the two men took to fighting

A7

A7

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And when they pulled them from the floor

B

B

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C

C

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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle

D7

D7

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D7

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With a couple of pieces gone

Chorus 4
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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
A7 A7 
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
B B 2
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C C 
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Badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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D7 D7 
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And meaner than a junkyard dog

Chorus 5
G G 
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And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown
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The baddest man in the whole damned town
B B 2
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C C 
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Badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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And meaner than a junkyard dog
B B 2
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C C 
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Yeah, he was badder than old King Kong
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C C 
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G G 
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Meaner than a junkyard dog

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