Bad Bad Leroy Brown

by Jim Croce

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Well the Southside of Chicago is the baddest part of town
           B7                       C
And if you go down there you better just beware
     D7                G
Of a man name of Leroy Brown

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"

Refrain:
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    And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
        A7
    The baddest man in the whole damn town
    B7                   C
    Badder than old King Kong
        D             C        G
    And meaner than a junkyard dog

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
He got a custom Continental, he got and El Dorado, too
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun
  he got a razor in his shoe

    [REFRAIN]

Well Friday 'bout a week ago Leroy shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
  and oh that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began
And Leroy Brown he learned a lesson 'bout messin' with the
  wife of a jealous man

    [REFRAIN]

Well the two man took to fightin'
  and when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone

    [REFRAIN]

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    Yes you were badder than old King Kong
        D             C        G
    And meaner than a junkyard dog