JIM CROCE - "Bad Bad Leroy Brown"

INTRO: (play G/D & C+9 on strings 6-5-4-3)

PIANO | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' |

ARRANGED | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' | G 7 ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' |

FOR | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' |

GUITAR | G/D ' C+9 ' G/D ' C+9 ' | G/D ' C+9 ' D ' ' ' |”WELL THE

VERSE 1: (A7, B7 & D7 may be substituted throughout)

G A
SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO, IS THE BADEST PART OF TOWN
B C
AND IF YOU GO DOWN THERE, YOU BETTER JUST BEWARE
D NC G
OF A MAN NAME OF LEROY BROWN.
A
NOW LEROY'S, MORE THEN TROUBLE, YOU SEE HE STAND ‘BOUT SIX FOOT FOUR
B C
ALL THE DOWNTOWN LADIES CALL HIM “TREE-TOP LOVER”,
D NC G
ALL THE MEN JUST CALL HIM “SIR”

CHORUS: (A7, B7 & D7 may be substituted throughout)

AND HE'S BAD, BAD, LEROY BROWN,
A
THE BADEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMNED TOWN
B C D C NC G
BADER THAN OLD KING KONG, AND MEANER THAN A JUNK YARD DOG.

VERSE 2:

NC G A
NOW LEROY, HE A GAMBLER, AND HE LIKE HIS FANCY CLOTHES
B C D NC G
AND HE LIKE TO WEAR HIS DIAMOND RING ON EVERYBODY'S NOSE
A
HE GOT A CUSTOM CONTINENTAL, HE GOT AN ELDORADO TOO
B C D NC G
HE GOT A 32 GUN IN HIS POCKET FOR FUN, HE GOT A RAZOR IN HIS SHOE

CHORUS:

AND HE'S BAD, BAD, LEROY BROWN,
A
THE BADEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMNED TOWN
B C D C NC G
BADER THAN OLD KING KONG, AND MEANER THAN A JUNK YARD DOG.

VERSE 3:

NC G A
WELL FRIDAY, ‘BOUT A WEEK AGO, LEROY, SHOOTIN' DICE
B C
AND AT THE EDGE OF THE BAR SAT A GIRL NAME OF DORIS
D NC G
AND OOH THAT GIRL LOOK NICE
A
WELL HE CAST HIS EYES UPON HER, AND THE TROUBLE, SOON BEGAN
B C
AND LEROY BROWN HE LEARNED A LESSON ‘BOUT MESSIN'
D NC G
WITH THE WIFE OF A JEALOUS MAN

CHORUS:

AND HE'S BAD, BAD, LEROY BROWN,
A
THE BADEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMNED TOWN
B C D C NC G
BADER THAN OLD KING KONG, AND MEANER THAN A JUNK YARD DOG.

VERSE 4:

NC G
WELL THE TWO MEN, TOOK TO FIGHTIN',
A
AND WHEN THEY PULL DOWN FROM THE FLOOR
B C D NC G
LEROY LOOKED LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE WITH A COUPLE OF PIECES GONE

CHORUS 2X: (repeat last line second time)