Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Jim Croce Intro: [C] [G7] Verse 1: Well the [C] South side of Chicago, is the [D7] baddest part of town And if you [E7] go down there, you better [F] just beware Of a [G7] man named Leroy [C] Brown Now [C] Leroy more than trouble, you see he [D7] stand 'bout six foot four All the [E7] downtown ladies call him [F] “Treetop Lover” All the [G7] men just call him [C] “Sir” |Chorus: |And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown |The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town |[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong |And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog Verse 2: Now [C] Leroy, he a gambler, and he [D7] like his fancy clothes And he [E7] like to wave his [F] diamond rings, In front of [G7] everybody's [C] nose He got a [C] custom Continental, he got an [D7] Eldorado too He got a [E7] 32 gun in his [F] pocket for fun He got a [G7] razor in his [C] shoe Chorus: Verse 3: Well [C] Friday 'bout a week ago, [D7] Leroy shootin' dice And at the [E7] edge of the bar sat a [F] girl named Doris And [G7] oo that girl looked [C] nice [C] Well he [C] cast his eyes upon her, and the [D7] trouble soon began Cause [E7] Leroy Brown learned a [F] lesson ‘bout messin' With the [G7] wife of a jealous [C] man |Chorus: |And he's [C] bad, bad Leroy Brown |The [D7] baddest man in the whole damned town |[E7] Badder than old King [F] Kong |And [G7] meaner than a junkyard [C] dog Bridge: Well the [C] two men took to fighting And when they [D7] pulled them from the floor [E7] Leroy looked like a [F] jigsaw puzzle With a [G7] couple of pieces [C] gone Chorus: Outro: Yeah, you were [E7] badder than old King [F] Kong, and [G7] meaner than a [F] junkyard [C] dog