Intro:
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Verse:
G G
Well, the south side of Chicago
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Is the baddest part of town.
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And if you go down there
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You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.
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Now, Leroy more than trouble,
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You see he stand about “bout six foot four.
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All the downtown ladies call him “treetop lover.”
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All the men just call him “sir.”
Chorus:
G G
And he”s bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7 A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
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Badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.
Verse:
G G
Now, Leroy, he a gambler,
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and he like his fancy clothes.
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And he like to wave diamond rings
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in front of everybody”s nose
G G
He got a custom Continental.
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He got an Eldorado too.
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He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
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He got a razor in his shoe.
Chorus:
G G
And he”s bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7 A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.
Verse:
G G
Well, Friday “bout a week ago,
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Leroy”s shootin” dice.
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And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
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and oh, that girl look nice
G G
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
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and the trouble soon began.
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And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson “bout messin”
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with the wife of a jealous man
Chorus:
G G
And he”s bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7 A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.
Verse: (one Strum)
G G
Well, the two men took to fightin”
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And when they pulled them from the floor,
B7 C
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a
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couple of pieces gone.
Chorus: Repeat Twice
G G
And he”s bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7 A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.
Outro:
B7 C
Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
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And meaner than a junkyard dog.