Jim Croce – Leroy Brown
Guitar chords and lyrics of Leroy Brown by Jim Croce
Published 1973
Original key G
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. G7
Well the South side of Chicago
. A7
Is the baddest part of town
. B7 C7
And if you go down there you better just beware
. D7 G7
Of a man named Leroy Brown
Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand about six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover
All the men just call him sir
. G7
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
. A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C7
Badder than old King Kong
. D7 G7
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 an Eldorado too
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
. G7
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
. A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C7
Badder than old King Kong
. D7 G7
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Now Friday ‘bout a week ago
Leroy shootin’ dice
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name Doris
And oo, that girl looked nice
Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
Leroy Brown learned a lesson ‘bout messin’
With the wife of a jealous man
. G7
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
. A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C7
Badder than old King Kong
. D7 G7
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Well the two men took to fighting
And when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone.
. G7
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
. A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7 C7
Badder than old King Kong
. D7 G7
And meaner than a junkyard dog