LEROY BROWN
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Well, the south side of Chicago is the baddest part of town
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And if you go down there you better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown
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Now, Leroy wanted trouble, you see, he stands about 6 foot 4
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All the downtown ladies call him “Treetop Lover,” all the mans just call him “Sir!”
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Well he’s bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in that whole damned town
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He was badder than Old King Kong, and meaner than the junkyard dog.
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Now Leroy, he’s a gambler, and he like his fancy clothes
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And he like to wave a dozen diamond rings in front of everybody’s nose.
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He got a custom Continental, he got an Eldorado too
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He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun, he got a razor in his shoe.
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Well Friday, ‘bout a week ago, Leroy, shootin’ dice
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And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named Doris, and ooo, that girl looked nice!
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Well, he cast his eyes upon her, and then the trouble soon began
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Ol’ Leroy Brown learned his lesson ‘bout messin’ with the wife of a jealous man.
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Well, the two men took to fightin’, and when they pulled them from the floor
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Ol’ Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle, with a couple of pieces gone.
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Well he’s bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in that whole damned town
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He was badder than Old King Kong, and meaner than the junkyard dog.
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Well, he was badder than Old King Kong, and meaner than the junkyard dog.