• Song:

    Bad Bad Leroy Brown

  • Artist:

    Jim Croce

  • Album:

    Jim Croce - 36 All-Time...

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So I was looking for a tab for this song and surprisingly most of them were
pretty bad. Even the one that was "Unregistered" was close, but still not
the way how Jim Croce played it. So after studying old Jim Croce 
performances, I got it down perfect. The only thing that people may still
have trouble with this song is the beat and the hammer-ons and pull-offs
while using the barre chords. But if you either listen to the song or
watch Jim Croce perform it on youtube, then it should be childs play. So
after you have made your final judgement on this tab, please rate and/or 
leave a comment. 


Chords:

low  G:  D7:  A7:  B7:  C7:  D7*:
  E: 3   X    5    7    8    10
  A: 5   5    7    9    10   12
  D: 5   4    5    7    8    10
  G: 4   5    6    8    9    11
  B: 3   3    5    7    8    10
  e: 3   X    5    7    8    10


Intro:

G D7

Verse 1:

               GWell, (320003@1)the south side of Chicago
         A7Is (x02020@1)the baddest part of town.
           B7And (x21202@1)if you go down there
           C7 (x32310@1)             D7*         C7 (x32310@1)     G (320003@1)D7You (xx0212@1)better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.
     GNow, (320003@1)Leroy more than trouble,
           A7You (x02020@1)see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
                 B7 (x21202@1)                      C7All (x32310@1)the downtown ladies call him "treetop lover."
        D7*      C7 (x32310@1)         G (320003@1)D7All (xx0212@1)the men just call him "sir."

Chorus:           

         G (320003@1)And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7The (x02020@1)baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 (x21202@1)                    C7Badder (x32310@1)than old King Kong
    D7*           C7 (x32310@1)       G (320003@1)D7And (xx0212@1)meaner than a junkyard dog.

Verse 2:

     GNow, (320003@1)Leroy, he a gambler,
       A7 (x02020@1)and he like his fancy clothes.
       B7 (x21202@1)         C7And (x32310@1)he like to wave diamond rings
            D7*  C7 (x32310@1)   G (320003@1)D7in (xx0212@1)front of everybody's nose
         GHe (320003@1)got a custom Continental.
          A7He (x02020@1)got an Eldorado too.
         B7 (x21202@1)                  C7He (x32310@1)got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
         D7*   C7 (x32310@1)   G (320003@1)  D7He (xx0212@1)got a razor in his shoe.

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3:

      G (320003@1)      
Well, Friday 'bout a week ago,
A7Leroy's (x02020@1)shootin' dice.
           B7 (x21202@1)                  C7And (x32310@1)at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
    D7*      C7 (x32310@1)      G (320003@1) D7and (xx0212@1)oh, that girl look nice
         GWell, (320003@1)he cast his eyes upon her
        A7and (x02020@1)the trouble soon began.
    B7 (x21202@1)                      C7And (x32310@1)Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin'
         D7*       C7 (x32310@1)    G (320003@1) D7with (xx0212@1)the wife of a jealous man

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 4:

          GWell, (320003@1)the two men took to fightin'
              A7And (x02020@1)when they pulled them from the floor,
B7 (x21202@1)                C7 (x32310@1)                 D7*       C7 (x32310@1)   G (320003@1)  D7Leroy (xx0212@1)looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.

(Repeat Chorus 2Xs) 

(At the end of the second chorus, don't play the D7. Just take the G chord
 into the outro.)

Outro            

              B7 (x21202@1)                 CYes, (x32010@1)you were badder than old King Kong
    D7*           C7 (x32310@1)     GAnd (320003@1)meaner than a junkyard dog.

End on G

And that should be that for Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Jim Croce. So when you
have made your final judgement, please rate and/or leave a comment. Also,
be sure to stop by my profile and check out my other tabs and participate
in my monthly music debate blog.

-I hope you enjoy; my little droogies.

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