• Song:

    Bad Boy Leroy Brown

  • Artist:

    Jim Croce

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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
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OF A MAN NAME OF LEROY BROWN
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NOW LEROY MORE THAN TROUBLE, YOU SEE HE STAND ABOUT SIX FOOT FOUR B7                     
                             C
ALL THE DOWNTOWN LADIES CALL HIM TREETOP LOVER
  D7                                 G ALL THE MEN JUST CALL HIM SIR

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AND HE?S BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN
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THE BADDEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN B7                                       C
BADDER THAN OL? KING KONG
  |D                              C|               G MEANER THAN A JUNKYARD DOG

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NOW, LEROY, HE?S A GAMBLER, AND HE LIKES HIS FANCY CLOTHES
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AND HE LIKES TO WAVE HIS DIAMOND RINGS
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IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY?S NOSE
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HE GOT A CUSTOM CONTINENTAL, HE GOT AN EL DORADO TOO B7                       C
HE GOT A .32 GUN IN HIS POCKET FOR FUN
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AND A RAZOR IN HIS SHOE      (CHORUS)

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WELL, FRIDAY ABOUT A WEEK AGO, LEROY?S SHOOTIN? DICE
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AND AT THE EDGE OF THE BAR SAT A GIRL NAME OF DORIS
 D7                                 G AND OH THAT GIRL LOOK NICE
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      A7
WELL, HE CAST HIS EYES UPON HER AND THE TROUBLE SOON BEGAN
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AND LEROY BROWN LEARNED A LESSON ?BOUT MESSIN? D7                                 G
WITH THE WIFE OF A JEALOUS MAN      (CHORUS)

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WELL, THE TWO MEN TOOK TO FIGHTING
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AND WHEN THEY PULLED THEM FROM THE FLOOR B7                                       C
LEROY LOOKED LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE
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WITH A COUPLE OF PIECES GONE      (CHORUS 2X)
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