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BRING BACK THAT LEROY BROWN
(Freddie Mercury/Queen. From the albumn _Sheer Heart Attack_.)
Brian actually plays this on an ukele banjo. This is only
an approximate transcription for guitar. Gotta play it in that
fast, Dixie style. (Or is it Charleston? Anyways....) The
*really* tough part, where you'll need the most practice, is the
C, B7, Bb7, A7, Dm7, C#dim, G7, C, G7+5 run. (Whoosh!) Once you
can play that, the rest of the song is a cinch.
Chords: G7+5 = xx1001, G#dim = xx0101,
C/E= (x3111x@5)xx2010,
1dim = xx1212, 2dim = xx2323 (don't know the names,
but they're diminished chords)
Refrain:
C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) G7+5Bring (3x3443@1)back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
Bring back, bring back, gotta ring that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
Verse:
C (x32010@1) G+ C (x32010@1) 1dim AmBet (x02210@1)your bottom dollar bill you're a playboy - yeah, yeah
C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1)Dm7 1dim C/EDaddy (x3111x@5)cool with a ninety dollar smile (oooh------------)
Am (x02210@1) G#dim (1201xx@1) Am (x02210@1) C#dimTook (3423xx@1)my money out of gratitude, and he git right out of town
C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1) Bb7 (x13131@1) A7Well, (x02020@1)I gotta getty up, steady up, shoot him down
Dm7 1dim G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1) G7+5Gotta (3x3443@1)hit that lat - i - tude babe.
Big bad Leroy Brown, he got no common sense - no, no
Got no brains but he sure got a lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence
Gotta get out of the heat, get into the shade
gotta get me there dead or alive, babe!
CWoo-woo, (x32010@1)big bad Leroy, woo-ooo
Am (x02210@1)E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1)2dim G7 (320001@1)G7 (320001@1)C (x32010@1)G7+5Woo-woo, (3x3443@1)big bad Leroy - Brown!
C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) CBig (x32010@1)Momma Lula Belle, she had a nervous breakdown
E7/G# Am
(nervous breakdown)
C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) Em/B (012000@1)AmLeroy's (x02210@1)taken her honey-chile away
F (133211@1) Am (x02210@1) Dm7 AmBut (x02210@1)she met him at the station, put a shotgun to his head
Dm (xx0231@1) F (133211@1) B7 (x21202@1) G7And (320001@1)unless I be mistaken, this is what she said:
C (x32010@1) (C) 2dim AmBig (x02210@1)bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown,
G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) G7I'm (320001@1)gonna get that cutie pie
Bring back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) C (x32010@1) 2dim AmBig (x02210@1)bad caused a mighty fine sensation - yeah yeah
C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) CGone (x32010@1)and got himself elected president
Dm7 1dim C/E (x3111x@5)F (133211@1) A7 (x02020@1)D7 (xx0212@1)G7(we (320001@1)want) Le - roy for president
CNext (x32010@1)time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy weather
(C)
This time, like a shimmy shammy leather
Dm7 AmHe's (x02210@1)a big boy, bad boy, Leroy
C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am (x02210@1) 1dim
I don't care where you get him from
C (x32010@1) B7 (x21202@1) C (x32010@1) G7 (320001@1) CBring (x32010@1)that Leroy Brown back - want him back.
submitted by:
Ted Hermary
czth@musica.mcgill.ca
