Chords for Jim Croce - Bad Boy Leroy Brown-HQ
Tempo:
151.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
C
Ab
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This is a tune I wrote about him, it's called Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.
[A]
Well [G] the south side of Chicago [Ab] [A] is the better part of town
[B] And if you go down there you [C] better just beware [D] of a man [B] named [G] Leroy Brown
Now Leroy, he's more than trouble, [Ab] [A] he stand about six foot four
[B] All the downtown ladies [C] call him Treetop Lover, [D] all the men [A] just call him Sir
[G] Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G] Now Leroy, he a gambler, [Ab] [A] and he like his fancy clothes
[B] And he like to wave [C] them diamond rings [A] upon everybody's nose
He [G] got a custom Continental, [Ab] [A] he got an El Dorado II
[B] He got a .32
gun [C] in his pocket for fun, [D] he got a razor in [G] his shoe
Yeah, that is Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Bm] [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well it was Friday, about a week [Ab] ago, [A] Leroy shooting dice
[B] And at the edge of the [C] bar sat a girl named [D] Doris, and ooh [G] that girl looked nice
Well she cast his eyes upon her, [Ab] [A] and her trouble soon began
[B] And Leroy Brown, [C] he learned his lesson about a messin' [A] with the wife of a jealous man
And it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [F] [D] [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well them two men took a fightin', and when they pulled down from the floor
[B] Leroy looked [C] like a jigsaw puzzle [A] with a couple of pieces gone
And [G] it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [Am] King Kong, [C] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes [G] it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than [C] old King Kong, [Fm] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes he [B] was better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] [Ab] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G]
[N]
[A]
Well [G] the south side of Chicago [Ab] [A] is the better part of town
[B] And if you go down there you [C] better just beware [D] of a man [B] named [G] Leroy Brown
Now Leroy, he's more than trouble, [Ab] [A] he stand about six foot four
[B] All the downtown ladies [C] call him Treetop Lover, [D] all the men [A] just call him Sir
[G] Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G] Now Leroy, he a gambler, [Ab] [A] and he like his fancy clothes
[B] And he like to wave [C] them diamond rings [A] upon everybody's nose
He [G] got a custom Continental, [Ab] [A] he got an El Dorado II
[B] He got a .32
gun [C] in his pocket for fun, [D] he got a razor in [G] his shoe
Yeah, that is Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Bm] [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well it was Friday, about a week [Ab] ago, [A] Leroy shooting dice
[B] And at the edge of the [C] bar sat a girl named [D] Doris, and ooh [G] that girl looked nice
Well she cast his eyes upon her, [Ab] [A] and her trouble soon began
[B] And Leroy Brown, [C] he learned his lesson about a messin' [A] with the wife of a jealous man
And it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [F] [D] [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well them two men took a fightin', and when they pulled down from the floor
[B] Leroy looked [C] like a jigsaw puzzle [A] with a couple of pieces gone
And [G] it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [Am] King Kong, [C] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes [G] it's Bad, Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than [C] old King Kong, [Fm] [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes he [B] was better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] [Ab] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G]
[N]
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This is a tune I wrote about him, it's called Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well [G] the south side of Chicago _ [Ab] [A] is the better _ part of town
_ [B] And if you go down there you [C] better just beware [D] of a man [B] named [G] Leroy Brown
_ Now Leroy, he's more than trouble, _ [Ab] [A] he stand about six foot four
_ [B] All the downtown ladies [C] call him Treetop Lover, [D] all the men [A] just call him Sir
_ _ [G] Bad, Bad _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
_ [G] Now Leroy, he a gambler, [Ab] [A] and he like his fancy clothes
[B] And he like to wave [C] them diamond rings [A] upon _ everybody's nose _
He [G] got a custom _ Continental, _ [Ab] [A] he got an El Dorado II
_ [B] He got a .32
gun [C] in his pocket for fun, [D] he got a razor in [G] his shoe
Yeah, that is Bad, _ Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, _ [Bm] _ [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well it was Friday, about a week [Ab] ago, [A] _ Leroy shooting dice
[B] And at the edge of the [C] bar sat a girl named [D] Doris, and ooh [G] that girl looked nice
Well she cast his eyes upon her, [Ab] [A] and her trouble soon began
_ _ [B] And Leroy Brown, [C] he learned his lesson about a messin' [A] with the wife of a jealous man _
And it's Bad, _ Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [F] _ [D] _ [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well them two men took a _ fightin', and when they pulled down from the floor
_ _ [B] _ Leroy looked [C] like a jigsaw puzzle [A] with a couple of pieces gone _
And [G] it's Bad, Bad _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [Am] King Kong, [C] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes [G] it's Bad, Bad _ _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than [C] old King Kong, [Fm] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes he [B] was better than old [C] King Kong, _ [Db] _ [Ab] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well [G] the south side of Chicago _ [Ab] [A] is the better _ part of town
_ [B] And if you go down there you [C] better just beware [D] of a man [B] named [G] Leroy Brown
_ Now Leroy, he's more than trouble, _ [Ab] [A] he stand about six foot four
_ [B] All the downtown ladies [C] call him Treetop Lover, [D] all the men [A] just call him Sir
_ _ [G] Bad, Bad _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [Db] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
_ [G] Now Leroy, he a gambler, [Ab] [A] and he like his fancy clothes
[B] And he like to wave [C] them diamond rings [A] upon _ everybody's nose _
He [G] got a custom _ Continental, _ [Ab] [A] he got an El Dorado II
_ [B] He got a .32
gun [C] in his pocket for fun, [D] he got a razor in [G] his shoe
Yeah, that is Bad, _ Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, _ [Bm] _ [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well it was Friday, about a week [Ab] ago, [A] _ Leroy shooting dice
[B] And at the edge of the [C] bar sat a girl named [D] Doris, and ooh [G] that girl looked nice
Well she cast his eyes upon her, [Ab] [A] and her trouble soon began
_ _ [B] And Leroy Brown, [C] he learned his lesson about a messin' [A] with the wife of a jealous man _
And it's Bad, _ Bad Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [C] King Kong, [F] _ [D] _ [A] meaner than a junkyard dog
Well them two men took a _ fightin', and when they pulled down from the floor
_ _ [B] _ Leroy looked [C] like a jigsaw puzzle [A] with a couple of pieces gone _
And [G] it's Bad, Bad _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than old [Am] King Kong, [C] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes [G] it's Bad, Bad _ _ Leroy [Ab] Brown, [A] the better man in the whole damn town
[B] Better than [C] old King Kong, [Fm] _ [D] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
Yes he [B] was better than old [C] King Kong, _ [Db] _ [Ab] meaner [A] than a junkyard dog
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _