Jim Croce

Bad Bad Leroy Brown (ver 5) Chords

This is my first tab, and it should be perfect for beginners who are just starting out,
in terms of chords.

Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

No Capo

G A7 G

              G
Well, the south side of Chicago
         A7
Is the baddest part of town.
           Bm7
And if you go down there
           C               D7         C       G  D7
You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.
     G
Now, Leroy more than trouble,
           A7
You see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
          Bm7                        C
All those downtown ladies call him treetop lover.
        D7      C           G  D7
All the men just call him sir.
         
         G 
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Bm7                  C
Badder than old King Kong
    D7           C         G  D7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

     G
Now Leroy, he a gambler,
       A7 
and he like his fancy clothes.
       Bm7           C
And he like to wave them diamond rings
            D7   C     G  D7
in front of everybody's nose
         G
He got a custom Continental.
          A7
He got an Eldorado too.
         Bm7                    C
He got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun.
         D7    C     G    D7
He got a razor in his shoe.

         G 
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Bm7                  C
Badder than old King Kong
    D7           C         G  D7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

      G        
Well, Friday 'bout a week ago,
A7
Leroy's shootin' dice.
           Bm7                    C
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
    D7       C        G   D7
and ooh, that girl look nice
         G
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
        A7
and the trouble soon began.
    Bm7                        C
And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout-a messin'
         D7       C      G   D7
with the wife of a jealous man

         G 
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Bm7                  C
Badder than old King Kong
    D7           C         G  D7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

          G
Well, the two men took to fightin'
              A7
And when they pulled them from the floor,
Bm7                  C                   D7       C     G    D7
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.
         G 
And It's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Bm7                      C
Badder than old King Kong
    D7           C         G  D7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

         G 
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    A7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
Bm7                      C
Badder than old King Kong
    D7           C         G  D7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

              Bm7                   C
Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
    D7           C       G
And meaner than a junkyard dog.