Bad Leroy Brown                            Tempo: 146 / Toonsoort: G
(Jim Croce)


Spooky soft studio ( Holland )
[Intro:]

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[Vers 1:]

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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 named Leroy Brown.   

[Vers 2:]

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Now Leroy more than trouble, you see he stand 'bout six foot four. 

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All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lovver, 

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all the men just call him Sir.   

[Refrain:]

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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damned town, 

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badder than old King Kong,   meaner than a junkyard dog.   

[Vers 3:]

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Now Leroy, he's a gambler and he like his fancy clothes, 

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and he like to wave his diamond rings 

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in front of everybody's nose.   

[Vers 4:]

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He got a custom Continental, he got an Eldorado, too, 

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he got a thirty two gun in his pocket for fun, 

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he got a razor in his shoe.   

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[Vers 5:]

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Now Friday 'bout a week ago, Leroy shoot in' dice, 

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and at the edge of the bar sat a girl named Doris 

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and oh, that girl looked nice.   

[Vers 6:]

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Well, he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began, 

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'cause Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin' with the wife    

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of a jealous man.   

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[Vers 7:]

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Well, the two men took to fighting 

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and when they pulled them off the floor, 

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Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.   

[Vers 8:]

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And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damned town, 

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badder than old King Kong,   meaner than a junkyard dog.   

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[Ending:]

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Yes, you were badder than old King Kong,   

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meaner than a junkyard dog.   

            
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