Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce - 80 bpm

Well the 
G
south side 

of Chi

cago 

is the 
A7
baddest 

part of 

town

And if you 
B7
go down 

there you better 
C
just be

ware, of a 
D7
man name of 

Leroy 
G
Brown

D7

Now 
G
Leroy 

more than 

trouble, 

you see he 
A7
stand about 

six foot 

four

All those 
B7
downtown 

ladies call him "
C
Treetop 

Lover" All the 
D7
men just 

call him "
G
Sir" 

D7

	And he's 
G
bad, 

bad 

Leroy 

Brown The 
A7
baddest 

man in the 

whole damned 

town

	
B7
Badder than 

old King 
C
Kong, 

D7
meaner than a 

junkyard 
G
dog

D7

Now 
G
Leroy 

he a 

gambler 

and he 
A7
like his 

fancy 

clothes

And he 
B7
like to 

wear his 
C
diamond 

rings in front of 
D7
every

body's 
G
nose

D7

He got a 
G
custom 

Conti

nental, 

he got a 
A7
Eldor

ado 

too

He got a 
B7
.32 

gun in his 
C
pocket for 

fun He got a 
D7
razor 

in his 
G
shoe 

D7

Well 
G
Friday 

'bout a 

week a

go, 
A7
Leroy 

shootin' 

dice

And at the 
B7
edge of the 

bar sat a 
C
girl named 

Doris, and 
D7
ooh that 

girl looked 
G
nice

D7

Well he 
G
cast his 

eyes u

pon her, 

and the 
A7
trouble 

soon be

gan

And 
B7
Leroy 

Brown learned a 
C
lesson 'bout a-

messin' with the 
D7
wife of a 

jealous 
G
man 

D7

Well the 
G
two men 

took to 

fighting, 

and when they 
A7
pulled them 

from the 

floor

 
B7
Leroy 

looked like a 
C
jigsaw 

puzzle with a 
D7
couple of 

pieces 
G
gone 

D7

Yeah he was 
B7
Badder than 

old King 
C
Kong, 

D7
meaner than a 

junkyard 
G
dog