Bad, Bad Leroy Brown Chords by Jerry Reed
Tempo:
148.1 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G]
[G] Well, south side of Chicago, [A] [A] it's baddest part of town.
[Bm] And if you go down there, then [C] you better be aware of [D] this cat.
They [G] call him Leroy [D] Brown.
They call him Leroy looking for [G]
trouble.
You [A] see, he stand about six foot four.
All [B] the uptown ladies call [C] him treetop [G] lover.
[D] All the vendors [C] call [D] him sir.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Well, old Leroy, he's a gambler.
And [A] he likes his fancy clothes.
[B] He likes the sport [C] that he's having,
ran up [D] under [G] everybody's [D] nose.
And [G] he's got a link of continental.
He [A] got a Eldorado too.
He [B] got a .32
gun in [C] his pocket for fun.
[D] And a razor [G] blade in his shoe.
He's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Friday night about a week ago, [A] Leroy's out shooting dags.
And [B] at the edge of the bar stood [C] a girl [G] named Doris.
[D] And ooh, [C] that's good [D] night.
Well, [G] then he cast his eyes upon her.
And [A] the trouble, it soon began.
[B] And old Leroy learned [C] his lesson about messing
[D] with the wife of [C] a jealous man.
[D] [G] The two men took to fighting.
[A] And when they scraped Leroy off of the floor,
[B] that poor boy looked [C] just like a jigsaw puzzle
[D] when a couple [C] of pieces
[Dm] gone.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the [D] whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] [C] Meaner than a [D] junkyard dog.
Oh, [G] children, he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] [B] [C]
[D] [B]
[G]
[G] Well, south side of Chicago, [A] [A] it's baddest part of town.
[Bm] And if you go down there, then [C] you better be aware of [D] this cat.
They [G] call him Leroy [D] Brown.
They call him Leroy looking for [G]
trouble.
You [A] see, he stand about six foot four.
All [B] the uptown ladies call [C] him treetop [G] lover.
[D] All the vendors [C] call [D] him sir.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Well, old Leroy, he's a gambler.
And [A] he likes his fancy clothes.
[B] He likes the sport [C] that he's having,
ran up [D] under [G] everybody's [D] nose.
And [G] he's got a link of continental.
He [A] got a Eldorado too.
He [B] got a .32
gun in [C] his pocket for fun.
[D] And a razor [G] blade in his shoe.
He's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Friday night about a week ago, [A] Leroy's out shooting dags.
And [B] at the edge of the bar stood [C] a girl [G] named Doris.
[D] And ooh, [C] that's good [D] night.
Well, [G] then he cast his eyes upon her.
And [A] the trouble, it soon began.
[B] And old Leroy learned [C] his lesson about messing
[D] with the wife of [C] a jealous man.
[D] [G] The two men took to fighting.
[A] And when they scraped Leroy off of the floor,
[B] that poor boy looked [C] just like a jigsaw puzzle
[D] when a couple [C] of pieces
[Dm] gone.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] Baddest man in the [D] whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
[D] [C] Meaner than a [D] junkyard dog.
Oh, [G] children, he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] [B] [C]
[D] [B]
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Well, south side of Chicago, [A] _ [A] it's baddest part of town.
[Bm] And if you go down there, then [C] you better be aware of [D] this cat.
They [G] call him Leroy [D] Brown.
They call him Leroy looking for [G]
trouble.
You [A] see, he stand about six foot four.
All [B] the uptown ladies call [C] him treetop [G] lover.
[D] All the vendors [C] call [D] him sir.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, _ Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Well, old Leroy, he's a gambler.
And [A] he likes his fancy clothes.
_ _ [B] He likes the sport [C] that he's having,
ran up [D] under _ [G] _ everybody's [D] nose.
And [G] he's got a link of continental.
_ He [A] got a _ Eldorado too.
He [B] got a .32
gun in [C] his pocket for fun.
[D] And a razor [G] blade in his shoe.
_ _ He's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
_ _ _ Friday night about a week ago, _ [A] Leroy's out shooting dags.
_ And [B] at the edge of the bar stood [C] a girl [G] named Doris.
[D] And ooh, [C] that's good [D] night.
Well, [G] then he cast his eyes upon her.
And [A] the trouble, it soon began.
_ [B] And old Leroy learned [C] his lesson about messing
[D] with the wife of [C] a jealous man.
[D] _ _ [G] The two men took to fighting.
_ _ [A] And when they scraped Leroy off of the floor,
_ [B] that poor boy looked [C] just like a jigsaw puzzle
[D] when a couple [C] of pieces _
[Dm] gone.
[G] And he's bad, _ bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the [D] whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] _ [C] Meaner than a [D] junkyard dog.
Oh, [G] children, he's bad, bad, _ Leroy Brown.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] Well, south side of Chicago, [A] _ [A] it's baddest part of town.
[Bm] And if you go down there, then [C] you better be aware of [D] this cat.
They [G] call him Leroy [D] Brown.
They call him Leroy looking for [G]
trouble.
You [A] see, he stand about six foot four.
All [B] the uptown ladies call [C] him treetop [G] lover.
[D] All the vendors [C] call [D] him sir.
[G] And he's bad, bad, bad, _ Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
Well, old Leroy, he's a gambler.
And [A] he likes his fancy clothes.
_ _ [B] He likes the sport [C] that he's having,
ran up [D] under _ [G] _ everybody's [D] nose.
And [G] he's got a link of continental.
_ He [A] got a _ Eldorado too.
He [B] got a .32
gun in [C] his pocket for fun.
[D] And a razor [G] blade in his shoe.
_ _ He's bad, bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] Meaner [C] than a [G] junkyard dog.
_ _ _ Friday night about a week ago, _ [A] Leroy's out shooting dags.
_ And [B] at the edge of the bar stood [C] a girl [G] named Doris.
[D] And ooh, [C] that's good [D] night.
Well, [G] then he cast his eyes upon her.
And [A] the trouble, it soon began.
_ [B] And old Leroy learned [C] his lesson about messing
[D] with the wife of [C] a jealous man.
[D] _ _ [G] The two men took to fighting.
_ _ [A] And when they scraped Leroy off of the floor,
_ [B] that poor boy looked [C] just like a jigsaw puzzle
[D] when a couple [C] of pieces _
[Dm] gone.
[G] And he's bad, _ bad, bad, Leroy Brown.
[A] _ Baddest man in the [D] whole downtown.
[B] Fatter than old [C] King Kong.
_ [D] _ [C] Meaner than a [D] junkyard dog.
Oh, [G] children, he's bad, bad, _ Leroy Brown.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
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