Jim Croce – Bad Bad Leroy Brown (Bass Tab)

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                                                                    Well the 
Verse 1 (0:13-0:37)
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  South side of Chicago  is the baddest part of town. And if you go down there

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    you better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown

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

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 call him "Treetop Lover." All the
                           men just call him "sir" 
Chorus (0:38-0:51)
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  And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown           Baddest man in the whole damn town

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  Badder than old King Kong              And meaner than a junkyard dog 

Verse 2 (0:52-1:17)
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  Now Leroy he a gambler      And he like his fancy clothes

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And he like to wave his diamond rings in front of everybody's nose

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 He got a custom Continental    He got an Eldorado too

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 He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun    He got a razor in his shoe

Chorus (1:18-1:30)
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 And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown           Baddest man in the whole damn town

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  Badder than old King Kong              And meaner than a junkyard dog

Verse 3 (1:31-1:56)
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 Now Friday 'bout a week ago  Leroy shootin' dice

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And at the edge of the bar
           sat a girl named Doris      and ooh that girl looked nice

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

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 Leroy Brown he learned a 
           lesson 'bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

Chorus (1:57-2:08)
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  And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown           Baddest man in the whole damn town

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  Badder than old King Kong              And meaner than a junkyard dog

Verse 4 (2:09-2:21)
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 Well the two men took to fighting    and when they pulled them from the floor

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

Chorus x 2 (2:22-2:47)
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  And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown           Baddest man in the whole damn town

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  Badder than old King Kong              And meaner than a junkyard dog

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  And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown           Baddest man in the whole damn town

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  Badder than old King Kong              And meaner than a junkyard dog

Outro (2:48-2:54)
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Yeah he was badder than old King Kong   And meaner than a junkyard dog