{title: Bad, bad Leroy Brown}
{artist: Jim Croce}
{sortartist: Croce, Jim}
{time: 12/8}
{tempo: 145}
{key: G}
{duration: 3:02}
{composer: Jim Croce}
{lyricist: Jim Croce}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-08-25}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzYf6qskdfA}
{comment: %{time}, swing, %{tempo} BPM}
{comment: Key: %{key}}
{start_of_part: Intro}
{comment: piano}
[G] [G]
{comment: + bass + drums}
[G] [D7]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:G
Q:3/8=145
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D E2 B- | "G"B2A- A3 A3 G2G- | G2E- D3 z6 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
Well, the [G]south side of Chicago
Is the [A7]baddest part of town
And if you [B7]go down there, you better [C]just beware
Of a [D7]man name of [C]Leroy [G]Brown [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
Now, [G]Leroy more than trouble,
You see, he [A7]stand 'bout six foot four
All the [B7]downtown ladies call him "[C]treetop lover"
All the [D7]men just [C]call him "[G]sir" [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_abc}
X:1
M:12/8
L:1/8
K:G
Q:3/8=145
%%%scale 1.5
D E2 G- | "G"G3 z3 G3 z3 | B2A- A2A- G2z z2E | "A7"B2A- A2A- A2A G2B- | B2A- A2A- A3 z3 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town
[B7]Badder than old King [C]Kong
And [D7]meaner than a [C]junkyard [G]dog [D7]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
Now, [G]Leroy, he a gambler,
And he [A7]like his fancy clothes
And he [B7]like to wave [C]diamond rings
In front of [D7]every[C]body's [G]nose[D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 4}
He got a [G]custom Continental,
He got an [A7]Eldorado too,
He got a [B7]thirty-two gun in his [C]pocket for fun,
He got a [D7]razor [C]in his [G]shoe [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
And he's [G]bad, (bad) bad, (bad) Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town
[B7]Badder than old King [C]Kong
And [D7]meaner than a [C]junkyard [G]dog [D7]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_verse: Verse 5}
Well, [G]Friday 'bout a week ago,
[A7]Leroy's shootin' dice
And at the [B7]edge of the bar sat a [C]girl name of Doris
And [D7]oh, that [C]girl look [G]nice [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 6}
Well, he [G]cast his eyes upon her
And the [A7]trouble soon began
And [B7]Leroy Brown, he learned a [C]lesson 'bout messin'
With the [D7]wife of a [C]jealous [G]man [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{chorus: Chorus 3}
{start_of_verse: Verse 7}
Well, the [G]two men took to fightin'
And when they [A7]pulled them from the floor,
[B7]Leroy looked like a [C]jigsaw puzzle
With a [D7]couple of [C]pieces [G]gone. [D7]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 4}
And he's [G]bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town
[B7]Badder than old King [C]Kong
And [D7]meaner than a [C]junkyard [G]dog [D7]
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 5}
And he's [G]bad, (bad) bad, (bad) Leroy Brown,
The [A7]baddest man in the whole damn town
[B7]Badder than old King [C]Kong
And [D7]meaner than a [C]junkyard [G]dog
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outro}
Yes, you were [B7]badder than old King [C]Kong
And [D7]meaner than a [C]junkyard [G]dog.
{end_of_part}