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Bad Bad Leroy Brown Bass

(ver. 1)
Jim Croce
Intro (0:06-0:12)
                                                                    Well the
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Verse 1 (0:13-0:37)
 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"                            
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Chorus (0:38-0:51)
 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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Verse 2 (0:52-1:17)
 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
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Chorus (1:18-1:30)

Verse 3 (1:31-1:56)
 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
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Chorus (1:57-2:08)

Verse 4 (2:09-2:21)
 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
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Chorus x 2 (2:22-2:47)

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