Standard (EADGBE)

WELL, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO IS THE BADDEST PART OF TOWN

AND IF YOU GO DOWN THERE YOU BETTER JUST BEWARE

OF A MAN NAME OF LEROY BROWN

NOW LEROY MORE THAN TROUBLE, YOU SEE HE STAND ABOUT SIX FOOT FOUR B7

ALL THE DOWNTOWN LADIES CALL HIM TREETOP LOVER

D7 G ALL THE MEN JUST CALL HIM SIR

AND HE’S BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN

THE BADDEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN B7 C

BADDER THAN OL’ KING KONG

| | MEANER THAN JUNKYARD DOG

NOW, LEROY, HE’S A GAMBLER, AND HE LIKES HIS FANCY CLOTHES

AND HE LIKES TO WAVE HIS DIAMOND RINGS

IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY’S NOSE

HE GOT A CUSTOM CONTINENTAL, HE GOT AN EL DORADO TOO B7 C

HE GOT A .32 GUN IN HIS POCKET FOR FUN

AND A RAZOR IN HIS SHOE (CHORUS)

WELL, FRIDAY ABOUT A WEEK AGO, LEROY’S SHOOTIN’ DICE

AND AT THE EDGE OF THE BAR SAT A GIRL NAME OF DORIS

D7 G AND OH THAT GIRL LOOK NICE

WELL, HE CAST HIS EYES UPON HER AND THE TROUBLE SOON BEGAN

AND LEROY BROWN LEARNED A LESSON ‘BOUT MESSIN’ D7 G

WITH THE WIFE OF A JEALOUS MAN (CHORUS)

WELL, THE TWO MEN TOOK TO FIGHTING

AND WHEN THEY PULLED THEM FROM THE FLOOR B7 C

LEROY LOOKED LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE

WITH A COUPLE OF PIECES GONE (CHORUS 2X)