After searching for this tab myself before, I found that 1 person had it down
pretty well, but the only flaw was that he failed to mention that whenever he
plays the G, and A7 chords, he does a shuffle. So, you have to play barre chords.
When he plays the G, you switch your fingers down a string to a C barre chord in a
shuffle rhythm, and when he plays the A7, you switch your fingers down to a D
barre chord in a shuffle rhythm. So it will be G G C C G G C C, etc.
Verse 1
G
Well, the south side of Chicago
A7
is the baddest part of town.
B7
And if you go down there
C D G
you better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown.
G
Now, Leroy more than trouble,
A7
you see he stand about six foot four,
B7 C
all the downtown ladies call him treetop lover,
D G
all the men just call him sir.
Chorus G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7
the baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than ol' King Kong,
D C
meaner than a junk yard dog.
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Verse 2
G
Now, Leroy, he a gambler,
A7
and he likes his fancy clothes.
B7 C
And he likes to wave his diamond rings
D G
in front of everybody's nose.
G
He got a custom Continental
A7
He got an El Dorado too.
B7 C
He got a .32 gun and a pocket full o' fun
D G
He got a razor in his shoe.
Chorus G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7
the baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than ol' King Kong,
D C
meaner than a junk yard dog.
Verse 3
G
Well, Friday about a week ago
A7
Leroy's shootin dice.
B7 C
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named Doris
D G
and oh, that girl look nice
G
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
A7
and the trouble soon began.
B7 C
And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson about messin
D G
with the wife of a jealous man.
Chorus G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7
the baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than ol' King Kong,
D C
meaner than a junk yard dog.
Verse 4
G
Well, the two men took to fightin
A7
And when they pulled them form the floor,
B7 C
Leroy looked like jigsaw puzzle
D G
with a couple a pieces gone.
Chorus G
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
A7
the baddest man in the whole damn town.
B7 C
Badder than ol' King Kong,
D C
meaner than a junk yard dog.
Outro
Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog.
