Biography:
Jim Croce (Jan 10, 1943 - Sept 20, 1973) was an American singer-songwriter from South Philadelphia whose biggest single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" hit number 1 on the US charts in the summer of 1973. His influences included Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Woody Guthrie. Sadly, Croce died in a small commercial plane crash one day before his third album, "I Got a Name" was to be released.
Early life
Croce was born in South Philadelphia. He graduated from Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill
Read more on Last.fm
Other songs:
- A Long Time Ago
- Age
- Alabama Rain
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
- I Got A Name
- I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
- I've Got A Name
- Lover's Cross
- Next Time This Time
- Operator
- Photographs And Memories
- Time In A Bottle
- Walking Back To Georgia
- Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
- You Don T Mess Around With Jim
- A Good Time Man Like Me Aint Got No Business Sing The Blues
- Another Day Another Town
- Bad Boy Leroy Brown
- Ball Of Kerrymuir
- Big Wheel
- Box 10
- Car Wash Blues
- Careful Man
- Child Of Midnight
- Cotton Mouth River
- Dreamin Again
- Five Short Minutes
- Gunga Din
- Hard Way Every Time
- Hey Tomorrow
- Ill Have To Say I Love You
- Ill Have To Say I Love You In A Song
- It Doesnt Have To Be That Way
- Ive Got A Name
- Kings Song
- Lovers Cross
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Mr Bojangles
- New Yorks Not For Me
- New Yorks Not My Home
- Old Man River
- One Less Set Footsteps
- Railroads And Riverboats
- Rapid Roy The Stock Car Boy
- Recently
- Roller Derby Queen
- Speedball Tucker
- Stone Walls
- Sun Come Up
- The Hard Way Everytime
- These Dreams
- Thursday
- Tomorrows Gonna Be A Brighter Day
- Top Hat Bar And Grille
- Vespers
- Walkin Back To Georgia
- Wear Out The Turnpike
- Which Way Are You Going
- Workin At The Car Wash Blues
- You Dont Mess Around
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Intro:
C G7
Verse 1:
C
Well the south side of Chicago
D7
Is the baddest part of town
E7
And if you go down there
F7 G7 F7 C G7
You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown
C
Now Leroy more than trouble
D7
You see he stand about 'bout six foot four
E7 F7
All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover
G7 F7 C G7
All the men just call him sir
Chorus:
C
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown
D7
The baddest man in the whole damn town
E7 F7
Badder than old King Kong
G7 F7 C G7
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Verse 2:
C
Now Leroy he a gambler
D7
and he like his fancy clothes
E7 F7
And he like to wave diamond rings
G7 F7 C G7
in front of everybody's nose
C
He got a custom Continental
D7
He got an Eldorado too
E7 F7
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun
G7 F7 C G7
He got a razor in his shoe
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 3:
C
Well Friday 'bout a week ago
D7
Leroy's shootin' dice
E7 F7
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
G7 F7 C G7
and oh that girl look nice
C
Well he cast his eyes upon her
D7
and the trouble soon began
E7 F7
And Leroy Brown he learned a lesson 'bout messin'
G7 F7 C G7
with the wife of a jealous man
(Repeat Chorus)
Verse 4:
C
Well the two men took to fightin'
D7
And when they pulled them from the floor
E7 F7 G7 F7 C G7
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone
(Repeat Chorus 2Xs)
Outro
E7 F
Yes you were badder than old King Kong
G7* F7 C
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Jim Reeves
Jim Stark
Jim Sturgess
Jim Varney
Jim White
Jimmy Eat World
Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fontana
Jimmy Hunt
Jimmy Martin