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In the south side of Chicago, is the baddest part of town.
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And if you go down there, you better just beware,
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of a man named Leroy Brown.
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Now Leroy, more than trouble. You see he stand bout six foot four.
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And the downtown ladies call him tree top lover,
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and the men just call him sir.
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And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown. The baddest man in the whole damn town.
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Badder than a ole King Kong, an meaner than a junkyard dog.
C D7
Now Leroy, he's a gambler. And he likes his fancy clothes.
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And he likes 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 thirty two gun, in his pocket for fun,
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he got a razor in his shoe.
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Well friday, bout a week ago. Leroy, shootin dice.
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At the edge of the bar, sat a girl named Doris.
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And ooh dat girl looked nice. Well he casts his eyes upon her,
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and trouble soon began. And Leroy Brown learned a lesson,
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bout messin with the wife of a jealous man.
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Well the two men, took to fightin, and when they pulled them from the floor.
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Leroy looked like a jig saw puzzle,
G7 C
with a couple of pieces gone.
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