Bad, Bad Leroy Brown (CIM 1110) Glenn Wilson (Jim Croche) 1973

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OPENER

Sides Face Grand Square
The south side of Chicago, it’s the baddest part of town
If you go down there, you better just be aware of a man named Leroy Brown
4 Ladies Chain straight across, turn ’em and then
You Chain ‘em Home and Promenade that ring
He's badder than ole King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog

FIGURE

Heads Lead Right, Pass the Ocean and then

The Ladies Trade, Recycle my friend

Reverse the Flutter, go Dixie Style make a Wave, the Boys Circulate

Left Swing Thru, Girls Run, you Promenade walking round there son
He's badder than ole King Kong, and meaner than (a junk yard dog)

MIDDLE BREAK

Sides Face Grand Square
Now Leroy is a gambler and he likes his fancy clothes
He likes to wave his diamond ring under everybody’s nose
4 Ladies Chain, straight across, turn ’em and then
You Chain ‘em back and Promenade that ring
He's badder than ole King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog

CLOSER

Sides Face Grand Square
He got a custom Continental and an Eldorado, too
He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun, and a razor in his shoe
4 Ladies Chain, straight across that ring
You Chain ‘em Back and Promenade that ring
He's badder than ole King Kong, and meaner than a junk yard dog

TAG

Swing her, Meaner than a junk yard dog

ORIGINAL LYRICS

Woah!

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 named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand 'bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him "Treetop Lover"
All the men just call him "Sir"

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a 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 Eldorado too
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
Meaner than a junkyard dog

Now Friday bout a week ago
Leroy shootin' dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And ooh that girl looked nice

Well he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
Cause Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson
'Bout messin' with the wife of a jealous man

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Well the two men took to fightin'
And when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

And it's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Yeah, badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog