v.1
Well the ^Gsouth side of Chicago is the ^Abaddest part of town
An if you ^Bgo down there you better ^Cjust beware
Of a ^Dman named Leroy ^GBrown

Now Leroy hunted trouble y'see he stand about six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him tree top lover
All the men just call him sir

Chorus
And he's bad bad Leroy Brown, baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than ol King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog

v.2
Now Leroy he a gambler and he like his fancy clothes
And he likes to wear his diamond ring
Upon everybody's nose
He got a custom Continental, he got a Eldorado too
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe

Rpt Ch

v.3
Well Friday bout a week ago Leroy shootin dice
And at the end 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
Leroy Brown he learned a lesson bout messin with
The wife of a jealous man

Rpt Ch

v.4
Well the two men took to fightin and when they pulled them from the floor
Ol Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces lost

Rpt Ch.
Well he was badder than ol King Kong, meaner than a junkyard dog