| G | G | A7 | A7 | |
| WELL, THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO I | S THE BADDEST PART OF T | OWN |
| B7 | C | |
| AN | D IF YOU GO DOWN THERE YOU BETTER JUST BEWARE |
| D7 | G | |
| OF | A MAN NAME OF LEROY BROWN |
| A7 | |
| NOW LEROY MORE THAN TROUBLE, | YOU SEE HE STAND ABOUT SIX FOOT FOUR B7 |
| C | |
| ALL THE DOWNTOWN LADIES CALL | HIM TREETOP LOVER |
| D7 G ALL THE MEN JUST CALL HIM SIR |
| G | G | |
| AN | D HE'S BAD, BAD L | EROY BROWN |
| A7 | A7 | |
| T | HE BADDEST MAN IN THE WHOLE DAMN TOWN | B7 C |
| BADDER THAN OL' KING KONG |
| |D C| G MEANER THAN A JUNKYARD DOG |
| G | G | A7 | A7 | |
| NO | W, LEROY, HE'S A GAMBLER, | AND HE LIKES HIS FANCY CLOTHES |
| B7 | C | |
| AN | D HE LIKES TO WAVE HIS DIAMOND RIN | GS |
| D7 | G | |
| IN | FRONT OF EVERYBODY'S NOSE |
| G | G | A7 | A7 | |
| HE GOT A CUSTOM CONTINENTAL | , HE GOT AN EL DORADO TOO B7 | C |
| HE GOT A .32 GUN IN HIS POCKET FOR FUN |
| D7 | G | |
| AN | D A RAZOR IN HIS SHOE | (CHORUS) |
| G | G | A7 | A7 | |
| WELL, FRIDAY ABOUT A WEEK AGO | , LEROY'S SHOOTIN' DI | CE |
| B7 | C | |
| AN | D AT THE EDGE OF THE BAR SAT A GIRL NAME OF | DORIS |
| D7 G AND OH THAT GIRL LOOK NICE |
| A7 | |
| WELL, | HE CAST HIS EYES UPON HER AND THE TROUBLE SOON BEGAN |
| B7 | C | |
| A | ND LEROY BROWN LEARNED A LESSON BOUT MESSIN' D | 7 G |
| WITH THE WIFE OF A JEALOUS MAN (CHORUS) |
| G | G | |
| W | ELL, THE TWO MEN TOOK TO FIGHTIN | G |
| A7 | A7 | |
| A | ND WHEN THEY PULLED THEM FROM THE FLOOR B7 | C |
| LEROY LOOKED LIKE A JIGSAW PUZZLE |
| D7 | G | |
| W | ITH A COUPLE OF PIECES GONE ( | CHORUS 2X) |