Brian actually plays this on an ukele banjo. This is only an approximate
transcription for guitar. Gotta play it in that fast, Dixie style. (Or is it
Charleston? Anyways....) The really tough part, where you'll need the most
practice, is the C, B7, Bb7, A7, Dm7, C#dim, G7, C, G7+5 run. (Whoosh!) Once you
can play that, the rest of the song is a cinch.
Chords: G7+5 xx1001, G#dim xx0101,
C/E xx2010,
1dim xx1212, 2dim xx2323 (don't know the names,
but they're diminished chords)
Refrain:
[C]Bring [G7]back, [C]bring [G7]back, bring [C]back that [G7]Leroy [C]Brown - [G7+5]Yeah!
Bring back, bring back, gotta ring that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
Verse:
[C]Bet your bottom dollar [G+]bill you're a [C]playboy - [1dim]yeah, [Am]yeah
[C] [F] [G7] [C] [C] [Dm7] [1dim] [C/E]
Daddy cool with a ninety dollar smile (oooh------------)
[Am]Took my money out of [G#dim]gratitude, and he [Am]git right out of town[C#dim]
Well, I gotta [C]getty up, [B7]steady up, [Bb7]shoot him [A7]down
Gotta [Dm7]hit that [1dim]lat - [G7]i - [C]tude[G7+5] babe.
Big bad Leroy Brown, he got no common sense - no, no
Got no brains but he sure got a lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence
Gotta get out of the heat, get into the shade
gotta get me there dead or alive, babe!
[C]Woo-woo, big bad Leroy, woo-ooo
Woo-woo, big bad Leroy [Am] - [E7]Brown![Am][Am][2dim][G7][G7][C][G7+5]
[C]Big Momma Lula Belle,[G7] she had a nervous [C]breakdown
([E7/G#]nervous [Am]breakdown)
[C]Leroy's taken her [G7]honey-chile a[C]way[Em/B][Am]
But she [F]met him at the [Am]station, put a[Dm7] shotgun to his[Am] head
And un[Dm]less I be mist[F]aken, [B7]this is what she [G7]said:
[C]Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown,[(C)] [2dim][Am]
[G7]I'm gonna get that cutie [C]pie [G7]
Bring back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
[C]Big bad caused a [G7]mighty fine sens[C]ation - [2dim]yeah y[Am]eah
Gone and [C]got himself ele[G7]cted preside[C]nt
(we [Dm7]want) [1dim]Le - [C/E]roy f[F]or president[A7][D7][G7]
[C]Next time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy weather
[(C)]This time, like a shimmy shammy leather
He's a [Dm7]big boy, [Am]bad boy, Leroy
I [C]don't care [G/B]where you [Am]get him [1dim]from
[C]Bring that Leroy Brown [B7]back - [C]want [G7]him b[C]ack.
transcription for guitar. Gotta play it in that fast, Dixie style. (Or is it
Charleston? Anyways....) The really tough part, where you'll need the most
practice, is the C, B7, Bb7, A7, Dm7, C#dim, G7, C, G7+5 run. (Whoosh!) Once you
can play that, the rest of the song is a cinch.
Chords: G7+5 xx1001, G#dim xx0101,
C/E xx2010,
1dim xx1212, 2dim xx2323 (don't know the names,
but they're diminished chords)
Refrain:
[C]Bring [G7]back, [C]bring [G7]back, bring [C]back that [G7]Leroy [C]Brown - [G7+5]Yeah!
Bring back, bring back, gotta ring that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
Verse:
[C]Bet your bottom dollar [G+]bill you're a [C]playboy - [1dim]yeah, [Am]yeah
[C] [F] [G7] [C] [C] [Dm7] [1dim] [C/E]
Daddy cool with a ninety dollar smile (oooh------------)
[Am]Took my money out of [G#dim]gratitude, and he [Am]git right out of town[C#dim]
Well, I gotta [C]getty up, [B7]steady up, [Bb7]shoot him [A7]down
Gotta [Dm7]hit that [1dim]lat - [G7]i - [C]tude[G7+5] babe.
Big bad Leroy Brown, he got no common sense - no, no
Got no brains but he sure got a lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence
Gotta get out of the heat, get into the shade
gotta get me there dead or alive, babe!
[C]Woo-woo, big bad Leroy, woo-ooo
Woo-woo, big bad Leroy [Am] - [E7]Brown![Am][Am][2dim][G7][G7][C][G7+5]
[C]Big Momma Lula Belle,[G7] she had a nervous [C]breakdown
([E7/G#]nervous [Am]breakdown)
[C]Leroy's taken her [G7]honey-chile a[C]way[Em/B][Am]
But she [F]met him at the [Am]station, put a[Dm7] shotgun to his[Am] head
And un[Dm]less I be mist[F]aken, [B7]this is what she [G7]said:
[C]Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown,[(C)] [2dim][Am]
[G7]I'm gonna get that cutie [C]pie [G7]
Bring back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
[C]Big bad caused a [G7]mighty fine sens[C]ation - [2dim]yeah y[Am]eah
Gone and [C]got himself ele[G7]cted preside[C]nt
(we [Dm7]want) [1dim]Le - [C/E]roy f[F]or president[A7][D7][G7]
[C]Next time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy weather
[(C)]This time, like a shimmy shammy leather
He's a [Dm7]big boy, [Am]bad boy, Leroy
I [C]don't care [G/B]where you [Am]get him [1dim]from
[C]Bring that Leroy Brown [B7]back - [C]want [G7]him b[C]ack.
