Sheer Heart Attack 1974
Bring Back That Leroy Brown
! (Mercury)
! 2:15
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! solo
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! solo 2
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! guitar solo
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! Lyrics:
! CHORUS
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown - yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown - back
Bet your bottom dollar bill you're a playboy
Daddy Cool with a ninety dollar smile
Took my money out of gratitude
And he git right outa town - well
I gotta getty up, steady up, shoot him down
Gotta hit that latitude - babe
! CHORUS REPEAT
Big bad Leroy Brown he got no common
sense - no, no
He got no brains but he sure gotta lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence
Gotta get out the heat, step into the shade
Gotta get me there dead or alive - babe
Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy, wooh, wooh,
Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy - Brown - well
! CHORUS REPEAT
Big Mama Lulu Belle she had a nervous breakdown
(She had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy's taken her honey chile away
But she met him down at the station
Put a shot gun to his head
And unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
"Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I'm gonna get that cutie pie"
! CHORUS REPEAT
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! 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 G7 C G7 C G7 C G7+5
Bring back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
Bring back, bring back, gotta ring that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
! Verse:
> C G+ C 1dim Am
Bet your bottom dollar bill you're a playboy - yeah, yeah
> C F G7 C C Dm7 1dim C/E
Daddy cool with a ninety dollar smile (oooh------------)
> Am G#dim Am C#dim
Took my money out of gratitude, and he git right out of town
> C B7 Bb7 A7
Well, I gotta getty up, steady up, shoot him down
> Dm7 1dim G7 C G7+5
Gotta hit that lat - i - tude 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
> Am E7 Am Am 2dim G7 G7 C G7+5
Woo-woo, big bad Leroy - Brown!
> C G7 C
Big Momma Lula Belle, she had a nervous breakdown
> E7/G# Am
(nervous breakdown)
> C G7 C Em/B Am
Leroy's taken her honey-chile away
> F Am Dm7 Am
But she met him at the station, put a shotgun to his head
> Dm F B7 G7
And unless I be mistaken, this is what she said:
> C (C) 2dim Am
Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown,
> G7 C G7
I'm gonna get that cutie pie
Bring back, bring back, bring back that Leroy Brown - Yeah!
> C G7 C 2dim Am
Big bad caused a mighty fine sensation - yeah yeah
> C G7 C
Gone and got himself elected president
> Dm7 1dim C/E F A7 D7 G7
(we want) Le - roy for president
> C
Next time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy weather
> (C)
This time, like a shimmy shammy leather
> Dm7 Am
He's a big boy, bad boy, Leroy
> C G/B Am 1dim
I don't care where you get him from
> C B7 C G7 C
Bring that Leroy Brown back - want him back.
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! Text:
! CHORUS
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown - yeah
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown - back
Bet your bottom dollar bill you're a playboy
- yeah, yeah
Daddy Cool with a ninety dollar smile
Took my money out of gratitude
And he git right outa town - well
I gotta getty up, steady up, shoot him down
Gotta hit that latitude - babe
! CHORUS REPEAT
Big bad Leroy Brown he got no common
sense - no, no
He got no brains but he sure gotta lot of style
Can't stand no more in this here jail
I gotta rid myself of this sentence
Gotta get out the heat, step into the shade
Gotta get me there dead or alive - babe
Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy, wooh, wooh,
Wooh, wooh, big bad Leroy - Brown - well
! CHORUS REPEAT
Big Mama Lulu Belle she had a nervous breakdown
(She had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy's taken her honey chile away
But she met him down at the station
Put a shot gun to his head
And unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
"Big bad, big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I'm gonna get that cutie pie"
! CHORUS REPEAT
Big bad caused a mighty fine sensation
- yeah, yeah
Gone and got himself elected president
(We want Leroy for President)
Next time, you gotta hit a bitty baddy
weather
This time, like a shimmy, shammy leather
He's a big boy, bad boy, Leroy
I don't care where you get him from
Bring that big bad Leroy back
Want him back
