BRING BACK THAT LEROY BROWN
(Freddie Mercury/Queen. From the albumn _Sheer Heart Attack_.)
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.
submitted by:
Ted Hermary
czth@musica.mcgill.ca