Biography:
King Malachi Street (October 21, 1935 – October 21, 1978), commonly known as Mel Street, was an American country music singer.
Street was born in Grundy, Virginia to a coal mining family. Publications cite his year of birth as 1933, although his family maintains that he was born in 1935. He began performing on western Virginia and West Virginia radio shows at the age of sixteen. Street subsequently worked as a radio tower electrician in Ohio and as a nightclub performer in the Niagara Falls area.
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Bad Bad Leroy Brown:Mel Street.
- Album - Two Way Street - #37 on
BB Hot Country on GRT Records in
1974.
(Intro)
G
(Verse 1)
G A7
Along the south side of Chicago is the baddest
part of town.
B7 C
And if you go down there you better beware of a
D G
cat named Leroy Brown.
A7
Now, Leroy he means trouble, he stands bout six
foot four.
B C
All the downtown ladies call him 'Treetop Lover'
D G
and the gentlemen call him, sir.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 2)
G A7
Now, Leroy he's a gamblin' man he likes his flashy clothes.
B7 C D7
He likes to wave that big diamond ring in front of
G
everybody's nose.
G A7
He’s got a custom Continental and an Eldorado, too.
B7 C D G
He got a .32 gun in his pocket, son, and a razor in his shoe.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 3)
G A7
Well, Friday bout a week ago, Leroy was shootin' dice.
B7 C D
And on the edge of the bar sat a gal named Betty and oooo,
G
that girl looked nice.
G A7
Well, he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began.
B7 C D7
Old Leroy learned a lot about foolin' with the wife of a
G
jealous man.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 4)
G A7
Well, the two men took to fightin' and when they pulled them
from the floor.
B7 C D7 G
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Outro)
G
Bad, bad Leroy Brown..(Fade.)
A seventies smasah from Kraziekhat.
- Album - Two Way Street - #37 on
BB Hot Country on GRT Records in
1974.
(Intro)
G
(Verse 1)
G A7
Along the south side of Chicago is the baddest
part of town.
B7 C
And if you go down there you better beware of a
D G
cat named Leroy Brown.
A7
Now, Leroy he means trouble, he stands bout six
foot four.
B C
All the downtown ladies call him 'Treetop Lover'
D G
and the gentlemen call him, sir.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 2)
G A7
Now, Leroy he's a gamblin' man he likes his flashy clothes.
B7 C D7
He likes to wave that big diamond ring in front of
G
everybody's nose.
G A7
He’s got a custom Continental and an Eldorado, too.
B7 C D G
He got a .32 gun in his pocket, son, and a razor in his shoe.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 3)
G A7
Well, Friday bout a week ago, Leroy was shootin' dice.
B7 C D
And on the edge of the bar sat a gal named Betty and oooo,
G
that girl looked nice.
G A7
Well, he cast his eyes upon her and the trouble soon began.
B7 C D7
Old Leroy learned a lot about foolin' with the wife of a
G
jealous man.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Verse 4)
G A7
Well, the two men took to fightin' and when they pulled them
from the floor.
B7 C D7 G
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Chorus)
G A7
He's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, the baddest man the whole
damn town.
B7 C D G
Badder than old King Kong and meaner than a junkyard dog.
(Outro)
G
Bad, bad Leroy Brown..(Fade.)
A seventies smasah from Kraziekhat.
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