Jim Croce

Accords et partitions

Time in a Bottle

Dm A7 Dm7 Gm7 D Dm(maj7)

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day till eternity passes away Just to spend them with you.

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

E E7 A A7 B7

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Uptown got it's hustlers The bowery got it's bums 42nd Street got Big Jim Walker He's a pool-shooting son of a gun Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

C G B7 A7 D D7

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Well, the south side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town. And if you go down there You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.

I Got a Name

C G F Am Em Am7

Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I got a name, I got a name Like the singing bird and the croaking toad, I got a name, I got a name And I carry it with me like my Daddy did But I'm living the dream that he kept hid

Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)

C G D Bm Am Em

Operator, well could you help me place this call See the number on the matchbook is old and faded She's living in L.A, With my best old ex friend Ray Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

Amaj7 E D C#m Bm G#7

Well, I know it's kind of late, I hope I didn't wake you. But what I got to say can't wait, I knew you'd understand. Every time I tried to tell you, the words just came out wrong. So, I'll have to say I love you, in a song.

Walkin' Back to Georgia

E F#m D A C#m G#m

I'm walkin back to Georgia, and I hope she will take me back Nothin' in my pockets, and all I own is upon my back She's the girl who said she loved me on that hot dusty Macon road And if she's still around, I'm gonna settle down with that hard lovin'

Photographs and Memories

Gmaj7 C Am7 Bm D7 Em

Photographs and memories, Christmas cards you sent to me All that I have are these to remember you Memories that come at night take me to another time Back to a happier day, when I called you mine

Which Way Are You Goin'?

D G F#m Bm A E

Which way are you goin,which side will you be on? Will you stand a watch while all the seeds of hate are sown? Will you stand with those who say "let his will be done"? One hand on the bible one hand on the gun

New York's not my Home

A A2/G# E F#m A2/G F#7/4

Been in so many places You know I've run so many races And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night And something is just not right

Box #10

C G F Am Em Am/G

Well outta Southern Illinois Come a down-home country boy He's gonna make it in the city Playin' guitar in the studio Oh well, he hadn't been there an hour

A long time ago

C G D Em Am G/B

Seems like such a long time ago I was walking on lonely road Getting tired of dreamin' alone Like all the lonely people I had known

Age

A D G Bm F# D/C#

I've been up and down and around and 'round and back again I've been so many places i can't re - member where I've bin And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend Never really was a friend at all

Lovers Cross

C Am G7 Dm F C/B

GUESS THAT IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN; WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME BUT NOW I'VE COME TO MY DECISION, AND IT'S A ONE OF THE PAINFUL KIND 'CAUSE NOW IT SEEMS THAT YOU WANTED A MARTYR, JUST A REGULAR GUY WOULDN'T DO BUT BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU.

Workin At The Car Wash Blues

G C B A D B7

WORKIN’ AT THE CAR WASH BLUES As performed by Jim Croce Just listen to the track for rhythm and timing. You're gonna have to infer some of The passages like in the bridge. The G and D chords in the verse are actually Played like -Gsus4 and -Dsus4 rhythm style but throw your own styling in there.

Cigarettes Whiskey And Wild Wild Women

D G A7 E7 e B

[Chorus] Cigarettes, whiskey and wild, wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women They'll drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane

Five Short Minutes

A D7 E A7

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Well she was standing by my dressing room After the show asking for my autograph and Asked if she could go back to my motel room But the rest is just a tragic tale Because five short minutes of love

Tomorrows Gonna Be A Brighter Day

A E F#m7 D C#m B7

[Verse 1] Well, I'm sorry for the things that I told you But words only go so far And if I had my way I would reach into heaven

Rapid Roy The Stock Car Boy

G C7 A7 D7 Em7

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Oh, Rapid Roy that stock car boy He too much too believe You know he always got an extra pack of cigarettes Rolled up in his t-shirt sleeve He got a tattoo on his arm that say "baby"

Ball Of Kerrymuir

C G F D

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[Verse] Four and twenty virgins Come down from Inverness. When the ball was over

Walking back to georgia

E A D Amaj7 G#

Walkin back to Georgia, she's the only one who knows How it feels to live a dream and how it feels to dream alone She's the girl wo said she loved me on the hot dusty Macon road And if she's still around I'm gonna setlle down, with that hard lovin Georgia Girl

these dream

A Dm Gm D G G/F#

Once we were lovers, But somehow things have changed. Now we're just lonely people Tryin' to forget each others' names. Now we're just lonely people

Hey Tomorrow

F Em C G D7

So many times i said i been changin' Then slipped into patterns of what happened before. 'Cause I'Ve Been Wasted And I'Ve Overtasted All the things that life gave to me And i've been trusted, abused and busted And i've been taken by those close to me.

Roller Derby Queen

E5 A5 B7 G

Gonna tell you a story you won't believe But I fell in love last Friday evening With a girl I saw on the bar room TV screen Well I was just getting ready to get my hat When she caught my eye and I put it back

One Less Set Of Footsteps

C F G Am E7 Bb

We're been runnin' away from, Somethin' we both know, We've long run out of things to say, And I think I'd better go. So don't be gettin' excited,

Hard Time Losin Man

E7 A7 B7

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[Chorus] And you think you've seen trouble? Well, you're lookin' at the man, ah-ha Oh, the world's own original hard luck story And a hard time losin' man

Thursday

G F C Am Em D

Well it started out just like a dream And like a dream I knew that What we had would have to end. I was looking for a night time lover (and) you were looking for a friend.

Dreamin Again

D A Bm7 C# D7 G

[Verse] Don't you know I had a dream last night G Dsus2 And you were here with me Lyin' by my side so soft and warm

Speedball Tucker

G7 C7 D7 E7 A7 Am7

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I got a broomstick on the throttle I got her opened up and head right down Nonstop back to Dallas Poppin' them West Coast turnarounds

Until Its Time For Me To Go

Bm A E C#m F# D

I'm not a dream Not an angel I'm a man You're not a queen, You're a woman,

It Doesnt Have To Be That Way

C Em Am G7 F G

[Verse 1] Snowy nights and Christmas lights Icy windowpanes Make me wish that we could be Together again

Nex time this time

C F G7 C7 D7 Am

Chorus: AND THERE AIN?T GONNA BE A NEXT TIME, THIS TIME, CAUSE, WOMAN, STARTIN? RIGHT NOW I?M GONNA FORGET YOUR NAME AND YOUR PRETTY FACE, GIRL AND WRITE YOU OFF AS A BAD MISTAKE

Salon And Saloon

D Bm Dm F7 G7 F#m

[Verse] Sometimes I think about our good old high school days You would always kid about my adolescent ways Oh Mary, Ma- ry, good to see you too Haven't seen too many of the old crew

Alabama Rain

G D Bm7 Am7 Cmaj7 C

Lazy days in mid July Country Sunday mornin' Dusty haze on summer highways Sweet magnolia callin'

Hard Way Every Time

C#m A B E Abm F#m

And i've learned at times it's best to bend 'cause if you don't, well those are the breaks. Should have listened to all the things i was told But i was young and too proud at the time Now i look at myself to find i learn the hard way every time But in looking back at the lessons i've learned

Nobody Loves A Fat Girl

G D7 A7 E7 B7 G7

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[Chorus] Nobody loves a fat girl, Bbdim D7 But oh how a fat girl can love.

Careful Man

E F#7 B7 A C#7 E7

I don?t gamble, I don?t fight, I don?t be hangin? in the bars at night; Yeah, I used to be a fighter, but now I am a wiser man I don?t drink, much, I don?t smoke, I don?t hardly mess around with no dope;

Recently

Am C G7 F F# E7

[Verse 1] Used to be that I could see - a reason to be happy 'cause I was free But then - recently it seems I've been lettin' - your mem'ry get to me Used to be that I could pretend - that I wasn't really hurt back then But then - recently it seems I've been lettin' - your mem'ry get to me

Railroad Song

D G A Bm

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When I was a boy in the days of the train I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day And I'd wave at the brakesman, And he'd wave back at me While the thunderclouds rolled... Out of East Tennessee

A Good Time Man Like Me Aint Got No Business Sing The Blues

E F#7 A B B7

I WAS BORN TO SING A GOOD TIME SONG, YOU KNOW THAT NOTHIN’ USED TO BRING ME DOWN ‘TIL THE DAY I EELL IN LOVE WITH YOU AND BABY, THAT’S THE DAY I FOUND

old man river

C F Em Am G B7

Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River, He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin', He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along. He don't plant tatters, and he don't plant cotton, And them what plants em, are soon forgotten

Kings Song

C G D Em F Dm

He struggled so hard to be king Working night and day Dreaming of only one thing Never a holiday Somewhere along the way

Child Of Midnight

C B G A4 Em9 A

I couldn't find any chords online for this truly wonderful song by Jim and Ingrid, So I gave it a go. It's my first tab and I'm sure it's not accurate but it sounds close to right. Comments are more than welcome!

Railroads And Riverboats

G D C

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This is the right tab, my first tab!!! It sounds good, this is a beautiful forgotten song of the marvellous Jim Croce, From the lost LP "Facets". With the voice of the wife Ingrid Croce. It is perfect for a duet.

I Am What I Am

F C G E Am D

Perhaps, I'll never show this world all I could be I just can't sing to any man the song he wants to hear And I know that some won't like me Others try to be my friend But I'm all of me and that's all that I am

Maybe Tomorrow

D A D7 G Bm A7

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Smoke another cigarette, have another drink or two Sit by the telephone 'til morning She never tells me where she's goin' But I think it's mighty plain Maybe tomorrow

Top Hat Bar And Grille

E A B F# Bb B7

Well at the Top Hat Bar and Grille There is a waitress name of Lil Well she's a honky tonky, little bit chunky . divorcee She wear dem tight hippy hugger slacks You can believe me when I tell you, Jack

Sun Come Up

C G D Bm

[Verse] Sun come up in the morning Blues round my head I've got a troubled mind and plenty of time to roam As I walk this crooked highway

Cotton mouth river

G C Bm D

I just made it through the cane break and I got one foot In the mud.I can hear the dogs obeying and the snakes <u>C</u> <u>D</u> Around my ankles telling me my running days are Done(Chrous)

Stone Walls

D G A D7 G7 Bm

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Big Wheel

D A7 G

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Big wheel, don't you roll Big diesel, don't you whine Through the night as I'm running down the road Big semi, don't you stop, 'cause if you do I'm not Gonna make it back to Baltimore with my load

Another Day Another Town

A E D G6 F#7 Bm

[Verse] My dusty feet have kicked the stones Between a thousand railroad ties From Boston down to New Orleans I left the girls a cryin'

Gunga Din

Am G C E

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(Spoken) You may talk of gin and beer When you're stationed way out here An' you're sent to penny fights an' Aldershot it But when it comes to slaughter

The Man That Is Me

D A G E A7

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[Verse 1] I'm a dreamer by nature And I've always been tryin' To dream myself out of this world that I'm in In my dreams I escape all the troubles around

Vespers

G D C Am Bm G7

I'd like to think about her and the way she used to love me But I just can't live without her, 'cause her arms are not around me And the season's getting later and my body's getting colder And the vespers ring and I'm all alone, without my love beside me

Mississippi Lady

E A B F# F#7

With just a sleeping bag and an old guitar, I left the band in New Orleans I did some time with the bottle, some with the river queens I never thought I would meet a girl Who could turn my head around Till I met that Mississippi Lady in sleepy Gulfport town

Wear Out The Turnpike

A E D

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There's ice and snow on the northern roads And the Jersey Pike is closed Have to go and do some drivin' tonight They say I'd be a fool if I would ride those icy roads But a little storm ain't stoppin' me tonight