Biography:
Jim Croce (Jan 10, 1943 - Sept 20, 1973) was an American singer-songwriter from South Philadelphia whose biggest single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" hit number 1 on the US charts in the summer of 1973. His influences included Ian & Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Woody Guthrie. Sadly, Croce died in a small commercial plane crash one day before his third album, "I Got a Name" was to be released.
Early life
Croce was born in South Philadelphia. He graduated from Upper Darby High School in Drexel Hill
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Top Hat Bar and Grille
Jim Croce
| B | B A Bb B |
A
Well if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E A Bb B |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
E
Well at the Top Hat Bar and Grille
A E
There is a waitress name of Lil
B A E A Bb B
Well she's a honky tonky, little bit chunky . divorcee
E
She wear dem tight hippy hugger slacks
A E
You can believe me when I tell you, Jack
B A E
That she a dancin', prancin', hard romancin' p-i-e-c-e
A E
And she can do the boogie woogie, she can do the boogaloo
A
And she can do the hootchie cootchie
F# B
Oh, she knows how to nasty too
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E A Bb B |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
E
Well, at the Top Hat Bar and Grille
A E
They got this bouncer name of Gil
B A E A Bb B
Well he a honky tonky, . heavily funky . ex-marine
E
He wear dem skintight body builder shirts
A E
And Jack, he'll knock you out into the dirt
B
But if you got no money or you try to be funny
A E A
. Then mother you gonna see that man gonna do the boogie woogie
E A
He gonna do the boogaloo, he gonna do the hootchie cootchie
F# B
And he'll be doin' all his dancin' on you
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda bad time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grill
A | A |
. Lookin' for a good time
E | E | F# | B | E |
. Lookin' for a bad time
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E | B | B7 | E <> |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play
songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)
Jim Croce
| B | B A Bb B |
A
Well if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E A Bb B |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
E
Well at the Top Hat Bar and Grille
A E
There is a waitress name of Lil
B A E A Bb B
Well she's a honky tonky, little bit chunky . divorcee
E
She wear dem tight hippy hugger slacks
A E
You can believe me when I tell you, Jack
B A E
That she a dancin', prancin', hard romancin' p-i-e-c-e
A E
And she can do the boogie woogie, she can do the boogaloo
A
And she can do the hootchie cootchie
F# B
Oh, she knows how to nasty too
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E A Bb B |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
E
Well, at the Top Hat Bar and Grille
A E
They got this bouncer name of Gil
B A E A Bb B
Well he a honky tonky, . heavily funky . ex-marine
E
He wear dem skintight body builder shirts
A E
And Jack, he'll knock you out into the dirt
B
But if you got no money or you try to be funny
A E A
. Then mother you gonna see that man gonna do the boogie woogie
E A
He gonna do the boogaloo, he gonna do the hootchie cootchie
F# B
And he'll be doin' all his dancin' on you
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda bad time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grill
A | A |
. Lookin' for a good time
E | E | F# | B | E |
. Lookin' for a bad time
A
So if you're lookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
E
The kinda good time you will
F#
Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'
B | E | E | B | B7 | E <> |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play
songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)
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