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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Other songs:
- A Long Time Ago
- Age
- Alabama Rain
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
- I Got A Name
- I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
- I've Got A Name
- Lover's Cross
- Next Time This Time
- Operator
- Photographs And Memories
- Time In A Bottle
- Walking Back To Georgia
- Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
- You Don T Mess Around With Jim
- A Good Time Man Like Me Aint Got No Business Sing The Blues
- Another Day Another Town
- Bad Boy Leroy Brown
- Ball Of Kerrymuir
- Big Wheel
- Box 10
- Car Wash Blues
- Careful Man
- Child Of Midnight
- Cotton Mouth River
- Dreamin Again
- Five Short Minutes
- Gunga Din
- Hard Way Every Time
- Hey Tomorrow
- Ill Have To Say I Love You
- Ill Have To Say I Love You In A Song
- It Doesnt Have To Be That Way
- Ive Got A Name
- Kings Song
- Lovers Cross
- Maybe Tomorrow
- Mr Bojangles
- New Yorks Not For Me
- New Yorks Not My Home
- Old Man River
- One Less Set Footsteps
- Railroads And Riverboats
- Rapid Roy The Stock Car Boy
- Recently
- Roller Derby Queen
- Speedball Tucker
- Stone Walls
- Sun Come Up
- The Hard Way Everytime
- These Dreams
- Thursday
- Tomorrows Gonna Be A Brighter Day
- Top Hat Bar And Grille
- Vespers
- Walkin Back To Georgia
- Wear Out The Turnpike
- Which Way Are You Going
- Workin At The Car Wash Blues
- You Dont Mess Around
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This version tabs the quick changes at the end of the second and fourth lines of
each verse and little riff he plays at the end of each chorus (stodman)
Operator - Jim Croce
[Intro] G// Bm// C// Am/C// G// Bm// C// Am/C// G
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G Bm C G
She's living in L.A, With my best old ex friend Ray
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G Bm C G
There's something in my eyes, You know it happens every time
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
I think about the love that I thought would save me
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
C G C G
No, no, no, no That's not the way it feels
G Bm C G
Operator, let's forget about this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G Bm C G
Thank you for your time, Oh you've been so much more than kind
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
You can keep the dime
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
Bm C Am/C//G
each verse and little riff he plays at the end of each chorus (stodman)
Operator - Jim Croce
[Intro] G// Bm// C// Am/C// G// Bm// C// Am/C// G
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
See the number on the matchbook is old and faded
G Bm C G
She's living in L.A, With my best old ex friend Ray
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
G Bm C G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G Bm C G
There's something in my eyes, You know it happens every time
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
I think about the love that I thought would save me
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
C G C G
No, no, no, no That's not the way it feels
G Bm C G
Operator, let's forget about this call
Am D Em D/C/Bm/D
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G Bm C G
Thank you for your time, Oh you've been so much more than kind
Am D7 Em D/C/Bm/D
You can keep the dime
G C G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
C D
But let's forget all that
G Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C D Em Bm Am D
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
C G
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well
Am C
I only wish my words could just convince myself
D C G Bm// C// Am/C//G
That it just wasn't real, But that's not the way it feels
Bm C Am/C//G
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