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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Box #10
By Jim Croce
Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General
[Intro]
C G Am F C G G7 C G
[Verse]
C G
Well outta Southern Illinois
Am Am/G F
Come a down-home country boy
C
He’s gonna make it in the city
G F G
Playin’ guitar in the studio
C G
Oh well, he hadn’t been there an hour
Am Am/G F
When he met a Broadway flow’r
C
You know she took him for his money
G F G
And she left him in a cheap hotel
C G
Oh well, it’s easy for you to see
Am Am/G F
That that country boy is me
C G F G
Say and how’m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home?
C G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
Am Am/G F C
Things sure ended up a mess
G F G
But in the process I got messed up to
[Chorus]
G F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Verse]
C G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
Am Am/G F C
They’re still worryin” ‘bout their boy
G F G
But this boy’s goin’ home soon’s he gets the fare
C G
Because as soon as I got my bread
Am Am/G F
I got a pipe upside my head
C
You know they left me in an alley
G F G
Took my money and my guitar too
[Chorus]
G F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Outro]
C – C/B – Am - Am/G – F – G - C
By Jim Croce
Chords by Alfredo Alex G. General
[Intro]
C G Am F C G G7 C G
[Verse]
C G
Well outta Southern Illinois
Am Am/G F
Come a down-home country boy
C
He’s gonna make it in the city
G F G
Playin’ guitar in the studio
C G
Oh well, he hadn’t been there an hour
Am Am/G F
When he met a Broadway flow’r
C
You know she took him for his money
G F G
And she left him in a cheap hotel
C G
Oh well, it’s easy for you to see
Am Am/G F
That that country boy is me
C G F G
Say and how’m I gonna ever break the news to the folks back home?
C G
Well, I was gonna be a great success
Am Am/G F C
Things sure ended up a mess
G F G
But in the process I got messed up to
[Chorus]
G F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Verse]
C G
Well, back in Southern Illinois
Am Am/G F C
They’re still worryin” ‘bout their boy
G F G
But this boy’s goin’ home soon’s he gets the fare
C G
Because as soon as I got my bread
Am Am/G F
I got a pipe upside my head
C
You know they left me in an alley
G F G
Took my money and my guitar too
[Chorus]
G F G
Hello, mama and dad I had to call collect
F G C C/B
Cause I ain’t got a cent to my name
Am
Well, I’m sleepin’ in a hotel doorway
D7 G
And tonight they say it’s gonna rain
C C/B Am Am/G
And if you’d only send me some money
C C/B Am Am/G
I’ll be back on my feet again
C C/B Am Am/G
Send it in care of the Sunday Mission
F G C C C/B Am Am/G F G C
Box Number Ten
[Outro]
C – C/B – Am - Am/G – F – G - C
Jim Reeves
Jim Stark
Jim Sturgess
Jim Varney
Jim White