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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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:11:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Smith
jim croce: new york's not for me
[Intro] A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
A Amaj7 A7 F#
things are spinning round me and all my thoughts were cloudy
Bm Fm A *(notes)
and i had begun to doubt all the things that were me
A Amaj7 A7 F#
being in so many places you know i've run so many races
Bm Fm A
i've looked into the empty faces of the people of the night
F#m A F#m
something is just not right cause i know that i've got
A F#m A F#m
to get out of here i'm so alone don't you know that i got
Bm__ (A A/D A A7)
to get out of here cause new york's not my home
A Amaj7 A7 F#
though all the streets are crowded there's something strange
Bm Fm A
about it i've lived there about a year and i never once felt
*(notes) A Amaj7 A7
at home i thought i made the big time i learned a lot
F# Bm
of lessons off the quick and know i'm telling you that they were
Fm A F#m
not the nice kind it's been so long since i have felt fine
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
Bm__
cause new york's not my home
[interlude] chords: (2x) A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
Bm__
cause new york's not my home
[Chords] (2x) A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:11:16 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Smith
jim croce: new york's not for me
[Intro] A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
A Amaj7 A7 F#
things are spinning round me and all my thoughts were cloudy
Bm Fm A *(notes)
and i had begun to doubt all the things that were me
A Amaj7 A7 F#
being in so many places you know i've run so many races
Bm Fm A
i've looked into the empty faces of the people of the night
F#m A F#m
something is just not right cause i know that i've got
A F#m A F#m
to get out of here i'm so alone don't you know that i got
Bm__ (A A/D A A7)
to get out of here cause new york's not my home
A Amaj7 A7 F#
though all the streets are crowded there's something strange
Bm Fm A
about it i've lived there about a year and i never once felt
*(notes) A Amaj7 A7
at home i thought i made the big time i learned a lot
F# Bm
of lessons off the quick and know i'm telling you that they were
Fm A F#m
not the nice kind it's been so long since i have felt fine
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
Bm__
cause new york's not my home
[interlude] chords: (2x) A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
Bm__
cause new york's not my home
[Chords] (2x) A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fm A *(notes)
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