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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Subject: c/croce_jim/stone_walls.crd
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:43:57 -0100
From: Paul Rimel
STONE WALLS - by Jim Croce
D A D
Spent too many years inside this prision
G D A
Too many years just for one little fight
D D7 G G7
He got what was comin and I think I've served enough time
D A G/D
I'm goin home tonight
D A
That stone looks mighty cold
Bm D7
And the guard that walks that walk
G D A
Is just waitin to get a convict in his sights
D D7 G G7
But if I can clear the top you can bet I'll never stop
D A G/D
Cause I'm goin home tonight
G G7 D D7
Chorus: Because stone walls do a prision make and iron bars a cage
D Bm A
Any man that says they don'ts never been inside
D D7 G G7
Cause in time the bars get closer and at night the walls grow
tighter
D A G/D
Till you feel like there's a shackle around your mind
D D7 G D7
Now those guards are on my tail, I can hear those sirens wail
G D A
But I know that I'll get away and that I'll be alright
D D7 G G7
Cause I'd rather live on the run, stand free in the mornin sun
D A7 A G/D
Than to spend another lonely prision night
Chorus:
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Subject: c/croce_jim/stone_walls.crd
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:43:57 -0100
From: Paul Rimel
STONE WALLS - by Jim Croce
D A D
Spent too many years inside this prision
G D A
Too many years just for one little fight
D D7 G G7
He got what was comin and I think I've served enough time
D A G/D
I'm goin home tonight
D A
That stone looks mighty cold
Bm D7
And the guard that walks that walk
G D A
Is just waitin to get a convict in his sights
D D7 G G7
But if I can clear the top you can bet I'll never stop
D A G/D
Cause I'm goin home tonight
G G7 D D7
Chorus: Because stone walls do a prision make and iron bars a cage
D Bm A
Any man that says they don'ts never been inside
D D7 G G7
Cause in time the bars get closer and at night the walls grow
tighter
D A G/D
Till you feel like there's a shackle around your mind
D D7 G D7
Now those guards are on my tail, I can hear those sirens wail
G D A
But I know that I'll get away and that I'll be alright
D D7 G G7
Cause I'd rather live on the run, stand free in the mornin sun
D A7 A G/D
Than to spend another lonely prision night
Chorus:
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