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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[Intro]
G C (x3)
G
[Verse]
C G Bm
Sun come up in the morning
C
Blues round my head
Bm C D
I've got a troubled mind and plenty of time to roam
G C G C Bm
As I walk this crooked highway
C
Never knowin' where to go
Bm C D G C G
You know the only life I know is bein' on the road
D C
I've got holes in my shoes that I fill with paper
D C
When the sun's out they dry
D C D
And when it rains well they get wet but I don't cry
G C G
Because the sun don't know no difference
Bm C
Between a rich man and a bum
Bm C D
And the only life I know is movin' round the sky
G C G C
See him grin down at you people
Bm C
I guess you don't know what his laughter's from
Bm C
But if you spend enough time on the road
D G C G
Maybe you'd find out
D C
Because the sun goes round in an endless circle
D C
Never knowin' the reason why
D C D
Still there's something in the path that it traces round the sky
G C G C
It's like a circle with no ending
Bm C
But it's a race we all must run
Bm C D G C
And it's the same bein' a rich man or a bum
[Outro]
G C (x5)
G
G C (x3)
G
[Verse]
C G Bm
Sun come up in the morning
C
Blues round my head
Bm C D
I've got a troubled mind and plenty of time to roam
G C G C Bm
As I walk this crooked highway
C
Never knowin' where to go
Bm C D G C G
You know the only life I know is bein' on the road
D C
I've got holes in my shoes that I fill with paper
D C
When the sun's out they dry
D C D
And when it rains well they get wet but I don't cry
G C G
Because the sun don't know no difference
Bm C
Between a rich man and a bum
Bm C D
And the only life I know is movin' round the sky
G C G C
See him grin down at you people
Bm C
I guess you don't know what his laughter's from
Bm C
But if you spend enough time on the road
D G C G
Maybe you'd find out
D C
Because the sun goes round in an endless circle
D C
Never knowin' the reason why
D C D
Still there's something in the path that it traces round the sky
G C G C
It's like a circle with no ending
Bm C
But it's a race we all must run
Bm C D G C
And it's the same bein' a rich man or a bum
[Outro]
G C (x5)
G
Jim Reeves
Jim Stark
Jim Sturgess
Jim Varney
Jim White