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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THESE DREAMS
by Jim Croce
Dm Gm
Once we were lovers,
A Dm
But somehow things have changed.
Gm Dm
Now we're just lonely people
Gm A
Tryin' to forget each others' names.
Gm Dm
Now we're just lonely people
Gm Asus4 A
Tryin' to forget each others' names.
D Bm7 Em7 A7
What came between us?
D F#m Em7 A7
Maybe we were just too young to know.
G F#m Em7 A7
But now and then I feel the same.
D
And sometimes at night
Dmaj7 Bm7 D
I think I hear you callin' my name.
G F#m Em7
Mm, mm, mm, these dreams,
A7 D Em7 A7
They keep me goin' these days.
Dm Gm
Once we were lovers,
A Dm
But that was long ago.
Gm Dm
We lived together then,
Gm Asus4 A
And now we do not even say hello.
Gm Dm
We lived together then,
Gm Asus4 A
And now we do not even say hello.
D Bm7 Em7 A7
What came between us?
D F#m Em7 A7
Maybe we were just too young to know.
G F#m Em A7
But now and then I feel the same.
D
And sometimes at night
Dmaj7 Bm7 D
I think I hear you callin' my name.
G F#m Em7
Mm, mm, mm, these dreams,
A7 D Em7 A7 D
They keep me goin' these days.
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
THESE DREAMS
by Jim Croce
Dm Gm
Once we were lovers,
A Dm
But somehow things have changed.
Gm Dm
Now we're just lonely people
Gm A
Tryin' to forget each others' names.
Gm Dm
Now we're just lonely people
Gm Asus4 A
Tryin' to forget each others' names.
D Bm7 Em7 A7
What came between us?
D F#m Em7 A7
Maybe we were just too young to know.
G F#m Em7 A7
But now and then I feel the same.
D
And sometimes at night
Dmaj7 Bm7 D
I think I hear you callin' my name.
G F#m Em7
Mm, mm, mm, these dreams,
A7 D Em7 A7
They keep me goin' these days.
Dm Gm
Once we were lovers,
A Dm
But that was long ago.
Gm Dm
We lived together then,
Gm Asus4 A
And now we do not even say hello.
Gm Dm
We lived together then,
Gm Asus4 A
And now we do not even say hello.
D Bm7 Em7 A7
What came between us?
D F#m Em7 A7
Maybe we were just too young to know.
G F#m Em A7
But now and then I feel the same.
D
And sometimes at night
Dmaj7 Bm7 D
I think I hear you callin' my name.
G F#m Em7
Mm, mm, mm, these dreams,
A7 D Em7 A7 D
They keep me goin' these days.
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