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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- Alabama Rain
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
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- 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
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- 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
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- Mr Bojangles
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- New Yorks Not My Home
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- 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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Well, I had just got out from the county prison
D7
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
G
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius
C7 A
The man say, "We got all that we can use."
G B7 Em G
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
G
Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office
D7
In a swivel chair
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries
G
Sayin', "Here, now mam-ma, come on over here."
Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
C7 A
And walkin' home in soggy old shoes
G B7 Em G
With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
C C7 G
You know a man of my ability he should be smokin' on a big cigar
C C7
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
A D7
In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars
G
Well, all I can do is a shake my head
D7
You might not believe that it's true
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls
G
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
So baby, don't expect to see me
C7 A
With no double martini in any high-brow society news
G B7 Em G
'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
G B7 Em G
Yeah, I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
Well, I had just got out from the county prison
D7
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
G
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius
C7 A
The man say, "We got all that we can use."
G B7 Em G
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
G
Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office
D7
In a swivel chair
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries
G
Sayin', "Here, now mam-ma, come on over here."
Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
C7 A
And walkin' home in soggy old shoes
G B7 Em G
With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
C C7 G
You know a man of my ability he should be smokin' on a big cigar
C C7
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
A D7
In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars
G
Well, all I can do is a shake my head
D7
You might not believe that it's true
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls
G
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
So baby, don't expect to see me
C7 A
With no double martini in any high-brow society news
G B7 Em G
'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
G B7 Em G
Yeah, I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7 D7 G
workin' at the car wash blues
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