jim croce
Good artists should be forced to stay on the ground. On September 20th 1973 a Beechcraft plane crashed into a pecan tree in Louisiana at takeoff, ending the promising career of both Jim Croce and lead guitarist Maury Muehleisen. Also the agent, the road manager, a comedian and the pilot perished. The team had just got a breakthrough with "Bad Leroy Brown", and the future seemed bright. Despite of this, Croce thought about leaving music business to get more time with the family. A letter his wife Ingrid received after his death closes with "Remember, it’s the first 60 years that count and I’ve got 30 to go. I love you". This song is from "Life and Times" (1973), his forth studio album, and essential to his many fans. A fifth album "I Got a Name" was released posthumously; finished just before the plane crash. Sure, he got a name - only thirty years old. I'd like to stress the importance of Maury Muehleisen, thus there's a link to his tribute site at the bottom of the page, as well as Jim's. His splendid harmonies and special fingerpicking were a perfect match to Croce's songs. He's been a major inspiration to my own treating of the guitar, together with Happy Traum and Stefan Grossman. Bless their memories.
if you get the feeling all alone
when your good time friends have all got up and gone
don't come knocking around my door
because I've heard your lies before
and there ain't gonna be a next time this time
cause woman starting right now
I'll forget your name and your pretty face and write you off as a bad mistake
you know that some women they are lovers
others just got no sense
but a woman like you ought to be ashamed of the things that you do to men
if you get the feeling all alone
when you find that you can't make it on your own
don't come knocking around my door
because I've seen your act before
and there ain't gonna be a next time this time
cause woman starting right now
I'll forget your name and your pretty face and write you off as a bad mistake
you know that some women they are lovers
others just got no sense
but a woman like you ought to be ashamed of the things that you do to men
and if you get the feeling you were wrong
don't go wasting your good money on the phone
cause I can hang up as fast as you can call
and baby that ain't all
there ain't gonna be a next time this time
cause woman starting right now
I'll forget your name and your pretty face and write you off as a complete disgrace
you know that some women they are liers
and others just got no sense
but a woman like you ought to be ashamed of the things that you do to men
For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.
C C/B A7 if you get to feelin’ all alone A#dim Dm G7 C C/B Am when your good time friends have all got up and gone F E7 Am Am/G don’t come knockin’ around my door D7 D7sus2 G7 because I’ve heard your lies before C Em Fmaj7/C Fmaj7/A and there ain’t gonna be a next time this time C G7 cause woman startin’ right now C Em Am Am/G I’m gonna forget your name and your pretty face girl D7 D7sus2 G7 and write you off as a bad mistake C Em Fmaj7/C ...Fmaj7/A you know that some women they are lovers C G7 and some just got no sense C A7 E7 F but a woman like you oughta be ashamed C G7 C of the things that you do to men
