Alabama Rain - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
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.
A Amaj7 Bm E lazy days in midjuly A Amaj7 E country sunday mornings A Amaj7 Bm E dusty haze on summer highways A Amaj7 Bm E sweet magnolia calling D C#m Bm C#m now and then I find myself thinking of the days D Bm D6 E A that we were walking in the alabama rain D E A F#m Bm E A we were only kids but then I've never heard it said A7 D E A F#m that kids don't fall in love and feel the same Bm E E6 E7 E I can still remember the first time I told you I love you
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