These Dreams - 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.
Am Dm once we were lovers G G7 Am but somehow things have changed Dm C Am now we're just lonely people D7sus2 Esus4 E tryin' to forget each others' names Dm C Am now we're just lonely people D7sus2 Esus4 E ...E7 tryin' to forget each others' names A Bm ...E7 what came between us? A Amaj7 F#m maybe we were just too young to know D F#m Bm E ...E7 but now and then I feel the same A and sometimes at night Amaj7 F#m C#m I think I hear you callin' my name Dmaj7 D6 B#m ...E7 hmm mmm mmm these dreams Esus4 A they keep me goin' these days
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Dm
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G7
C
D7sus2
Esus4
E
E7
A
Amaj7
D
Bm
F#m
C#m
Dmaj7
D6
