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.
once we were lovers
but somehow things have changed
now we're just lonely people
tryin' to forget each others' names
now we're just lonely people
tryin' to forget each others' names
what came between us?
maybe we were just too young to know
but now and then I feel the same
and sometimes at night
I think I hear you callin' my name
hmm mmm mmm : these dreams
they keep me goin' these days
once we were lovers
but that was long ago
we lived together then
and now we do not even say hello
we lived together then
and now we do not even say hello
For the following CHORD section, fullscreen/horizontal mobile is recommended.
Chords in brackets may be omitted.
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 E7sus4 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 E7sus4 A they keep me goin' these days
