I Got a Name Jim Croce
RIFF 1 2X
([C]RIFF 1)[G/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F] [G] [C]
Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I got a name, I got a name
[C] [G/B] [Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#] [G]
[Gsus]Like [G/D]the singing bird and the croaking toad, I got a name, I've got a name
A[Em]nd I carry it w[F]ith me like my Da[C]ddy did[E]
But I'm living the d[Am]ream[Am/G] that he kept h[G]id[Gsus] [G/D]
CHORUS:
Mo[Em]ving me down the hi[F]ghway, ro[Em]lling me down the hi[A7]ghway
F G RIFF 2A & 2B
Moving ahead so life won't pass me by
C G/B Am Am/G F G C (RIFF 1)
Like a north wind whistling down the sky, I got a song, I got a song
[C] [G/B] [Am] [Am/G] [D7/F#] [G]
[Gsus]Like [G/D]the whippoorwill and the baby's cry, I've got a song, I've got a song
An[Em]d I carry it wi[F]th me and I si[C]ng it loud[E]
If it gets me now[Am]here[Am/G], I'll go there pr[G]ou[Gsus]d [G/D] ...CHORUS (END ON RIFF 2A)
SOLO (OVER FIRST TWO LINES OF VERSE)
A[C]nd I'm gonna go there free
L[C]ike the fool I [G/B]am and I'll always [Am]be,[Am/G] I've got a dr[F]eam, [G]I've got a dr[C]eam
Th[C]ey can change their m[G/B]inds but they can't change [Am]me[Am/G]
I've got a dr[D7/F#]eam, I've got a dr[G]eam[Gsus] [G/D]
I[Em] know I could sh[F]are it, if you w[C]ant me to[E]
If you're going my [Am]way[Am/G], I'll go with y[G]ou[Gsus] [G/D]
CHORUS (end on RIFF 2A)
CHORUS (end on RIFF 2A & RIFF 2B) -> C
Gsus: 3 x 2 0 1 3 G/D: 3 2 0 0 3 3
RIFF 1:
E ---------------------------| B -1-----1------1-------1----| G -----0------1-------1------| D ---2---0--0---0h2-2---2----| A -3-------------------------| E ---------------------------|
RIFF 2A: RIFF 2B:
E --------------- -----------------| B -1-1-1-1------- -1-1-1-1---------| G -3-2-0-------0- -0-0-0-0---------| D -------3-2h3--- -----------------| A --------------- -1-0-------------| E --------------- -----3-1-0h1-3---|
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 07:11:07 -0600
From: Dominick Mancine
Subject: TAB: I Got a Name by Jim Croce
I Got a Name
by Jim Croce (from His Greatest Hits)
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jim_croce/i_got_a_name_tab.html )
I don't remember if I figured this out on
my own, or with a tab. In either case, I don't
have, and can't find, a tab file for this song
(for the key it's in on Photographs & Memories),
so I figured I'd make one.
[E] Like the pine trees [B]linin' the windin' [C#m]road
I got a [A]name,[B] I got a[E] name
[E] Like the singin' [B]bird and the croakin' [C#m]toad
I got a [F#]name, I got a [B]name
[G#m] And I carry it [A]with me like my [E]daddy did[G#]
But I'm livin' a [C#m]dream [F#] that he can't [B]give
[G#m]Movin' me down the [A]highway,
[G#m]Rollin' me down the [C#m]highway
A B *(x2)
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
*:
---------------| ---------------| ---------------| ---------------| -5-4-----------| -----7-5-4h5-7-|
[E] Like the north wind [B]whistlin' on down the [C#m]sky
I got a [A]song,[B] I got a [E]song
[E] Like the whipper[B]will and the baby's [C#m]cry
I got a [F#]song, I got a [B]song
[G#m] And I carry it [A]with me and I [E]sing it loud[G#]
If it gets me [C#m]nowhere,[F#] I'll go there [B]proud
[G#m]Movin' me down the [A]highway,
[G#m]Rollin' me down the [C#m]highway
A B *
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
(solo: This is kinda' close. He does a lot
of slides, hammerons, pulloffs, bends, etc.
These notes are right, though.)
--4-4-4-5-7s9s7-5s7-5-4---4-2p0---0---4p2-0h2----| --------------------------------0-------------0--| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------| --4-4-4-5-7s9p7-4-7-7s9----9-4s2p0-2---4p2-0h2----------0-2--| -----------------------------------------------4--4-4-4------| -------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------|
[E] And I'm gonna go there free...
[E] Like the fool I am a[B]nd will always be[C#m]
I got a [A]dream,[B] I got a [E]dream
[E] They can change their [B]minds but the can't change [C#m]me
I got a [F#]dream, I got a [B]dream
[G#m] I know I could [A]share it if you [E]want me to[G#]
If you're goin [C#m]my way,[F#] I'll go with [B]you
[G#m]Movin' me down the [A]highway,
[G#m]Rollin' me down the [C#m]highway
A B *
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
[G#m]Movin' me down the [A]highway,
[G#m]Rollin' me down the [C#m]highway
[A]Movin' ahead so [B]life won't
* * E
pass me by
Dominick Mancine
dmancine@students.uiuc.edu
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