Jim Croce (Jan 10, 1943 - Sept 20, 1973) was an American singer-songwriter from South Philadelphia whose biggest single &quot;Bad, Bad Leroy Brown&quot; hit number 1 on the US charts in the summer of 1973. His influences included Ian &amp; Sylvia, Gordon Lightfoot and Woody Guthrie. Sadly, Croce died in a small commercial plane crash one day before his third album, &quot;I Got a Name&quot; was to be released.  Early life  

James Joseph Croce, était un chanteur, compositeur et guitariste américain, né le 10 janvier 1943 à Philadelphie aux 

Jim Croce (eigentlich James Joseph Croce) war ein US-amerikanischer Sänger und Songwriter. Er wurde am 10. Januar 1943 in Süd-Philadelphia geboren.  Jim Croce interessierte sich schon früh für Musik. Im Alter von sechs Jahren spielte er Akkordeon. Mit zwölf spielte er Gitarre und schrieb seine ersten Songs. Während seines Studiums spielte er in lokalen Bands. 1966 komponierte Croce die Musik zur TV-Dokumentation &quot;Miner's Stiry&quot;, die mit einem Emmy ausgezeichnet wurde.  

Intro:

C G7

Verse 1:

               C
Well, the south side of Chicago
         D7
Is the baddest part of town.
           E7
And if you go down there
           F7               G7          F7       C  G7
You better just beware of a man name of Leroy Brown.
     C
Now, Leroy more than trouble,
           D7
You see he stand about 'bout six foot four.
                 E7                        F7
All the downtown ladies call him "treetop lover."
        G7       F7           C  G7
All the men just call him "sir."

Chorus:           

         C 
And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown,
    D7
The baddest man in the whole damn town.
E7                      F7
Badder than old King Kong
    G7            F7         C  G7
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

Verse 2:

     C
Now, Leroy, he a gambler,
       D7 
and he like his fancy clothes.
       E7           F7
And he like to wave diamond rings
            G7   F7     C  G7
in front of everybody's nose
         C
He got a custom Continental.
          D7
He got an Eldorado too.
         E7                    F7
He got a thirty-two gun in his pocket for fun.
         G7    F7     C    G7
He got a razor in his shoe.

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3:

      C        
Well, Friday 'bout a week ago,
D7
Leroy's shootin' dice.
           E7                    F7
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name of Doris
    G7       F7        C   G7
and oh, that girl look nice
         C
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
        D7
and the trouble soon began.
    E7                        F7
And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson 'bout messin'
         G7        F7      C   G7
with the wife of a jealous man

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 4:

          C
Well, the two men took to fightin'
              D7
And when they pulled them from the floor,
E7                  F7                   G7        F7     C    G7
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle with a couple of pieces gone.

(Repeat Chorus 2Xs) 

Outro            

              E7                   F
Yes, you were badder than old King Kong
    G7*           F7       C
And meaner than a junkyard dog.

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown

C          Am      Dm        G7     C          Am        Dm  G7
GUESS THAT IT WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN; WAS JUST A MATTER OF TIME
               C     Am     Dm                C          C       Am
BUT NOW I'VE COME TO MY DECISION, AND IT'S A ONE OF THE PAINFUL KIND
Am             F              G        Am    Am 
'CAUSE NOW IT SEEMS THAT YOU WANTED A MARTYR,
     F         C           Dm   G7
JUST A REGULAR GUY WOULDN'T DO
      C    C       Am    Dm              G7       C   C7
BUT BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU.
        C     Am     Dm      G7            C          Am      Dm  G7
YES I REALLY GOT TO HAND IT TO YOU, 'CAUSE GIRL, YOU REALLY TRIED
         C     Am       Dm         G7
BUT FOR EVERY TIME THAT WE SPENT LAUGHIN'
            C   C/B     Am    Am  
THERE WERE TWO TIMES THAT I CRIED.
                F        G           Am
AND YOU WERE TRYING TO MAKE ME YOUR MARTYR
                F           C            Dm  G7
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING I JUST COULDN'T DO
       C     C        Am   Dm       G7               C  C7
'CAUSE BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU.
      F            G         Am Em
'CAUSE TABLES ARE MEANT FOR TURNIN',
     F          C         Dm     G7
AND PEOPLE ARE BOUND TO CHANGE
    F             G        Am Em
AND BRIDGES ARE MEANT FOR BURNIN',
          F          C             Dm7             G7  Dm7 G7
WHEN THE PEOPLE AND MEMORIES THEY JUST AREN'T THE SAME
          C        Am       Dm    G7             C       Am      Dm G7
SO I'LL HOPE THAT YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER WHO CAN TAKE WHAT I COULD NOT
C             Am    Dm    G7       C     C     Am 
HE'LL HAVE TO BE A SUPER GUY OR MAYBE A SUPER GOD
          F         G          Am    
'CAUSE I NEVER WAS MUCH OF A MARTYR BEFORE
        F              C           Dm    G7
AND I AIN'T 'BOUT TO START NOTHIN' NEW
      C      C     Am   Dm              G7        C
AND BABY, I CAN'T HANG UPON NO LOVER'S CROSS FOR YOU.

Lover's Cross

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Title:                          TIME IN A BOTTLE                (Jim Croce)


         	   (intro)
                
                   Dm           Dm        Dm7    Dm6
                If I could save time in a bottle
                    Gm6                          A7(bridge 1)
                The first thing that I'd like to do
                      Dm         Dm7      Dm6      Gm7    Dm
                Is to save every day till eternity passes away
                        Gm              A7(bridge 2)
                Just to spend them with you.


                   Dm           Dm        Dm7  Dm6
                If I could make days last forever
                   Gm6                          A7(bridge 1)
                If words could make wishes come true
                    Dm         Dm7        Dm6          Gm7    
                I'd save every day like a treasure and then
                Dm             Gm              A7(bridge 2)
                Again, I would spend them with you.




                          D              Dmaj7                         
   Chorus:      But there never seems to be enough time
     |             D6                 D                   G    Gmaj7 Em7 A7(bridge 3)
     |          To do the things you want to do Once you find them
     |          D                  Dmaj7
     |          I've looked around enough to know
     |          D6                  D                    G   Gmaj7  Em7  A7(bridge 3)
     |          That you're the one I want to go through time with.

               (intro)

                   Dm          Dm       Dm7    Dm6
                If I had a box just for wishes
                    Gm6                        A7(bridge 1)
                And dreams that had never come true
                    Dm           Dm7   Dm6            Gm7    
                The box would be empty except for the memory
                   Dm            Gm          A7(bridge 2)
                Of how they were answered by you

                (CHORUS)

Ending
A	---0--0----5-5----0--0----5-5----0--0----5?5--0--
E	----1--1----5------1--1----5------1--1----5---1--
C	--2--2-----------2--2-----------2--2----------2--
G	----------------------------------------------2--

Time In A Bottle

Cmaj7         C6  Em7  Dm7             G7
Well, I know it's kind of late  I hope i didn't wake you,
          Cmaj7        C6   Em7
But what I got to say can't wait
Dm7               G7
I know you'd understand
F            F#dim                 E7                 Am       F
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong
F       C             G7            F        C      G7
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.            Yeah, I
Cmaj7         C6  Em7    Dm7                  G7
Know it's kind of strange   but ev'ry time I'm near you, 
       Cmaj7            C6  Em7       Dm7
I just run out of things to say   
Dm7               G7
I know you'd understand
F     F#dim                        E7                 Am      F
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong  
F       C             G7            F         C      G7
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.         

Cmaj7   C6 Em7   Dm7   G7   Cmaj7   C6 Em7   Dm7   G7

F     F#dim                          E7                 Am     F
Ev'ry time the time was right al the words just came out wrong
F       C             G7            F     C    G7  
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.        Yeah, I

Know it's kind of late, I hope I didn't wake you, 
But there's something that I just got to say,
I know you'd understand.
Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong,
So I'll have to say I love you in a song.

I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song

G  Bm                    C                  G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am                    D                   Em  D
See the number on the matchbook is old an faded
G                 Bm
She's living in L.A
        C                  G
With my best old ex friend Ray
Am               D7                      Em  D C Bm D
Guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

    G              C               G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
             C       D
But let's forget all that
    G                     Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           D             Em          C
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
         D        C
I've overcome the blow
                Em      G
I've learned to take it well
       Am      C                   G
I only wish my words could just convince myself
        C           D
That it just wasn't real
    C                     G
But that's not the way it feels

G  Bm                    C                  G
Operator, well could you help me place this call
Am                     D                    Em     D
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
G                       Bm
There's something in my eyes
            C             G
You know it happens every time
  Am              D7                        Em     D C Bm D
I think about the love that I thought would save me

    G              C               G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
            C        D
But let's forget all that
    G                     Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           D             Em          C
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show

         D        C
I've overcome the blow
                Em      G
I've learned to take it well
       Am      C                   G
I only wish my words could just convince myself
        C           D
That it just wasn't real
    C                     G
But that's not the way it feels
                C                     G
No, no, no, no, that's not the way it feels

G  Bm              C              G
Operator, let's forget about this call
Am                     D                Em     D
There's no one there I really wanted to talk to
G                  Bm
Thank you for your time
               C                 G
Oh you've been so much more than kind
Am      D7       Em  D C Bm D
You can keep the dime

    G              C               G
But isn't that the way they say it goes
             C        D
But let's forget all that
    G                     Am
And give me the number if you can find it
C  D     Em           D             Em          C
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
        D         C
I've overcome the blow
                Em      G
I've learned to take it well
       Am      C                   G
I only wish my words could just convince myself
        C           D
That it just wasn't real
    C                     G
But that's not the way it feels

Operator

Gmaj7           C       Gmaj7                 C
Photographs and memories, Christmas cards you sent to me
Am7        Bm       Em         Am7          D7
All that I have are these to remember you
Gmaj7         C           Gmaj7          C
Memories that come at night take me to another time
Am7       Bm      Em          Am7              D7
Back to a happier day, when I called you mine

chorus
    Gmaj7               C           Gmaj7                 C
But we sure had a good time when we started way back when
Gmaj7                C               Bm                   F#m  D7
Morning walks and bedroom talks, oh, how I loved you then


Summer skies and lullabies, nights we couldn't say goodbye,
And of all of the things that we knew, not a dream survived.
Photographs and memories, all the love you gave to me,
Somehow it just can't be true, that's all I've left of you.

Photographs And Memories

G
Well the South side of Chicago
A7
Is the baddest part of town
B7                           C   
And if you go down there you better just beware
D7             G
Of a man named Leroy Brown
G
Now Leroy more than trouble
A7
You see he stand about six foot four
B7                           C   
All the downtown ladies call him treetop lover
D7             G
All the men just call him sir

G
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7                   C   
Badder than old King Kong
D7             G
And meaner than a junkyard dog

G
Now Leroy, he a gambler
A7
And he like his fancy clothes
B7                           C   
And he like to wave his diamond rings
D7             G
In front of everybody's nose
G
He got a custom Continental
A7
He got an Eldorado too
B7                           C   
He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun
D7             G
He got a razor in his shoe

G
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7                   C   
Badder than old King Kong
D7             G
And meaner than a junkyard dog

G
Now Friday 'bout a week ago
A7
Leroy shootin' dice
B7                           C   
And at the edge of the bar sat a girl name Doris
D7             G
And oo, that girl looked nice
G
Well he cast his eyes upon her
A7
And the trouble soon began
B7                           C   
Leroy Brown learned a lesson 'bout messin'
D7             G
With the wife of a jealous man

G
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7                   C   
Badder than old King Kong
D7             G
And meaner than a junkyard dog

G
Well the two men took to fighting
A7
And when they pulled them from the floor
B7                           C   
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
D7             G
With a couple of pieces gone.

G
And he bad, bad Leroy Brown
A7
The baddest man in the whole damned town
B7                   C   
Badder than old King Kong
D7             G
And meaner than a junkyard dog

Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Photographs & Memories - His Greatest Hits

G    Bm      Am    D
Lazy days in mid July
G       Bm     Am   D
Country Sunday mornin'
G     Bm      Am     D
Dusty haze on summer highways
G        Bm    Am   D
Sweet magnolia callin'

C		    Bm
But, now and then I find myself 
Am		D
Thinkin' of the days
         C C/B  Am Am/G Em D    G     C  G
When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain

G        Bm      Am     D
Drive in movies, Friday nights,
G        Bm       Am    D
Drinkin' beer and laughin'
G       Bm          Am     D
Somehow things were always right
G          Bm        Am    D
I just don't know what happened

C		    Bm
But, now and then I find myself 
Am		D
Thinkin' of the days
         C C/B  Am Am/G Em D    G     C   G
When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain

C       D    G         C   Am       D        G
We were only kids, but then I never heard it said
                  C       D        G        C
That kids can't fall in love and feel the same
               Am      		         D
I can still remember the first time I told you I loved you

G    Bm    Am    D
On a dusty mid July
G       Bm       Am   D
Country summer's evenin'
G         Bm     Am       D	G
A weepin' willow sang its lullabies
Bm         Am   D
And shared its secrets

C		    Bm
But, now and then I find myself 
Am		D
Thinkin' of the days
         C C/B  Am Am/G Em D    G     C   G
When we were walkin' in the Alabama Rain

Alabama Rain

Life And Times

Ver:1
C               C/B       A
IF YOU GET TO FEELIN' ALL ALONE,
Asus4      Dm         G7         (C     C/B    Am)         
WHEN YOUR GOOD TIME FRIENDS HAVE ALL GOT UP AND GONE
F             E7      Am       Am
DON'T COME KNOCKIN' AROUND MY DOOR
D7                       G7
BECAUSE I'VE HEARD YOUR LINES BEFORE

Chorus:
C                           F             F
AND THERE AIN'T GONNA BE A NEXT TIME, THIS TIME,
C                         G7
CAUSE, WOMAN, STARTIN' RIGHT NOW
             C         C7       F                 F
I'M GONNA FORGET YOUR NAME AND YOUR PRETTY FACE, GIRL
D7                      F    G7
AND WRITE YOU OFF AS A BAD MISTAKE
          C                         F
YOU KNOW THAT SOME WOMEN THEY ARE LOVERS
C                     G7
AND SOME JUST GOT NO SENSE
C                  C7            F
BUT A WOMAN LIKE YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED
C                 G7     F - C
OF THE THINGS YOU DO TO MEN

Ver:2 (same chords as Vers 1)

If you get to feeling all alone
When you find that you can't make it on your own
Don't come knockin' around my door
You see I've seen your act before

Chorus:
C                           F             F
AND THERE AIN'T GONNA BE A NEXT TIME, THIS TIME,
C                         G7
CAUSE, WOMAN, STARTIN' RIGHT NOW
             C         C7       F                 F
I'M GONNA FORGET YOUR NAME AND YOUR PRETTY FACE, GIRL
D7                      F    G7
AND WRITE YOU OFF AS A BAD MISTAKE
          C                         F
YOU KNOW THAT SOME WOMEN THEY ARE LOVERS
C                     G7
AND SOME JUST GOT NO SENSE
C                  C7            F
BUT A WOMAN LIKE YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED
C                 G7     F - C
OF THE THINGS YOU DO TO MEN

Ver:3 (same chords as ver 1 and 2)

If you get to feelin' you were wrong
Don't go wastin' your good money on the phone
'Cause I can hang up as fast as you can call
And that ain't all

Chorus:
C                           F             F
AND THERE AIN'T GONNA BE A NEXT TIME, THIS TIME,
C                         G7
CAUSE, WOMAN, STARTIN' RIGHT NOW
             C         C7       F                 F
I'M GONNA FORGET YOUR NAME AND YOUR PRETTY FACE, GIRL
D7                      F    G7
AND WRITE YOU OFF AS A BAD MISTAKE
          C                         F
YOU KNOW THAT SOME WOMEN THEY ARE LOVERS
C                     G7
AND SOME JUST GOT NO SENSE
C                  C7            F
BUT A WOMAN LIKE YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED
C                 G7     F - C
OF THE THINGS YOU DO TO MEN
C                   C7           F
YEAH, WOMAN LIKE YOU OUGHTA BE ASHAMED
C                 G7     F - C
OF THE THINGS YOU DO TO MEN


THE ( ) THAT INDICATES THE CHANGE 
IT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME JUST REPEAT CHORDS FOR
VER 1 , 2 AND, 3 ALL SAME CHORDS FOR THEM

Next Time This Time

Lost Time in a Bottle

Intro: C-Csus-C-G7-G-G7sus-G7-C (2x)

          C                                    G
I've been up and down and around and round and back again
F                           C                 G
Been so many places I can't remember where or when
       C                                       G
And my only boss was the clock on the wall and my only friend
F            G               C      
Never really was a friend at all

Refrain:
     Am                       Em
I've traded love for pennies, sold my soul for less
        F              C              G
Lost my ideals in that long tunnel of time
                C                               G
And I've turned inside out and around about and back and then
F            G                 F           C     Csus   C
Found myself right back where I started again.

       C                             G
Once I had myself a million now I've only got a dime
F                     G              C      
Difference don't seem quite as bad today
       C                         G
With a nickel or a million I was searchin' all the time
F                G            F       C      
Something that I'd never lost or left behind

Repeat refrain.
            C                                           G
And now I'm in my second circle and I'm headin' for the top
     F                G                C
I've learned a lot of things along the way
        C                                   G    
I'll be careful while I'm climbin' cause it hurts a lot to drop
F                G             F        C
When you're down nobody cares a damn anyway

Repeat refrain.

End chords: C-G-F-G-C-G-F-(Fade)

I Got A Name

Intro: G - D - Em - C - G/B - Am - C - G

G                 D          Em
Seems like such a long time ago
C     G/B        Am  C  G
I was walking on lonely road
G                D         Em
Getting tired of dreamin' alone
C            G/B           Am C   G
Like all the lonely people I  had known

Seems like such a long time ago
There was no-one who would share my song
I was just a boy far from home
And I became a man when you came along

C            Am             Em
We spent the whole night talking
    D          C       G       D   G
You said you'd like to see the sun rise
C          Am         Em
But in the gold of morning
                  D      C       G       D    G
There was nothing that I had not seen in your eyes
Em   D
Hmmm

C          G/B
I was so afraid to touch you
A                    G
Thought you were too young to know
C                     C/B        Am Em D
So I just watched you sleeping
C                 G/B
Then you woke and said to me
    Am               G
The night is cold it frightens me
C                             Am Em D
I could sleep so easy next to you

Wasn't very long ago
You said that you would like to share my road
Then you started singing my song

You said so many nights are waiting
Let's not spent a moment waisting time
'Cause we have very far to go
I will go if you will take me
I have never had a lover
I am young but I am so alone

We spent the whole night talking

But in the gold of morning

Em D   D7  G
Hmmm,  mmm mmm

A Long Time Ago

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
A|--4--1--3--6---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------9-9-9-9---4-4-4-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------9-9-9-9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

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