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I Got A Name

You Don't Mess Around With Jim

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  

Verse

E                    B                 C#m
Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
C#m        A     B           E
I've got a name, I've got a name    
E                B                     C#m
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
C#m        F#7            B
I've got a name, I've got a name 
G#m             A               E
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
G#          C#m     F#7       B
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid

Chorus
 
G#m                 A
Movin' me down the highway
G#m                 C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A               A2                 E
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Verse

E                   B                  C#m
Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky 
C#m         A   B           E
I've got a song,I've got a song    
E                 B                   C#m
Like the whippoor will and the baby's cry
C#m        F#7               B
I've got a song, I've got a song
G#m            A             E
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
G#7       C#m          F#7          B
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud 

Chorus

G#m                A
Movin' me down the highway
G#m                 C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A        A2          E
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by


A             E
And I'm gonna go there free


Verse

E        B          C#m
Like the fool I am and I'll always be 
A          B      E
I've got a dream, I've got a dream  
E              B                  C#m
They can change their minds but they can't change me 
C#m   F#7               B
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
G#m           A            E
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
G#7        C#m          F#7     B
If you're going my way, I'll go with you 

Chorus

G#m                 A
Movin' me down the highway
G#m                 C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A        A2           E
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

I've Got A Name

Workin' At The Car Wash Blues Uke tab by Jim Croce
   
       

		G 
Well I had just got out from the county prison
	D7 
Doin' ninety days for non-support
D7 
Tried to find me an executive position
	G
But no matter how smooth I talked
G
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius
		    C7			A 
The man say We got all that we can use

(Chorus)
		     G 		B7 	    Em     G 
Now I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin'
C7 		D7 	  G 
Workin' at the car wash blues

(Verse)
	G 					D7
Well I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office
	      
In a swivel chair
D7
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries
	G
Sayin' Here now mam-ma come on over here
G
Instead I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
	C7 			    A
And walkin' home in soggy old shoes

(Chorus)
		G 	B7	        Em    G 
With them steadily depressin' low down mind messin'
C7 		D7 	  G 
workin' at the car wash blues
(Bridge)
	          C 				C7 		    G 
You know a man of my ability he should be smokin' on a big cigar
	    C 				   C7 
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait
	A 			     D7 
In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars

(Verse)
        G 
Well all I can do is a shake my head
        D7 
You might not believe that it's true
       D7
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls
         G 
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes
G
So baby don't expect to see me
				 C7 		       A
With no double martini in any high-brow society news
		       G 		B7 	        Em        G
Cause I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin'
C7 		D7 	   G 
workin' at the car wash blues

One half of first verse instrumental      G D7   D7  G

G
So baby don't expect to see me
				 C7 		       A
With no double martini in any high-brow society news

		       G 		B7 	        Em       G
Cause I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin'
C7 		D7 	   G 
workin' at the car wash blues
		       G 		B7 	      Em        G 
Yeah I got them steadily depressin' low down mind messin'
C7 		D7 	  G 
workin' at the car wash blues

Source: www.ukulele-tabs.com

Note:  This is a slightly corrected version of the song currently on ukulele-tabs.com to better match the chord changes with the original recording by Jim Croce on You Tube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuP7ILX32E

Workin' At The Car Wash Blues

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

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

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)

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

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    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

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

D                   A                  Bm
Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
           G   A            D     A D
I've got a name, I've got a name
D                A                     Bm
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
           E7               A
I've got a name, I've got a name
F#m            G               D
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
F#m                Bm   E7            A
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid
F#m                G
Movin' me down the highway
F#m                B7
Rollin' me down the highway
G               A                  C \ D
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

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

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

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

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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

(Verse)
             G 
Well, I had just got out from the county prison 
      D7 
Doin' ninety days for non-support 
D7 
Tried to find me an executive position  
                            G 
But no matter how smooth I talked  
G
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I was a genius  
                 C7                  A 
The man say, "We got all that we can use."  

(Chorus)
                 G        B7           Em     G 
Now I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'  
C7             D7       G 
Workin' at the car wash blues  

(Verse)
      G 
Well, I should be sittin' in an air conditioned office
            D7
In a swivel chair  
D7
Talkin' some trash to the secretaries
                                        G
Sayin', "Here, now mam-ma, come on over here."  
G
Instead, I'm stuck here rubbin' these fenders with a rag
    C7                        A
And walkin' home in soggy old shoes

(Chorus)
            G        B7           Em     G 
With them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7             D7       G 
workin' at the car wash blues  

(Bridge)
           C                               C7              G 
You know a man of my ability he should be smokin' on a big cigar  
           C                                 C7 
But till I get myself straight I guess I'll just have to wait  
       A                          D7 
In my rubber suit a-rubbin' these cars  

(Verse)
      G 
Well, all I can do is a shake my head
     D7 
You might not believe that it's true  
D7
For workin' at this end of Niagara Falls
                           G 
Is an undiscovered Howard Hughes  
G
So baby, don't expect to see me
                               C7                A
With no double martini in any high-brow society news

(Chorus/Outro)
                    G        B7           Em     G 
'Cause I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin'
C7             D7       G 
workin' at the car wash blues 
                   G        B7           Em     G  
Yeah, I got them steadily depressin', low down mind messin' 
C7             D7       G 
workin' at the car wash blues

E      E7       E
Uptown got it's hustlers 
           E7       E
The bowery got it's bums 
                E7      E
42nd Street got Big Jim Walker 
                     E7       E
He's a pool-shooting son of a gun 
         A
Yeah, he big and dumb as a man can come 
       E               E7      E
But he stronger than a country hoss 
             B7                   A
And when the bad folks all get together at night 
              A7                E
You know they all call big Jim "Boss", just because 
         E7
And they say 

          A      A7         E
You don't tug on Superman's cape 
          A    A7       E
You don't spit into the wind 
          A                      A7
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger 
        B7          A7         E
And you don't mess around with Jim 

           E        E7          E
Well outta south Alabama came a country boy 
                         E7        E
He say I'm looking for a man named Jim 
       E7            E
I am a pool-shooting boy 
        E7       E
My name Willie McCoy 
                   E7      E
But down home they call me Slim 
         A
Yeah I'm looking for the king of 42nd Street 
             E7            E
He driving a drop top Cadillac 
             B7
Last week he took all my money 
       A
And it may sound funny 
      A7             A     E
But I come to get my money back 
              E7
And everybody say Jack don't you know 

          A      A7         E
You don't tug on Superman's cape 
          A    A7       E
You don't spit into the wind 
          A                      A7
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger 
        B7          A7         E
And you don't mess around with Jim 

       E         E7       E
Well a hush fell over the pool room 
                      E7      E
Jimmy come bopping in off the street 
             E7           E
And when the cutting were done 
         E7               E
The only part that wasn't bloody 
        E7                     E
Was the soles of the big man's feet 
             A
Yeah he were cut in bout a hundred places 
            E                E7
And he were shot in a couple more 
        B7
And you better believe 
            A                 A7
They sung a different kind of story
         A           E                E7
When big Jim hit the floor,  now they say 

          A      A7         E
You don't tug on Superman's cape 
          A    A7       E
You don't spit into the wind 
          A                      A7
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger 
        B7          A7         E
And you don't mess around with Slim
 

Yeah, big Jim got his hat 

Find out where it's at 

And it's not hustling people strange to you 

Even if you do got a two-piece custom-made pool cue 

          A      A7         E
You don't tug on Superman's cape 
          A    A7       E
You don't spit into the wind 
          A                      A7
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger 
        B7          A7         E     E7 B7 E
And you don't mess around with Slim

You Don T Mess Around With Jim

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

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 )

De tot cor

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

It takes a while to get used to the rhythm. In the verse the
time signature goes 3/4 for 2 bars then 2/4 for 1 bar and then
repeats.


Intro and Verses:

A|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|------|-10------10|-9-------9-|------
E|-----------|-----------|------|-----------|-----------|----3-
C|-0---------|-2---2-----|------|-----7-----|-----------|-2----
G|-0---------|-0---------|-0----|-9---------|-7---------|------
   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |

Intro Riff:

A|-10--12--10-|-9---10---9-|-2---3---2-|-5-------5-|-------|
E|------------|------------|-----------|-----------|-------|
C|------------|------------|-0---------|-2---2-----|-------|
G|-9----------|-7----------|-0---------|-0---------|-0-----|



Chorus:

                   C
I...              driving...
     G  
The speed...            

Em
      City...

        D
And...  arm...
    
    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

    C  Em        D
And I      had a feeling...

C           D
be...       be... 

Suggestion: during the verses, it can sound pretty cool if you
get a friend to strum the chords: C, G, Em, D in the background
:)

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