Chords for I Got A Name by Jim Croce Guitar Lesson

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Like the pine [B] trees lining the [C#m] winding road, _ _ _ I've [A] got a name, _ _ [B] _ I've got [E] a name.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ Like the singing [B] bird and the [C#m] croaking toad, _ _ I've got [F#] a name, _ _ _ I've got [B] a name.
_ _ _ [E] _
[F#] _ [G#m] _ And I [A] carry it with me [E] like my daddy did, [G#] _ but I'm living [C#m] the dream _ [F#] _ that he [B] kept _ hid.
_ _ [E] _
[F#m] _ [G#m] _ Moving down [A] the highway, _ [G#m] _ moving down [C#] the highway, _ [A] _ moving [B] hands like one [D] glass can [A] buy,
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ dropping [B] off when whistling [C#m] down the sky. _ _ _
I've [A] got a song, _ [B] _ _
I've [E] got a _ [F#m] song.
_ [E] _ _
_ _ Like the will [B]-o'-will and the [C#m] baby's cry, _ _ _ I've got a [F#] song, _ _ _ I've [B] got a song.
_ _ [Em] _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] And I [A] carry it with me [E] and I'll sing it loud.
[G#] If it [C#m] gets me nowhere, _ _ [F#] _
I'll go [B] that _ route. _ _
_ _ [G#] _ Moving down [A] the highway, _ [F#] _ [G#] moving down [C#] the highway, _ [A] _ moving [B] hands like one [D] glass can buy.
[A] _ _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ Here are the chords needed to play the song.
_ All these chords are in reference to a capo in the second fret.
_ So the names are the names of the open position chords.
_ _ You'll need a D, an A with a C-sharp bass note, a B minor, _ G, _ A, _ E, F-sharp minor, F-sharp major, _ and a B. _
_ Let's take a look at the chords that are needed.
Here's the capo in the second [E] fret.
_ So when I call this a D, _ it's in reference to the open position shape that we're using.
So, _ a D, _
[B] A, _ _ _ C-sharp bass note, _ [C#m] _ _ _ B minor, _ _ [A] _ _ G bar chord, _ [B] _ _ _ A, _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ E, _ [G#m] _ F-sharp minor makes an appearance, _ _ _ [G#] _ F-sharp major as well, _ _ [D] _ [C#] _ and a B.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ Like the pine [B] trees lying in the [C#m] winding road, _ _ _ _ I've [A] got a name, _ _ [B] _
I've [E] got a name.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Like the [B] singing bird and the [C#m] croaking toad, _ _ _ I've got [F#] a name, _ _ _ _ [B] I've got a _ name. _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ And I [A] carry it with me [E] like my daddy did, [G#] _ but I'm [F#m] living [C#m] the dream _ [E] _
[F#] _ that he [B] kept in. _
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] Moving me down [A] the highway, _ [G#m] rolling [C#] me down the highway, _ [A] _ moving [B] ahead so life won't [D] pass me [A] by.
_ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
Like the [G#m] north wind whistling [C#m] down the sky, _ _ _ [E] I've got [A] a song, _ [B] _ _ _ I've [E] got a song.
[F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ Like the _ [B] whippoorwill and the [C#m]
baby's cry, _ _ _ I've [B] got a [F#] song, _ _ _ I've [B] got a song. _ _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ And I [A] carry it with me [E] and I sing it loud, [G#] _ if it [C#m] gets me nowhere, _ _ [F#] _
I'll go [B] there _ proud. _ _
_ _ [G#m] Moving me down [A] the highway, _ _ [G#m] rolling me [C#] down the highway, [A] _ moving [B] ahead so life won't pass [D] me by.
[C#] _ [B] _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ [D#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ And I'm gonna go there free, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like the [B] fool I am and I'll [C#m] always be.
_ _ _ I've [A] got a dream, _ [B] _ _ I've got a [E] [F#m] dream.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ They can [B] change their mind but they [C#m] can't change me.
_ _ _ I've [E] got [F#] a dream, _ _ _ I've [B] got a dream.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _
I [A] know I can share it [E] if you want me to.
[G#] _ If you're [E] [C#m] going my way, _ [F#] _ I'll [B] go with you.
_ _ _ _ _ [G#m] Moving me down [A] the highway, [B] _ [G#m] rolling me [C#] down the highway, [A] _ moving [B] ahead so life won't pass [D] me [C#m]
by.
[Bm] _ _ [A] _ [G#m] _ _ Moving me [A] down the highway, _ _ [G#m] rolling me [C#] down the highway, [E] _ [A] moving [B] ahead so life _ won't pass [D] me [A] by.
[B] _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [D] _ [C#m] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ [E] Here's _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
that intro riff in slow motion. _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] These three chord charts break the main riff into smaller pieces.
_ So it starts off like a D shape, _ but then notes are changed so that you get different kind of anchor chords _ during the course of the riff.
_ _ The intro riff _ _ [E] sounds like this.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ What I'm doing there is basically starting off with a D chord, _ _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] and that's that first _ _ _ [F#] different _ _ chord.
_ _ [E] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ I've moved my first finger up to the fourth string, _ removed my second finger, and I'm plucking _ fourth and first strings.
[Bm] So it starts off like a [E] D, _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ that's that first different chord.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Em] And then I'm putting my fourth finger on the fourth string, _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C#] hammering on [A#] to the second fret of the [G#] first string, my first finger, [A] _ _ _ and then pulling [C#m] it right off.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Back to the D.
_ _ _ So it's chord, _ _ a couple fingerpick notes, [F#] _ _ next [F#m] chord, _ fingerpick notes, [C#m] next chord, _ _ _ _ _ _ fingerpick notes, and that hammer-on and pull-off combination on that third shape.
So when you get that pinky on the fourth string, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ and then when you go back to the D, hammer-on _ _ _ _ that _ second finger note. _ _
_ _ _ _ So you can get as creative as you want with the fingerpicking _ after all that.
_ The first verse, [N] right after [F#] it says, I've got [B] a name, _ _ _ _ _ _ you go to that [E] A and you're adding those extra notes.
It [B] sounds like, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so you're adding _ _ off that A on the second [Em] string, _ _ _ third [B] fret, and then fifth fret.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ The little riff on the C chord sounds [D] like this.
_ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] And what it is, is start off with the [D] C, _ _ _ _ _ hit strings 5-4-3, _ _ down [A] to the B note, _ _ _ 5-4-3 [B] again, A minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ same _ strings, _ then you're [A] hitting G, _ _ _ _ _ _ 6-4-3, _ _ [G#m] _ [B] _ _ _
[A#] and then [G#m] your second [A] fret, third [B] fret, _ open _ _ fifth string. _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[B] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ Here's the guitar solo, played slow, so you can see what's going on. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _