Chords for Jim Croce Tribute - Charles Fox, writer of "I Got A Name"

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_ _ _ _ Hi everyone, I'm Charles Fox.
I'm sorry I can't be with you all to celebrate the life and memory of Jim Croce.
Unfortunately, I'm going to be recording the same day as you are all there.
But I just want you to know that I'm there with you in spirit.
I have such wonderful memories about working with Jim.
I'll tell you how that happened.
_ In 1973, I wrote a song with Norman Gimbel for a picture called The Last American Hero.
It was a picture starring Jack Bridges.
_ [C] When we wrote the song, we were looking for the right singer that would kind of match the song with the character in the film.
_ So Jim Croce had a record called Operator on the charts.
And Norman and I listened to that song and listened to Jim's voice.
That was the first time we heard Jim Croce.
And we thought he was great.
We thought that his voice perfectly matched [F] the song and the film.
So we called him and over the phone he heard the song.
He heard a demo of me singing the song.
And over the phone he said that he would do it.
He agreed to do it.
So before I even met [N] Jim, I went into the sound stage at 20th Century Fox in California.
I brought a whole orchestra in with strings and everything else.
And I listened to Jim's record to get an idea of his range.
And I found a good key that would be good for him.
[C] _ [F] I recorded the tracks, brought the tracks with me to New York.
And when I met Jim for the first time in his producer's office, [A#] Terry Cashman and Tommy West,
[D#] the first thing he said after we said hello was, can I hear that song again? _
He had only heard it over the phone.
So I sat down and [C] just something to do for you now.
I played the song for him and sang it to him.
_ And he thought about it for a second and he said,
I knew I had [D#] to sing the song when I heard it the first time
because I knew it would bring me [A#] closer to think about my father who [A] died at a young age
without fulfilling all his dreams.
_ [F] So it turned out to be tragically ironic.
Although Jim, of course, knew the great success he had.
It's hard to imagine that it's [D] 40 years if you want to know the truth.
But I'm very proud of this [F] connection, this memory that we have together.
[D] And actually, just so you know, after I played the song for him, he said,
can I play a new song for you?
And he took his [A#] guitar and he played I Have to Say I Love You in the song.
[A] So I always remember that about his songwriting, swapping songs.
[G#m] So I'd like to play the song for you now, [B] just like I did for Jim Croce that day.
[E] Like _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the pine [B] trees lining the winding [C#m] road
I [A] got a name, [B] I got a [E] name
Like _ the singing bird in the [C#m] croaking toad _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _
I'd carry with me like [E] my daddy did
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Daddy kept [B] here
_ _ [G#m] Then he'd come by _
_ [C#] _ [A] and he'd sniff it till [B] I'd [A] fall
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I've been on [B] the land, I've been down [C#m] in the sky
_ I've got [A] a home, [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
I've got a [B] little little home [C#m] in my heart
And I've got [F#] a home, I've got [B] a _ _ [G#m] home
I carry [A] with me and [E] I carry with [G#] me
If it [C#m] gets me nowhere, _ [F#] I go [B] there and cry
_ _ [G#m]
And I'm [A] out of my way, [G#m] I'm out of [C#] my way
[A] I'm going to the [B] temple I'm _ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
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going to go there and pray
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I'm going [B] to the temple [C#m] I'm going to go there and pray
I [A] _
_ [B] _ [E] got a _ _ _ name, [B] I [C#m] got a name
Like the singing bird in the croaking toad
_ [F#] I'd carry with me like my daddy did
I _ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
[A] don't share with [E] you, I'm just [C#m] going my way
[F#] I'm [B] going to the temple _ _ [G#m]
I'm going to [A] go there and pray
And I'm out of my way, [G#m] I'm out of my way
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I'm going [B] to the temple _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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I'm going to go there and pray
[B] _ _ _ _ [A] _ Hi _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ everyone, Bush RZ out to you.
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