CROCE JIM - "I Got A Name" Tablature

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #



From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>

I GOT A NAME- Jim Croce

RIFF 1 2X
C G/B Am Am/G F G C
(RIFF 1)
Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I got a name, I got a name
C G/B Am Am/G D7/F# G
Gsus G/D
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad, I got a name, I've got a name
Em F C E
And I carry it with me like my Daddy did
Am Am/G G Gsus G/D
But I'm living the dream that he kept hid

CHORUS:
Em F Em A7
Moving me down the highway, rolling me down the highway
F G RIFF 2A & 2B
Moving ahead so life won't pass me by

C G/B Am Am/G F G C (RIFF 1)
Like a north wind whistling down the sky, I got a song, I got a song
C G/B Am Am/G D7/F# G
Gsus G/D
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry, I've got a song, I've got a song
Em F C E
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
Am Am/G G Gsus G/D
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud ...CHORUS (END ON RIFF 2A)

SOLO (OVER FIRST TWO LINES OF VERSE)
C
And I'm gonna go there free
C G/B Am Am/G F G C
Like the fool I am and I'll always be, I've got a dream, I've got a dream
C G/B Am Am/G
They can change their minds but they can't change me
D7/F# G Gsus G/D
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
Em F C E
I know I could share it, if you want me to
Am Am/G G Gsus G/D
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
CHORUS (end on RIFF 2A)

CHORUS (end on RIFF 2A & RIFF 2B) -> C



Gsus: 3 x 2 0 1 3 G/D: 3 2 0 0 3 3

RIFF 1:
E ---------------------------
B -1-----1------1-------1----
G -----0------1-------1------
D ---2---0--0---0h2-2---2----
A -3-------------------------
E ---------------------------

RIFF 2A: RIFF 2B:
E --------------- -----------------
B -1-1-1-1------- -1-1-1-1---------
G -3-2-0-------0- -0-0-0-0---------
D -------3-2h3--- -----------------
A --------------- -1-0-------------
E --------------- -----3-1-0h1-3---




Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 07:11:07 -0600
From: Dominick Mancine <dmancine@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: TAB: I Got a Name by Jim Croce

I Got a Name
by Jim Croce (from His Greatest Hits)

I don't remember if I figured this out on
my own, or with a tab. In either case, I don't
have, and can't find, a tab file for this song
(for the key it's in on Photographs & Memories),
so I figured I'd make one.



E B C#m
Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
A B E
I got a name, I got a name
E B C#m
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
F# B
I got a name, I got a name

G#m A E G#
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
C#m F# B
But I'm livin' a dream that he can't give

G#m A
Movin' me down the highway,
G#m C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A B *(x2)
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

*:
---------------
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---------------
-5-4-----------
-----7-5-4h5-7-


E B C#m
Like the north wind whistlin' on down the sky
A B E
I got a song, I got a song
E B C#m
Like the whipperwill and the baby's cry
F# B
I got a song, I got a song

G#m A E G#
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
C#m F# B
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud

G#m A
Movin' me down the highway,
G#m C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A B *
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by


(solo: This is kinda' close. He does a lot
of slides, hammerons, pulloffs, bends, etc.
These notes are right, though.)

--4-4-4-5-7s9s7-5s7-5-4---4-2p0---0---4p2-0h2----
--------------------------------0-------------0--
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--4-4-4-5-7s9p7-4-7-7s9----9-4s2p0-2---4p2-0h2----------0-2-
-----------------------------------------------4--4-4-4-----
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E
And I'm gonna go there free...

E B C#m
Like the fool I am and will always be
A B E
I got a dream, I got a dream
E B C#m
They can change their minds but the can't change me
F# B
I got a dream, I got a dream


G#m A E G#
I know I could share it if you want me to
C#m F# B
If you're goin my way, I'll go with you


G#m A
Movin' me down the highway,
G#m C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A B *
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

G#m A
Movin' me down the highway,
G#m C#m
Rollin' me down the highway
A B
Movin' ahead so life won't
* * E
pass me by


Dominick Mancine
dmancine@students.uiuc.edu