I Got A Name

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 From: Harlan L Thompson  
  
   
  
 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  
   
    
 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.) 
  
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 --4-4-4-5-7s9p7-4-7-7s9----9-4s2p0-2---4p2-0h2----------0-2--| 
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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