I Got a Name Lyrics

RIFF 1 2X
(RIFF 1)
Like the pine trees lining the winding road, I got a name, I got a name
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad, I got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my Daddy did
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But I'm living the dream that he kept hid
CHORUS:
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
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
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If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud ...CHORUS (END ON RIFF 2A)
SOLO (OVER FIRST TWO LINES OF VERSE)
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
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I've got a dream, I've got a dream
I know I could share it, if you want me to
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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:
D ---2---0--0---0h2-2---2----|
RIFF 2A: RIFF 2B:
D -------3-2h3--- -----------------|
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.
Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
I got a name, I got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I got a name, I got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' a dream that he can't give
Movin' me down the highway,
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by
*:
Like the north wind whistlin' on down the sky
I got a song, I got a song
Like the whipperwill and the baby's cry
I got a song, I 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
(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----|
--4-4-4-5-7s9p7-4-7-7s9----9-4s2p0-2---4p2-0h2----------0-2--|
And I'm gonna go there free...
Like the fool I am and will always be
I got a dream, I got a dream
They can change their minds but the can't change me
I got a dream, I got a dream
I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're goin 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
Movin' me down the highway,
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't
pass me by
Dominick Mancine
dmancine@students.uiuc.edu