I Got A Name - Jim Croce

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: , E A D G B E

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Play chords with their natural bass notes unless otherwise specified

       xx0232
    x4222x
      x24432
    x04432
       x02220
*      x0222x
   x0223x
   x0220x
      244322
     244222
      x21202

       
C/B     x22010

  (don't need 

to play the wh

ole
C/A     x02010   chord, can just emphasise
C/G     3x2010   the bass notes.)

C* - at end of descending sequence, hold chord and play 2h3 on the E string
     (fret 2 with thumb), then open A string.


[Intro]


[Verse 1]
             
  Like the pin

          
e trees lining

              
 the winding r

   
oad,
             
I've got a nam

             
e, I've got a 

 
name
             
  Like the sin

          
ging bird and 

              
the croaking t

   
oad,
            
I've got a nam

              
e, I've got a 

       
name

[Pre-Chorus]
           
   And I carry

             
 it with me li

             
ke my Daddy di

  
d
              
But I'm living

         
 the dream tha

                 
t he kept hid

[Chorus]
           
Moving me down

             
 the highway, 

           
rolling me dow

      
n the highway
             
Moving ahead s

             
o life won't p

                
ass me by

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[Verse 2]
             
  Like a north

          
 wind whistlin

            
g down the sky

  
,
             
I've got a son

             
g, I've got a 

 
song
             
  Like the whi

          
ppoorwill and 

            
the baby's cry

  
,
            
I've got a son

              
g, I've got a 

       
song

[Pre-Chorus]
           
   And I carry

             
 it with me an

             
d I sing it lo

   
ud
              
If it gets me 

        
nowhere, I'll 

               
go there proud

[Chorus]
           
Moving me down

             
 the highway, 

           
rolling me dow

      
n the highway
             
Moving ahead s

             
o life won't p

                
ass me by

[Solo]
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[Verse 3]

  And I'm gonn

a go there fre

e
             
  Like the foo

          
l I am and I'l

           
l always be,
             
I've got a dre

             
am, I've got a

  
 dream
             
  They can cha

           
nge their mind

#             
s but they can

            
't change me
            
I've got a dre

              
am, I've got a

         
 dream

[Pre-Chorus]
           
   I know I co

             
uld share it, 

             
if you want me

    
 to
              
If you're goin

        
g my way, I'll

                 
 go with you

[Chorus]
           
Moving me down

             
 the highway, 

           
rolling me dow

      
n the highway
             
Moving ahead s

             
o life won't p

                
ass me by
           
Moving me down

             
 the highway, 

           
rolling me dow

      
n the highway
             
Moving ahead s

             
o life won't .

                    
.. pass me by

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