Photographs and Memories
Jim Croce

Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim
1972

This is a wonderful but sad song from the Mess Around album.
I figured this out in about 10 minutes, while I was waiting
for my puter to crack the RC5 encryption code.  Well, it hasn't
worked yet but I'll keep trying.  The Jim Croce Home Page
provided the lyrics.  Make sure you play this song...

Chords
Lyrics

Here's the intro:

   Gmaj7   G Gmaj7   C                      Gmaj7   G Gmaj7   C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +          +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----2---3p2-----|-0--------------------|-----2---3p2-----|-0--------------------|
B:-----0---0---0---|-----1-----1----------|-----0---0---0---|-----1-----1----------|
G:---0---0-------0-|---0-----0-------0----|---0---0-------0-|---0-----0-------0----|
D:-----------------|-------2-----0h2------|-----------------|-------2-----0h2------|
A:-----------------|-3--------------------|-----------------|-3--------------------|
E:-3---------------|----------------------|-3---------------|----------------------|

The verses look like this:

           Photographs and memories                 Christmas cards you sent to me
   Gmaj7             C                      Gmaj7             C
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +          +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----2-----2-----|-----0----------------|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----------|
B:-----0-----0-0---|-1---------1----------|-----0-----0-0---|-1---------1-----|
G:---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-------0----|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-------|
D:-------0---------|-------2-----0h2------|-------0---------|-------2---------|
A:-----------------|-3--------------------|-----------------|-3-----------3-2-|
E:-3---------------|----------------------|-3---------------|-----------------|


   All that I have are these      to remember you
   Am      C/B       Em                Am                Dsus2     D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----0-------0---|-----------------|-----0-----------|-----0-----2-----|
B:-----1-------1---|-----0-----0-----|-----1-----1-----|-----3-----3-----|
G:---2---2---0---0-|---0-----0-------|---2-----2-------|---2-----2-----2-|
D:-----------------|-------2---------|-------2-----2---|-0-----0-----0---|
A:-0-------2-------|-------------3-2-|-0---------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

The chorus goes like this:

But we sure had as good time when we   started way back when
   Gmaj7             C                 Gmaj7             C 
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----2-----------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|
B:-----0-----0-----|-------1-------1-|-0-----0-----0---|---------1p0-----|
G:-------------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-----0-----|-------0-----2p0-|
D:---------------0-|---------0h2-----|-----------------|-----0-----------|
A:-----------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|


   morning walks and bedroom talks  oh how I loved you   then
   Gmaj7             C                 Bm                F#m               Dsus2 D
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-2---------------|-0---------------|---------2-------|---------2-------|-----0-2---------|
B:-0-----0-----0---|-------1---------|---------3-------|---------2-------|-----3-3---------|
G:-----0-----0-----|-----0-------0---|-----4-----------|-------------2---|---2-------------|
D:-----------------|---------0h2-----|-------------4---|-----4-----------|-0---------------|
A:-----------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-----------------|

Here's the ending:

   morning walks and bedroom talks  oh how I loved you   then
   Gmaj7             C                 Bm                F#m
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-2---------------|-0---------------|---------2-------|-2---------------|
B:-0-----0-----0---|-------1---------|---------3-------|-2---------------|
G:-----0-----0-----|-----0-------0---|-----4-----------|-----------------|
D:-----------------|---------0h2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-----------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-----------------|
E:-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---------------|

LYRICS:

Play intro.

Photographs and memories
Christmas cards you sent to me
All that I have are these to remember you

Memories that come at night
Take me to another time
Back to a happier day when I called you mine

CHORUS
But we sure had a good time when we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks oh how I loved you then


Summer skies and lullabies
Nights we couldn't say goodbye
And of all of the things that we knew not a dream survived


GUITAR SOLO
play verse chords


Photographs and memories
All the love you gave to me
Somehow it just can't be true it's all I've left of you

CHORUS (with ending)
But we sure had a good time when we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks oh how I loved you then


CHORDS:

Gmaj7	3x0002

Fingerings for the other chords can be found at my Key to Chords Page.
To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.