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PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEMORIES

( Jim Croce )

Written by Jim Croce in the key of G in 4/4 time
Released on the album: You Don't Mess Around with Jim ( 1972 )
Fingerstyle version for single acoustic guitar
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thumb: x
index: a
dirty: b
ring: c
pinky: d

Hammer on: h
Pull off: p
Slide up: /
Slide down: \
Arpeggio: ~~~

Bend up: )
Bend down: (
Grab but don't pick: !
Staccato: :
Mute: m

Break: p
Play or don't: [ ]

INTRO ( Gmaj7, Cmaj7 )
The exact finger positions ( Gmaj7 with 2b on the D-String ! ) are important
e-----------2a-------3dp2a-----------|---0----------------------------------|
b-----------0----------------0-------|-----------0------------0-------------|
g-------0-------0----------------0---|-------0------------0-------------0---|
D---!--------------------------------|--------------2b------------0h2b------|
A------------------------------------|---3d---------------------------------|
E---3c-------------------------------|---!----------------------------------|
¼
<------- Hint ------->

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a - b - b - a
xc - a - b - x - a - b - x - a
!: grab 2b & keep 3c pressed
repeat tab 1x

1ST VERSE ( Gmaj7 - Cmaj7 - Am - Dsus2/B - Em - Am7 - D7 )
... Photographs and memories ...
e-----------2a-------3dp2a-----------|---0----------------------------------|
b-----------0----------------0-------|-----------0------------0-------------|
g-------0-------0----------------0---|-------0------------0-------------0---|
D---!--------------------------------|--------------2b------------0h2b------|
A------------------------------------|---3d---------------------------------|
E---3c-------------------------------|---!----------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a - b - b - a
xc - a - b - x - a - b - x - a
!: grab 2b & keep 3c pressed

¼
...christmas cards you sent to me ...
e-----------2a-------3dp2a-----------|---0----------------------------------|
b-----------0----------------0-------|-----------0------------0-------------|
g-------0-------0----------------0---|-------0------------0-----------------|
D---!--------------------------------|--------------2b----------------------|
A------------------------------------|---3d-----------------------3d---2a---|
E---3c-------------------------------|---!----------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a - c - b - a
xd - a - b - x - a - b - x - x
!: grab 2b & keep 3c pressed

¼
... all that I have are these ... to re ...
e-----------0-------------------0--------|---------------0---------------------|
b-----------1a------------------3d-------|-----------0-------0-----------------|
g-------2c------2c----------2c------2c---|-------0---------------0-------------|
D---!------------------------------------|---------------2c--------------------|
A---0-------------------2b---------------|---!-----------------------2b---1a---|
E----------------------------------------|---0---------------------------------|
... member you ...
e---------------0---------------------|---------------2c--------------------|
b-----------1a-------1a---------------|-----------1a------1a----------------|
g-------0-----------------0-------0---|-------2b--------------2a-------2a---|
D---!-----------2c--------------------|---0------------------------0--------|
A---0-------------------------0----- -|---------------0---------------------|
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a ( 2x )
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - x
!: grab 2b

picking pattern:
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a ( 2x )

!: keep 2c pressed

2ND VERSE ( same tab as 1st verse but with ritardando finish )
... Memories that come at night ...
... take me to another time ...
... back to a happier day ... when I ...
... called you mine ...
e---------------0---------------------|---------------2c--------------------|
b-----------1a-------1a---------------|-----------1a------1a----------------|
g-------0-----------------0-------0---|-------2b--------------2a-------2a---|
D---!-----------2c--------------------|---0------------------------0--------|
A---0-------------------------0----- -|---------------0---------------------|
E-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

picking pattern:
x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a ( 2x )

!: keep 2c pressed
ritardando

After a short delay continue with the chorus in diminished speed
... But ...

CHORUS ( Gmaj7 - C/B - Bm - F#m - D7 )
... we sure had a good time when we ...
... started way back when ...
... morning walks and bedroom talks, oh ...
e------------------------2a-----------|------------------------0----------|
b---0---------------------------------|---1a------------------------------|
g---------------0-----------------0---|---------------0---------------0---|
D-----------0-----------------0-------|-----------2b--------------2b------|
A---!---------------------------------|---!-------------------------------|
E---3c--------------3c----------------|---3c--------------3c--------------|

¼

¼

<-------- Hint -------->

<------- Hint -------->

picking pattern:
xb - x - a - x - c - x - a ( 2x )

!: grab 3d & keep it pressed
repeat tab 2x

... how I loved you then ...
e-----------2a-------|-----------2a--------|-----------2c--------|-------------------|
b-----------3b-------|-----------2a--------|-----------1a--------|-------------------|
g-------4d------4d---|-------2a-------2a---|-------2b-------2b---|-----p-------p-----|
D-------!------------|-------!-------------|---0-----------------|-------------------|
A---2a---------------|-------!-------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E--------------------|---2a----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
<----------- full barré ----------->
¼
¼
<--------------------------------- 2/4 time ------------------------------->

INTRO ( same tab )
3RD VERSE ( same tab as 2nd verse )
...
...
...
...

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

4TH VERSE ( same tab as 3rd verse )
...
...
...
...

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 ...

... But ...

CHORUS ( same tab )
...
...
...
...

we sure had a good time when we ...
started way back when ...
morning walks and bedroom talks, oh ...
how I loved you then ...

Finish the song with an F sharp on the E-string second fret with your thumb!

picking pattern:
x - a - bc - a ( 3x )

!: grab 4c & 4d
ritardando