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This song was requested by Twocatsam in the request a song thread. I added a subtle percussion track with the Cajon for this song to jazz it up a little. This song was a real challenge to play and sing at the same time due to the complexity of the finger-picking and the subtle pull-offs as well. I really like the guitar arrangement in this song and it really makes me appreciate how much we lost when Jim Croce was lost o us early in life.

Sam, thanks for requesting this tune and I hope you enjoy it.

Hey Buddy,

Very nice work on this. I have been working on it for a few weeks off and on and I am finding it deceptively difficult to keep the picking pattern going and doing it up to speed. Also the little turn-around lick at the end of each verse leading from the D back to the A I find very hard to pull off. You did a lot better than I am doing so far, nice job getting through it. It would be fun to learn both parts and be able to put them together at some point. I haven't started working on the second part at all yet. You?

Have a great holiday and keep 'em coming into the new year!

Scott

Still A goal for me but it is long a go I visit the lesson but recognice it very well and you did a great job,,nice with the percussion thing...

Willem

Really nice job Bud. Your singing gets better all the time.
Nice and smooth on this one.

Great Job on a beautiful song Buddy. Loved it!

Merry Christmas.

Tom N.

Scott, As you said this is a more difficult song than one would think, keep plugging away at it and it will call come together. I have not worked on the second guitar part yet but I hope to tackle it in the next week or so. It really helped me to play this along with the original recording to capture the feel of it. I slowed it down a little to give it a little more of a jazz feel.

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well,

Bud

You're getting better all the time Buddy. It's hard for me to even think the words while I try to play that song. How are you getting the black background in your video? Is that skillful recording or editing magic? It's a really nice effect.

Buddy

What a nice wrap-up for Christmas for me! Thank you for taking time to do that. You sounded great.

Sam

Willem,

Thanks for listening, as you said, this song is more difficult than it first appears and was a fun challenge.

Bud

Hi Buddy,

My computer's been down a couple days so I am late here.
Sounded really nice to me.

Thanks for sharing.

Bob