she sang sweet baby james chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 1
She (C major)
had a heart (G major) full of (C major) love
For her (F major) baby, for life and James (C major) Taylor
She (F major) nursed her baby and
she (C major) closed her eyes (A minor)
She was a (D major) cowgirl, truck driver and (G major) sailor
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Verse 2
In (C major) her mind, she (G major) wasn't aban (C major) doned
Though the (F major) baby was all that she had (C major)
She was lonely (F major) at night when
the (C major) babe was asleep (A minor)
But when (D major) singin', it wasn't (G major) so (C major) bad
(D minor) An (C major) d she
Verse 3
(F major) sang, Sweet Baby James (C major)
And she (F major) flew over the turnpikes,
the mountain (C major) and sea
And she (F major) looked to the skies,
where (C major) heaven should be
Said, could it be there's
no heav (G major) en for me?
The only difference in my life
and (C major) hell are (A minor) the flames
So she (F major) sang,
Sweet (G major) Baby James
Interlude 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major)
Verse 4
She (C major) had to work (G major) for a (C major) livin'
And her (F major) mom kept the babe every day (C major)
The (F major) drivin' paid minimum wages (C major) to all (A minor)
And was (D major) so little carry-home pay
(G major) pay
Verse 5
But she'd (C major) take her own (G major) flights of fancy (C major)
Each (F major) time she found herself alone (C major)
She'd (F major) get on her dream song
and she'd (C major) sail away (A minor)
With her (D major) baby to find (G major) that new (C major) home
Verse 6
And she (F major) sang Sweet Baby James (C major)
And she (F major) flew over the turnpikes,
the moun (C major) tains and sea
And she (F major) looked to the skies,
where (C major) heaven should be
Said, could it be there's
no heaven (G major) for me?
The only difference in my life
and (C major) hell are (A minor) the flames
So she (F major) sang, Sweet (G major) Baby James
(C major)
Verse 7
The (G major) only difference in my life
and (C major) hell are (A minor) the flames
So she (F major) sang,
Sweet (G major) Baby James
Outro 1
(C major) (F major) (C major) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (C major)
she sang sweet baby james
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