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