Key: A major•
Verse 1
D
Bm
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E
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There is a young cowboy,
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C#m
F#m
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C#m
he lives on the range. His horse and his cattle are his only companions.
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He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons,
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D
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E
Bm
Esus4
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waiting for summer, his pastures to change.
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And as the moon rises he sits by his fire,
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E
thinking about women and glasses of beer.
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And closing his eyes as the doggies retire,
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he sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
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B
as if maybe someone could
Interlude 1
hear...
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Verse 2
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D
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Goodnight you moon light ladies,
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D
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rock- a- bye sweet baby James.
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Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose,
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E
won't you let me go down in my dreams?
Bm
E
And rock- a- bye sweet baby James.
A
Verse 3
D
C#m
was covered with snow
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and so was the turnpike from
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Stockbridge to Boston.
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Though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike
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on account of that frost ing,
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with ten miles behind me and ten
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thousand more to go.
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they take to the highway,
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a song that they sing when
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they take to the sea,
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a song that they sing of their home in the sky,
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maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep,
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Bm
but singing works just fine for me.
Verse 4
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D
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goodnight you moon light ladies,
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F#m
D
A
rock- a- bye sweet baby James.
F#m
D
A
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose,
F#m
B
E
Esus4
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won't you let me go down in my dreams?
Bm
E
And rock- a- bye sweet baby James.
A
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