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Sweet Baby James easy guitar chords by
James Taylor
James Taylor

1970Folk
4.8 (53)
Intro 1
F
Dm
G
G

Verse 1
C
G

There is a young cowboy
F
Em

he lives on the range
Am
F

His horse and his cattle
C
Em

are his only companions
Am
F

He works in the saddle
C
Em

and he sleeps in the canyons
F
C

Waiting for summer,
G
Dm
G

his pastures to change
F
G
C

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Am
F
C
G

Thinking about women and glasses of beer
F

And closing his eyes
G
C

as the doggies retire
Am
F

He sings out a song
C

which is soft but it's clear
Am
D

As if maybe someone
G

could hear
Chorus 1
C
F
G
C

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Am
F
C

Rockabye sweet baby James
Am
F

Deep greens and blues
C

are the colors I choose
Am
D

Won't you let me go down
G

in my dreams
F
G
C

And rockabye sweet baby James
Verse 2
C
G

Now the first of December
F
Em

was covered with snow
Am
F

So was the turnpike
C
Em

from Stockbridge to Boston
Am
F

Now the Berkshires seemed dreamlike
C
Em

on account of that frosting
F
C

With ten miles behind me
G
Dm
G

and ten thousand more to go
F

There's a song that they sing
G
C

when they take to the highway
Am
F

A song that they sing
C
G

when they take to the sea
F

A song that they sing
G
C

of their home in the sky
Am
F

Maybe you can believe it
C

if it helps you to sleep
Am
D

But singing works just fine
G

for me
Chorus 2
C
F
G
C

So goodnight you moonlight ladies
Am
F
C

Rockabye sweet baby James
Am
F

Deep greens and blues
C

are the colors I choose
Am
D

Won't you let me go down
G

in my dreams
F
G
C

And rockabye sweet baby James

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Chords
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  • Dm

  • G

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

  • D

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