Sweet Baby James

Sweet Baby James easy guitar chords by James Taylor

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    There 
    is 
    young 
    cow
    boy 

    he 
    lives 
    on 
    the 
    range 

    His 
    horse 
    and 
    his 
    cattle 

    are 
    his 
    only 
    com
    panions 

    He 
    works 
    in 
    the 
    saddle 

    and 
    he 
    sleeps 
    in 
    the 
    canyons 

    Waiting 
    for 
    summer, 

    his 
    pastures 
    to 
    change 

    And 
    as 
    the 
    moon 
    rises 
    he 
    sits 
    by 
    his 
    fire 

    Thinking 
    about 
    women 
    and 
    glasses 
    of 
    beer 

    And 
    closing 
    his 
    eyes 

    as 
    the 
    dog
    gies 
    re
    tire 

    He 
    sings 
    out 
    song 

    which 
    is 
    soft 
    but 
    it's 
    clear 

    As 
    if 
    maybe 
    someone 

    could 
    hear 

    Chorus 1
    Goodnight 
    you 
    moonlight 
    ladies 

    Rockabye 
    sweet 
    baby 
    James 

    Deep 
    greens 
    and 
    blues 

    are 
    the 
    colors 
    choose 

    Won't 
    you 
    let 
    me 
    go 
    down 

    in 
    my 
    dreams 

    And 
    rockabye 
    sweet 
    baby 
    James 

    Verse 2
    Now 
    the 
    first 
    of 
    Decem
    ber 

    was 
    covered 
    with 
    snow 

    So 
    was 
    the 
    turnpike 

    from 
    Stockbridge 
    to 
    Boston 

    Now 
    the 
    Berkshires 
    seemed 
    dreamlike 

    on 
    ac
    count 
    of 
    that 
    frosting 

    With 
    ten 
    miles 
    be
    hind 
    me 

    and 
    ten 
    thousand 
    more 
    to 
    go 

    There's 
    song 
    that 
    they 
    sing 

    when 
    they 
    take 
    to 
    the 
    highway 

    song 
    that 
    they 
    sing 

    when 
    they 
    take 
    to 
    the 
    sea 

    song 
    that 
    they 
    sing 

    of 
    their 
    home 
    in 
    the 
    sky 

    Maybe 
    you 
    can 
    be
    lieve 
    it 

    if 
    it 
    helps 
    you 
    to 
    sleep 

    But 
    singing 
    works 
    just 
    fine 

    for 
    me 

    Chorus 2
    So 
    goodnight 
    you 
    moonlight 
    ladies 

    Rockabye 
    sweet 
    baby 
    James 

    Deep 
    greens 
    and 
    blues 

    are 
    the 
    colors 
    choose 

    Won't 
    you 
    let 
    me 
    go 
    down 

    in 
    my 
    dreams 

    And 
    rockabye 
    sweet 
    baby 
    James 

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