Sweet Baby James original guitar chords by
James Taylor

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Key: D major

Intro 1

G

Em7

A7sus4

A7sus4

Verse 1
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A A 
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There is a young cowboy
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F#m F#m 2
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he lives on the range
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His horse and his cattle
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F#m F#m 2
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are his only companions
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G G 
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He works in the saddle
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and he sleeps in the canyons
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D D 
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Waiting for summer,
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Em7 Em7 
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A A 
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his pastures to change
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D D 
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And as the moon rises he sits      by his fire
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A A 
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Thinking about women and glasses of beer
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And closing his eyes
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as the doggies      retire
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He sings out a song
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which is soft but it's clear
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E7 E7 
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As if  maybe someone
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A7 A7 
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could hear

Chorus 1
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D D 
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Goodnight you moonlight ladies
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G G 
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D D 
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Rockabye sweet baby James
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G G 
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Deep greens and blues
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are the colors I choose
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E7 E7 
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Won't you let me go down
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A7 A7 
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in my dreams
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A7 A7 
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D D 
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And rockabye sweet baby James

Verse 2
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Now the first of December
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was covered with snow
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G G 
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So  was the turnpike
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from Stockbridge to Boston
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G G 
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Now the Berkshires seemed dreamlike
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on account of that frosting
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D D 
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With ten miles behind me
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A7 A7 
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and ten thousand more  to go
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There's a song that they sing
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D D 
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when they take      to the highway
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A song that they sing
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A A 
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when they take to the sea
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A song that they sing
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D D 
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of their home      in the sky
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Maybe you can believe it
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if it helps you to sleep
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But singing works just fine
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for me

Chorus 2
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G G 
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D D 
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So goodnight you moonlight ladies
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G G 
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D D 
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Rockabye sweet baby James
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G G 
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Deep greens and blues
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are the colors I choose
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E7 E7 
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Won't you let me go down
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A7 A7 
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in my dreams
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A7 A7 
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D D 
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And rockabye sweet baby James

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