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Sweet Baby James

James Taylor

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         G               D             C                Bm(x2)

There is a young cowboy he lives on the range

      Em                C                 G           Bm(x2)
His horse and his cattle are his only companions

       Em             C                    G                Bm
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons

  C              G                 Am(x3)                   D(x2)
Waiting for Summer, his pastures to change

       C(x2)                       D             G
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire

   Em                 C                G            D
Thinking about women and glasses of beer

         C(x2)                         D        G
And closing his eyes as the dogies retire

      Em            C                  G(x2)
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear

    A7sus4    A7                   D7sus4(x2)  D(x2)
As if maybe someone could hear

              G            D                C                  Bm(x2)
Now the first of December was covered with snow

       Em            C                      G                   Bm(x2)
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston

       Em                          C                 G                     Bm
The Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting

         C                G               Am(x3)                         D(x2)
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

                C(x2)                                    D              G
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway

   Em                  C                    G                D
A song that they sing when they take to the sea

    C(x2)                                D                G
A song that they sing of their home in the sky

             Em         C               G(x2)
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep

      A7sus4    A7                   D7sus4(x2)  D(x2)
But singing works just fine for me

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