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Sweet Baby James James Taylor (1969) Title Track of James Taylor’s ‘Sweet Baby James’ Album 1970 3 /4 Time. Tempo - 90 bpm. Intro: [F] [G7] [C] [C]12 There [C] is a young cow-[G]-boy who [F] lives on the [Em] range. His [Am] horse and his [F] cattle are his [C] only com-[Em]-panions. He [Am] works in the [F] saddle and he [C] sleeps in the [Em] canyons, [F] waiting for [C] summer, his [G] pastures to [Dm7] change. [G7] And [F] as the moon rises he [G7] sits by his [C] fire, [Am] thinking about [F] women and [C] glasses of [G] beer, And [F] closing his eyes as the [G7] doggies re-[C]-tire, He [Am] sings out a [F] song which is [C] soft but it’s clear As [D7sus] if maybe [D7] someone could [G7sus] hear [G7] [C] Goodnight, you [F] moonlight [G7] la-[C]-dies, [Am] Rock-a-bye [F] Sweet Baby [C] James [Am] Deep greens and [F] blues are the [C] colours I choose, Won’t you [D7sus] let me go [D7] down in my [G7sus] drea-[G]-ms And [F] Rock-a-bye [G7] Sweet Baby [C] James. Now the [C] first of De-[G]-cember was [F] covered with [Em] snow, and [Am] so was the [F] Turnpike from [C] Stockbridge to [Em] Boston. Lord, the [Am] Berkshires seemed [F] dream-like on ac-[C]-count of that [Em] frostin’. With [F] ten miles be-[C]-hind me and [G] ten thousand [Dm7] more to go. [G7] There’s [F] a song that they sing when [G7] they take to [C] the highway, A [Am] song that they [F] sing when they [C] take to the [G] sea A [F] song that they sing of their [G7] home in the [C] sky; maybe [Am] you can be-[F]-lieve it if it [C] helps you to sleep but [D7sus] singing works [D7] just fine for [G7sus] me [G7] [C] Goodnight, you [F]moonlight [G7] la-[C]-dies, [Am] Rock-a-bye [F] Sweet Baby [C] James [Am] Deep greens and [F] blues are the [C] colours I choose, Won’t you [D7sus] let me go [D7] down in my [G7sus] drea-[G7]-ms And [F] Rock-a-bye [G7] Sweet Baby [C] James. Outro: Slowing and softening Yes, [F] Rock-a-bye [G7] Sweet Baby [C] James. Yes, [F] Rock-a-bye [G7] Sweet Baby [C]12 Ja-[F]↓[C]↓-mes. This is my own interpretation of this song and is to be used for educational purposes only. [email protected] .

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JAMES TAYLOR Over the course of his long career, James Taylor has earned 40 gold, platinum and multi- platinum awards for a catalog running from 1970’s Sweet Baby James to his Grammy Award-winning efforts Hourglass (1997) and October Road (2002). Taylor’s first Greatest Hits album earned him the RIAA’s elite Diamond Award, given for sales in excess of 10 million units in the United States. For his accomplishments, James Taylor was honored with the 1998 Century Award, Billboard magazine’s highest accolade, bestowed for distinguished creative achievement. The year 2000 saw his induction into both the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. In 2007 he was nominated for a Grammy Award for James Taylor at Christmas. In 2008 Taylor garnered another Emmy nomination for One Man Band album. Raised in North Carolina, Taylor now lives in western Massachusetts. He has sold some 35 million albums throughout his career, which began back in 1968 when he was signed by Peter Asher to the Beatles’ Apple Records. The album James Taylor was his first and only solo effort for Apple, which came a year after his first working experience with Danny Kortchmar and the band Flying Machine. It was only a matter of time before Taylor would make his mark. Above all, there are the songs: “Fire and Rain,” “Country Road,” “Something in The Way She Moves,” ”Mexico,” “Shower The People,” “Your Smiling Face,” “Carolina In My Mind,” “Sweet Baby James,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight,” “You Can Close Your Eyes,” “Walking Man,” “Never Die Young,” “Shed A Little Light,” “Copperline” and many more.
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