Sweet Baby James
James Taylor • Key:
⭐ Official Master Chart
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Sweet Baby James
James Taylor
There
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is a young cowb
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oy, he l
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ives on the r
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ange,
His h
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orse and his c
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attle are his o
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nly comp
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anions,
He w
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orks in the s
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addle and he sl
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eeps in the c
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anyons,
W
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aiting for su
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mmer, his p
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astures to c
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hange.
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And
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as the moon rises
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he sits by his f
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ire,
Th
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inking about wo
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men and gl
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asses of b
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eer,
And cl
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osing his eyes as the
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doggies ret
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ire,
He s
Bm
ings out a s
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ong which is s
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oft but it's clear,
A
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s if maybe s
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omeone could
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hear.
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Chorus:
He says g
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oodnight you m
G
oonlight
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ladies,
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Bm
rock-a-bye sw
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eet baby Ja
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mes,
D
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eep greens and bl
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ues are the co
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lors I choose, won't you
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let me go down in my d
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reams,
And r
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ock-a-by
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sweet baby J
D
ames.
Well the first of December was covered with snow,
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston,
The Birkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frostin',
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go.
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway,
A song that they sing when they take to the sea,
A song that they sing of their home in the sky,
Maybe you can believe it, if it helps you to sleep,
But singing works just fine for me.
Chorus.
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