Sweet Baby James chords - James Taylor ♬ How to Play

Sweet Baby James chords

Sweet Baby James
Words & Music by:
James Taylor
by: Chris Sargent
csarge@vvm.com

Easy Chords again kinda tricky in spots, but simple have fun!

Moderate Country Waltz

Intro:
G(no 3rd)  Em7  A7sus4

              D                     A          G                    F#m
1.]There is a young cowboy;  he lives on the range.__
His
Bm                   G                 D        F#m
Horse and his cattle are his only companions.
        Bm                G             D                 F#m
He works in the saddle and sleeps in the canyons,
G              D              A
Em7                       A
waiting for summer, his pastures to change.
        G                             A7s4        D

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And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire
Bm                 G                D               A
thinking about women and glasses of beer.
        G                                    A7s4
D
And closing his eyes while the doggies retire.
      Bm                 G             D
He sings out a song which is soft but its clear,
  E7s4              E7                  A7s4                      A
as if maybe someone could hear.

Chorus:
D                         G            A       D
Goodnight all you moonlight ladies
Bm              G                        D
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Bm                           G               D
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
               E7s4           E7            A7s4           A
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
       G                A               D
and rock-a-bye sweet baby James.

     D                                A           G              F#m
2.] Now the first of December was covered in snow
Bm                G               D                    F#m
so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
                 Bm                        G
D                F#m
though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of the frosting
        G                D               A
Em7                     A
with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go.___You know
               G                                          A7s4        D
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
   Bm                G                     D               A
a song that they sing when they take to the sea
    G                                     A7s4                      D
a song that they sing of their home in the sky
            Bm                G      D
Maybe you can believe if it helps you to sleep
       E7s4                 E7            A7s4                    A
The singing works just fine for me.

(Repeat Chorus)

Chords:
G(no 3rd)- 3x0033
Em7-         020033
A7s4-        002033
D-              000323
A-              002220
G-              3x0003
F#m-          244222
Bm-            024432
E7s4-          020200
E7-             020100

For Questions/Comments E-mail me at: csarge@vvm.com