{title:Sweet Baby James} {subtitle:James Taylor} {comment:The numbers in parenthesis indicate the number of bars to play} (5) | There [D]is a young c[A]owboy, he l[G]ives on the r[F#m]ange, (5) | His h[Bm]orse and his c[G]attle are his o[D]nly comp[F#m]anions, (4) | He w[Bm]orks in the s[G]addle and he sl[D]eeps in the c[F#m]anyons, (6) | W[G]aiting for su[D]mmer, his p[A]astures to c[Em7]hange.[A7] (4) | And [G]as the moon rises [A7sus]he sits by his f[D]ire, (4) | Th[Bm]inking about wo[G]men and gl[D]asses of b[A]eer, (4) | And cl[G]osing his eyes as the [A7sus]doggies ret[D]ire, (4) | He s[Bm]ings out a s[G]ong which is s[D]oft but it's clear, (6) | A[E7sus]s if maybe s[E7]omeone could[Asus] hear. [A] {soc} (4) | He says g[D]oodnight you m[G]oonlight [A7sus]ladies, [D] (4) | R[Bm]ock-a-bye sw[G]eet baby Ja[D]mes, (4) | D[Bm]eep greens and bl[G]ues are the co[D]lors I choose, (4) | Won't you [E7sus]let me go down in my d[Asus]reams, (4) | And r[G]ock-a-by [A7sus]sweet baby J[D]ames. {eoc} (5) | Well the f[D]irst of De[A]cember was c[G]overed with s[F#m]now, (5) | And s[Bm]o was the t[G]urnpike from St[D]ockbridge to B[F#m]oston, (4) | The B[Bm]irkshires seemed d[G]ream-like on acc[D]ount of that f[F#m]rostin', (6) | W[G]ith ten miles be[D]hind me and t[A]en thousand m[Em7]ore to go.[A7] (4) | There's a s[G]ong that they sing when they t[A7sus]ake to the h[D]ighway, (4) | A s[Bm]ong that they s[G]ing when they t[D]ake to the s[A]ea, (4) | A s[G]ong that they sing of their h[Asus]ome in the s[D]ky, (4) | Maybe y[Bm]ou can bel[G]ieve it, if it h[D]elps you to sleep, (6) | But s[E7sus]inging w[E7]orks just f[Asus]ine for me. [A] {comment:Chorus.} # --- Song data for GuitarTapp library, do not remove: # artist = James Taylor # title = Sweet Baby James # type = chords # instrument = guitar # version = 1 # transpose = 0