Sweet Baby James tab - james taylor

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		There is a young cowboy he lives on the range.
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		His horse and his cattle are his only companion.
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		He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyon.
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		Waiting for summer, his pastures to change.
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		And as the moon rises he sits by his fire.
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		Thinkin' about women and glasses of beer.
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		Closing his eyes as the doggies retire
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		He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
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		As if maybe someone could hear.

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		CHORUS:	Goodnight you moonlight ladies.
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			Rock-a-bye sweet baby James.
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			Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose.
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			Won't you let me go down in my dreams.
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			And rock-a-bye sweet baby James.

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Now the first of December was covered with snow.
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And so was the turnpike from Stockridge to Boston.
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Lord the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting.
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With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go.
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There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway.
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A song that they sing when they take to the sea.
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A song that they sing of they're home in the sky.
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Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep.
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But singing works just fine for me.

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		CHORUS:	Goodnight you moonlight ladies.
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			Rock-a-bye sweet baby James.
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			Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose.
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			Won't you let me go down in my dreams.
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			And rock-a-bye sweet baby James. 

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Video Sweet Baby James

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (Live: BBC - 1970)
James Taylor performing "Sweet Baby James" from September 13, 1970 on BBC. This performance is from a show called "James Taylor in Concert: Sings James Taylor." As many of you may know, this song was written for his nephew James back in 1969 while he was traveling back to North Carolina. www.hojo.org.uk

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
James Taylor at the BBC

James Taylor "Sweet Baby James" Live
Here's a clip from the DVD portion of the CD/DVD release "One Man Band" by James Taylor. "Sweet Baby James" appears on the Hear Music release "One Man Band" in stores everywhere on 11/13/07.

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
James Taylor @ Later with Jools BBC2 to promote his One Man Band cd/dvd album 1 april 2008 More to come later on this week

James Taylor- Sweet Baby James
from a TV show in the early seventies.