Sweet Baby James - James Taylor - 60 bpm

There 
C
is a young 
G7
cowboy, 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 
G7
pastures to 
D7
change 

 mm-hm-
G7
hmmm 

And 
F
as the moon 

rises he 
G7
sits by his 
C
fire

 
Am
Thinkin' about 
F
women and 
C
glasses of 
G7
beer 

 
F
Closing his 

eyes as the 
G7
dogies re
C
tire

He 
Am
sings out a 
F
song that is 
C
soft but it's 

clear

As 
D7
if maybe 

someone could 
G7
hear 

and it's ...

	
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
colors I 

choose

	Won't you 
D7
let me go 

down in my 
G7
dreams? 

	And 
F
rock-a-bye 
G7
sweet baby 
C
James 

Now the 
C
first of De
G7
cember was 
F
covered with 
Em
snow 

And 
Am
so was the 
F
turnpike from 
C
Stockbridge to 
Em
Boston 

The 
Am
Berkshires seemed 
F
dreamlike on ac
C
count of that 
Em
frosting 

With 
F
ten miles be
C
hind me and 
G7
ten thousand 
D7
more to go 

 mm-hm-
G7
hmmm 

There's a 
F
song that they 

sing when they 
G7
take to the 
C
highway

A 
Am
song that they 
F
sing when they 
C
take to the 
G7
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 
D7
singing works 

just fine for 
G7
me, 

so ...

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