James Taylor, Sweet Baby James (1970)
^{Key: :[D] (w: James Taylor)}

INTRO: [G] [G/F#] [Em7] [A7sus4]

VERSE 1:
There [D] is a young cow-[A]-boy, he [G] lives on the [F#m] range,
His [Bm] horse and his [G] cattle are his [D] only comp-[F#m]-anions,
He [Bm] works in the [G] saddle and he [D] sleeps in the [F#m] canyons,
[G] Waiting for [D] summer, his [A] pastures to [Em7] change [A]

VERSE 2:
And [G] as the moon rises he [A7sus4] sits by his [D] fire,
[Bm] Thinking about [G] women and [D] glasses of [A] beer,
And [G] closing his eyes as the [A7sus4] doggies re-[D]-tire,
He [Bm] sings out a [G] song which is [D] soft but it's clear,
As if maybe [E7] someone could [A7sus4] hear.

CHORUS:
He says [D] goodnight you [G] moonlight [A7sus4] ladies [D]
[Bm] Rock-a-bye [G] sweet baby [D] James,
[Bm] Deep greens and [G] blues are the [D] colours I choose,
Won't you [Bm7] let me go [Bm7/E] down in my [A7sus4] dreams,
And [G] rock-a-by [A] sweet baby [D] James. [Dsus2] [D]

VERSE 3:
Well the [D] first of De-[A]-cember was [G] covered with [F#m] snow,
[Bm] So was the [G] turnpike from [D] Stockbridge to [F#m] Boston,
Though the [Bm] Birkshires seemed [G] dream-like on [D] account of that [F#m] frostin',
With [G] ten miles behind [D] me and [A] ten thousand more [Em7] to go [A]

VERSE 4:
There's a [G] song that they sing when they [A7sus4] take to the [D] highway,
A [Bm] song that they [G] sing when they [D] take to the [A] sea,
A [G] song that they sing of their [A7sus4] home in the [D] sky,
Maybe [Bm] you can be-[G]-lieve it, if it [D] helps you to sleep,
But [Bm] singing works [E7] just fine for [A7sus4] me.

CHORUS:
He says [D] goodnight you [G] moonlight [A7sus4] ladies [D]
[Bm] Rock-a-bye [G] sweet baby [D] James,
[Bm] Deep greens and [G] blues are the [D] colours I choose,
Won't you [Bm7] let me go [Bm7/E] down in my [A7sus4] dreams,
And [G] rock-a-by [A] sweet baby [D] James. [Dsus2] [D]