Sweet Baby James - James Taylor

[Intro]
    

[Verse]
             
There is a you

            
ng cowboy he l

            
ives on the ra


nge.
            
His horse and 

             
his cattle are

            
 his only comp

#
anions.
            
He works in th

             
e saddle and h

             
e sleeps in th

  
e canyon.
            
Waiting for su

             
mmer, his past

           
ures to change

  
.
             
And as the moo

             
n rises he sit

         
s by his fire.
            
Thinkin' about

            
 women and gla

        
sses of beer.
             
Closing his ey

             
es as the dogi

      
es retire
            
He sings out a

             
 song which is

 
 soft but it's

 clear
       
As if maybe so

            
meone could he

 
ar.


[Chorus]
             
Goodnight you 

       
moonlight ladi

es.
           
Rock-a-bye swe

              
et baby James.
            
Deep greens an

             
d blues are th

  
e colors I cho

ose.
          
Won't you let 

           
me go down in 

        
my dreams.
          
And rock-a-bye

#           
  sweet baby J

     
ames.


[Verse]
             
Now the first 

             
of December wa

             
s covered with

 
 snow.
            
And so was the

             
 turnpike from

             
 Stockbridge t

  
o Boston.
            
Lord, the Berk

              
shires seemed 

             
dreamlike on a

             
ccount of that

 
 frosting.
             
With ten miles

             
 behind me and

             
 ten thousand 

          
more to go.
             
There's a song

              
 that they sin

             
g when they ta

          
ke to the high

way.
            
A song that th

             
ey sing when t

             
hey take to th

  
e sea.
             
A song that th

              
ey sing of the

             
ir home in the

 
 sky.
            
Maybe you can 

             
believe it if 

   
it helps you t

o sleep.
         
But singing wo

            
rks just fine 

        
for me.


[Chorus]
             
Goodnight you 

       
moonlight ladi

es.
           
Rock-a-bye swe

              
et baby James.
            
Deep greens an

             
d blues are th

  
e colors I cho

ose.
          
Won't you let 

           
me go down in 

        
my dreams.
         
And rock-a-bye

            
 sweet baby Ja

    
mes.