James Taylor Sweet Baby James (ver 2) Ukulele chords

Sweet Baby James (ver 2) Ukulele by James Taylor

INTRO: G F#m A7sus A7
 
D                A          G            F#m
There is a young cowboy who lives on the range. 

    Bm            G              D        F#m
His horse and his cattle are his only com-panions
 
   Bm           G             D             F#m
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons, 

G           D           A           Em7      A7
waiting for summer, his pastures to change
 
    G                    A7          D
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire, 

Bm             G         D          A
thinking about women and bottles of beer
 
    G                       A7         D
And closing his eyes as the doggies re-tire, 

   Bm          G             D
he sings out a song which is soft but it’s clear
 
   E7sus    E7            A7sus    A7
As if maybe someone could hear


 
D              G         A7   D     Bm       G          D
Goodnight, you moonlight la - dies, rockabye Sweet Baby James
 
Bm              G             D                          E7sus     E7         A7sus    A7
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won’t you let me go down in my dreams
 
    G        A7         D
And rockabye Sweet Baby James.
 


        D           A          G            F#m 
Now the first of De-cember was covered with snow, 

    Bm         G             D              F#m
and so was the Turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston.
 
          Bm                G                D            F#m
Lord, the Berkshires seemed dream-like on ac-count of that frosting
 
     G            D           A            Em7          A7
With ten miles be-hind me and ten thousand more to go
 
          G                             A7          D
There’s a song that they sing when they take to the highway,
 
  Bm             G              D           A
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
 
   G                           A7          D 
A song that they sing of their home in the sky; 

      Bm         G              D
maybe you can be-lieve it if it helps you to sleep
 
    E7sus         E7            A7sus   A7
But singing works just fine for me



D              G         A7   D     Bm       G          D
Goodnight, you moonlight la - dies, rockabye Sweet Baby James
 
Bm              G             D                          E7sus     E7         A7sus    A7
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose, won’t you let me go down in my dreams
 
    G        A7         D
And rockabye Sweet Baby James.