Sweet Baby James - James Taylor Cover

There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for Summer, his pastures to change

And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James

Now the first of December was covered with snow
And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Lord, the Berkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go

There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing works just fine for me

Goodnight you moonlight ladies
Rockabye sweet baby James
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rockabye sweet baby James

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Sweet
• Baby
• James
• Taylor
• JT
• Cover
• Fingerpicking
• Fingerstyle
• Guitar
• Tabs
• Folk
• Country
• Music
• Acoustic

[tonehunter]

Great job! I plan on stealing some licks from you! LOL!

[AceHaddad]

Thank you Kevin, I am glad and proud to be of help to you...

[angelswerkx]

I like this song, it is really good. It reminds me of sad times and good times to remember.

[AceHaddad]

Yes, JT is one of the best songwriters in my book as he is to many others.

[fkidder]

that's some nice finger picking there, Sir!

Thanks for the post!

[AceHaddad]

Thank you Fransisca, I have listened to some of your work this AM and I will be listening to some more over the weekend (when I have some time). You and Trevor make an awesome duet.

[hahaurmno]

:) really really good. your voice goes so well with the song and your playing very nice. well done:D

[healinggreen]

Very nice sir!!! and your guitar sounds very good!!! very nice guitar playing sir!!! if you don't like your guitar anymore just send it to me :-) thank you in advance hehehe :-)

[terdferguson60]

great job!!! watch my videos everybody!

[teleman55]

I thought this was a beautiful version, and one of the best covers I've heard out there. Thanks for sharing! RR

[fatchuk812]

Nice Job man. It was a pleasure. You have good talent and taste.

[edjenwhere]

are you a teacher? i'm curios! ^^

[zachaitken22]

the beginning sounds like "something in the way she moves"

[pubfun]

Great Job!!! but u sound like u could use a new microphone; but nonetheless good job!

[charsalutube]

Great, I love the guitar intro. You sing it well. Keep it up

Charsal

[AndroidedaKaatinga]

Emotions, I'm Brazilian-Arabian to,your version is wonderful,maktub