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	D	A	G	F#m
There	is a young cowb	oy, he l	ives on the r	ange,

	Bm	G	D	F#m
His h	orse and his c	attle are his o	nly comp	anions,

	Bm	G	D	F#m
He w	orks in the s	addle and he sl	eeps in the c	anyons,

	G	D	A	Em7	A7
W	aiting for su	mmer, his p	astures to c	hange.

	G	A7sus	D
And	as the moon rises	he sits by his f	ire,

	Bm	G	D	A
Th	inking about wo	men and gl	asses of b	eer,

	G	A7sus	D
And cl	osing his eyes as the	doggies ret	ire,

	Bm	G	D
He s	ings out a s	ong which is s	oft but it's clear,

	E7sus	E7	Asus	A
A	s if maybe s	omeone could	hear.

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	D	G	A7sus	D
He says g	oodnight you m	oonlight	ladies,

	Bm	G	D
R	ock-a-bye sw	eet baby Ja	mes,

	Bm	G	D
D	eep greens and bl	ues are the co	lors I choose,

	E7sus	Asus
Won't you	let me go down in my d	reams,

	G	A7sus	D
And r	ock-a-by	sweet baby J	ames.

Well the first of December was covered with snow,

And so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston,

The Birkshires seemed dream-like on account of that frostin',

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.

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vanfireman (report comment to admin):

capo 1??

vanfireman (report comment to admin):

for the a7sus chord, and easier variation is 302030...i dont know, just sounds nice

joeybonin (report comment to admin):

There are 19,000 bad tab versions of this tune on the web. This one is good, complete with James' trusty sus4 chords. Also love his arrangement of Foster's Oh, Susanna.

seanlabas (report comment to admin):

def. capo 1

borderman (report comment to admin):

Yes, I agree, defininitely capo on first fret.  Great job to a wonderful song!

borderman (report comment to admin):

As for Capo on #1, it only raises the pitch a half note.  JT plays it on two videos that I found where no Capo is used (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9MncdJ_lOs) and one where a capo is used (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EoNd_maBbY).  Suppose it all depends on which notes are easier to sing on a given day.