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There is a young cow-boy, he lives in the range,

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his horse and his cat-tle are his on-ly com-pan-ions;

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he works in the sad-dle and he sleeps in the can-yons

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wait-ing for sum-mer his pas-tures to change.

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And as the moon ris-es he sits by his fire

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think-ing ’bout wo-men and glass-es of beer,

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and clos-ing his eyes as the dog-gies re-tire,

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he sings out a song which is soft but it’s clear

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as if may-be some-one could hear.

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Good-night you moon-light la-dies,

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rock-a-bye sweet Ba-by James.

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Deep greens and blues are the col-ors I choose,

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won’t you let me go down in my dreams,

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and rock-a-bye sweet Ba-by James.

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Now the first of De-cem-ber was cov-ered in snow,

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so was the turn-pike from Stock-bridge to Bos-ton.

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The Berk-shires seemed dream-like on ac-count of that frost-ing,

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with ten miles be-hind me and ten-thou-sand more to go.

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There’s a song that they sing when they take to the high-way

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a song that they sing when they take to the sea,

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a song that they sing of their home in the sky,

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may-be you can be-lieve it if it helps you to sleep,

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but sing-ing works just fine for me.

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Good-night you moon-light la-dies,

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rock-a-bye sweet Ba-by James.

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Deep greens and blues are the col-ors I choose,

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won’t you let me go down in my dreams,

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and rock-a-bye sweet Ba-by James.

• Artist: James Taylor
• Mood: Calm
• Kalimba Brand: Chill Angels

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How To Read The Tabs

SOLFEGE	DO	RE	MI	FA	SO	LA	TI
Letter Notes	C	D	E	F	G	A	B
Number Notes	1	2	3	4	5	6	7

-A dot above a musical note (ex: 1° 2°°) raises it to a higher octave.
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).