Biography:
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song.
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Other songs:
- Birthday Song
- Carolina In My Mind
- Country Road
- Fading Away
- Fire And Rain
- How Sweet It Is
- How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You)
- Jump Up Behind Me
- Jump Up Behing Me
- Shower The People
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Sweet Baby James
- Wandering
- You've Gotta Friend
- You’ve Got A Friend
- A Junkies Lament
- Ananas
- Angels Of Fenway
- Another Day
- Another Grey Morning
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- Auld Lang Syne
- Bartenders Blues
- Before This World
- Before This Worldjolly Springtime
- Blossom
- Boatman
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Bsur
- Captain Jims Drunken Dream
- Copperline
- Crying In The Rain
- Daddys All Gone
- Daddys Baby
- Dont Let Me
- Dont Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Dont Talk Now
- Enough To Be On Your Way
- Everybody Has The Blues
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Everyday
- Far Afghanistan
- Frozen Man
- Gaia
- Golden Moments
- Handy Man
- Hangnail
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Hello Old Friend
- Her Town Too
- Hey Mister
- Hey Mister Thats Me Up On The Jukebox
- Highway Song
- Hows The World Treating You
- I Was A Fool To Care
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Isnt It Nice To Be Home Again
- Its Growing
- Ive Got To Stop Thinkin Bout That
- Jelly Man Kelly
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Lighthouse
- Like Everyone She Knows
- Line Em Up
- Little More Time With You
- Long Ago And Far Away
- Looking For Love On Broadway
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Mexico
- Millworker
- Mockingbird
- Mona
- Montana
- Mud Slide Slim
- Music
- My Romance
- My Traveling Star
- My Travelling Star
- Never Die Young
- New Tune
- Nobody But You
- Oh Susanna
- Oh Susannah
- One Morning In May
- Only One
- Our Town
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Sarah Maria
- Secret Of Life
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Shed A Little Light
- Snowtime
- Soldiers
- Song For You Far Away
- Steamroller
- Steamroller Blues
- Stretch Of The Highway
- Suite For 20G
- Summer Breeze
- Sunny Skies
- That Lonesome Road
- The Kings Shilling
- There We Are
- Today Today Today
- Up On The Roof
- Walking Man
- Walking My Baby Back Home
- Watchin Over Me
- Water Is Wide
- Who Comes This Night
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Woodstock
- You And I Again
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- You Make It Easy
- Your Smiling Face
- Youve Got A Friend
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From: [email protected]
A Junkie's Lament
Words and Music by James Taylor
(c) 1976, 1980 Country Road Music
Note: Capo II in E
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D
Ricky's been kick-ing the gong
F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E
lickety split didn't take too long
G C F#m7 B7
A junkie's sick, a monkey's strong
E C#m7 A
That's what's wrong
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D
Well, I guess he's been messing around downtown
F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E
so sad to see the man losing ground
G C F#m7 B7
winding down behind closed doors
E C#m7 A
on all fours
C G
Mama, don't you call him my name;
D D/E A
he can't hear you anymore
C G
Even if he seems the same to you
D Bm7 Esus4 E
that's a stranger to your door
C G/B A
Ask him what's he come here for
Oh my God, a monkey can move a man
Send him to hell and home again
With an empty hand in the afternoon
shooting for the moon
It's halfway sick and it's halfway stoned
He'd sure like to kick but he's too far gone
so they wind him down with the methadone
He's all on his own
But baby, don't you throw your love away
I hate to seem unkind
It's only that I understand the man
that the monkey can leave behind
I used to think he was a friend of mine
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D, F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E, G C F#m7 B7, E C#m7 A (slower)
La, la, la, ...
F#m C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7, F#m C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 A/B, C D E, F#m7 B7sus4 F#m.
La, la, la, ...
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
From: [email protected]
A Junkie's Lament
Words and Music by James Taylor
(c) 1976, 1980 Country Road Music
Note: Capo II in E
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D
Ricky's been kick-ing the gong
F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E
lickety split didn't take too long
G C F#m7 B7
A junkie's sick, a monkey's strong
E C#m7 A
That's what's wrong
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D
Well, I guess he's been messing around downtown
F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E
so sad to see the man losing ground
G C F#m7 B7
winding down behind closed doors
E C#m7 A
on all fours
C G
Mama, don't you call him my name;
D D/E A
he can't hear you anymore
C G
Even if he seems the same to you
D Bm7 Esus4 E
that's a stranger to your door
C G/B A
Ask him what's he come here for
Oh my God, a monkey can move a man
Send him to hell and home again
With an empty hand in the afternoon
shooting for the moon
It's halfway sick and it's halfway stoned
He'd sure like to kick but he's too far gone
so they wind him down with the methadone
He's all on his own
But baby, don't you throw your love away
I hate to seem unkind
It's only that I understand the man
that the monkey can leave behind
I used to think he was a friend of mine
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 D, F#m7 B7 Emaj7 E, G C F#m7 B7, E C#m7 A (slower)
La, la, la, ...
F#m C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 F#m7, F#m C#m7 F#m7 C#m7 A/B, C D E, F#m7 B7sus4 F#m.
La, la, la, ...
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