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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FAR AFGHANISTAN - JAMES TAYLOR
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO (lower case: individual notes, not chords)
f#-a - B5
d-e-a - B5
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
Back home Indiana, we just learn to get along
G A D Am Em9
Civilized and socialized they teach you right from wrong
G A D A C#m F#m
How to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongue
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
How to hold a woman or a baby or a gun
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
But nothing will prepare you for the far Afghanistan
G A D A F#m
You can listen to their stories and pick up what you can
G A D A C#m F#m
You listen to their stories maybe read a book or two
Bm A/C# D G A F#m Bm
Until they send you out there, man you haven’t got a clue
C#m A C#m A C#m A F#m
Oh the Hindu Kush, the Band-e Amir, the Hazara
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm E/B Bm
They tell you a tradition in the hills of Kandahar
G A D A F#m
They say young boys are taken to the wilderness out there
G A D A C#m F#m
Taken to the mountain alone and in the night
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
If he makes it home alive they teach him how to fight
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
They fought against the Russians, they fought against the Brits
G A D A F#m
Hell, they fought old Alexander, talking ‘bout him ever since
G A D A C#m F#m
And after 9/11 here comes your Uncle Sam
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
Another painful lesson in the far Afghanistan
C#m A C#m A C#m A
C#m A F#m Bm E/B Bm
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
I was ready to be terrified and ready to be mad
G A D A F#m
I was ready to be homesick, the worst I’ve ever had
G A D A C#m F#m
I expected to be hated and insulted to my face
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
But nothing could prepare me for the beauty of the place
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
No matter what they tell you, all soldiers talk to God
G A D A F#m
It’s a private conversation written in your blood
G A D A C#m F#m
The enemy’s no different, bad-ass holy wind
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
That crazy bastard talks to God and his God talks back to him
E/G# A C#m F#m Bm
B5
(solo)
[fade out ...]
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO (lower case: individual notes, not chords)
f#-a - B5
d-e-a - B5
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
Back home Indiana, we just learn to get along
G A D Am Em9
Civilized and socialized they teach you right from wrong
G A D A C#m F#m
How to hold your liquor and how to hold your tongue
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
How to hold a woman or a baby or a gun
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
But nothing will prepare you for the far Afghanistan
G A D A F#m
You can listen to their stories and pick up what you can
G A D A C#m F#m
You listen to their stories maybe read a book or two
Bm A/C# D G A F#m Bm
Until they send you out there, man you haven’t got a clue
C#m A C#m A C#m A F#m
Oh the Hindu Kush, the Band-e Amir, the Hazara
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm E/B Bm
They tell you a tradition in the hills of Kandahar
G A D A F#m
They say young boys are taken to the wilderness out there
G A D A C#m F#m
Taken to the mountain alone and in the night
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
If he makes it home alive they teach him how to fight
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
They fought against the Russians, they fought against the Brits
G A D A F#m
Hell, they fought old Alexander, talking ‘bout him ever since
G A D A C#m F#m
And after 9/11 here comes your Uncle Sam
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
Another painful lesson in the far Afghanistan
C#m A C#m A C#m A
C#m A F#m Bm E/B Bm
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
I was ready to be terrified and ready to be mad
G A D A F#m
I was ready to be homesick, the worst I’ve ever had
G A D A C#m F#m
I expected to be hated and insulted to my face
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
But nothing could prepare me for the beauty of the place
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
No matter what they tell you, all soldiers talk to God
G A D A F#m
It’s a private conversation written in your blood
G A D A C#m F#m
The enemy’s no different, bad-ass holy wind
Bm A/C# D A F#m Bm
That crazy bastard talks to God and his God talks back to him
E/G# A C#m F#m Bm
B5
(solo)
[fade out ...]
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