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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Fire and Rain
Written & Performed by James Taylor (1970)
Capo 3
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Intro:
A G D A
A E G
Verse 1:
A Em7
Just yesterday morning
D A Asus2 - A
They let me know you were gone
E7
Susanne the plans they made
G
Put an end to you
A Em7
I walked out this morning
D A Asus2 - A
And I wrote down this song
E7
I just can't remember
G D
Who to send it to
Chorus:
A/C# Bm
I've seen fire
E7 A Asus2 - A
And I've seen rain
D A/C#
I've seen sunny days that I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Thought would never end
D A/C#
I've seen lonely times when I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Could not find a friend
G D/F#
But I always thought that I'd
Em A A7
See you again
Verse 2:
A Em7
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
D A Asus2 - A
You've got to help me make a stand
E7
You've just got to see me through
G
Another day
A Em7
My body's achin’ and my
D A Asus2 – A
Time is at hand
E7
And I won't make it
G D
Any other way
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3:
A
Been walking my mind
Em7
To an easy time
D A Asus2 – A
My back turned towards the sun
A
Lord knows when the
E7
Cold wind blows
G
It'll turn your head around
A
Well, there's hours of time
Em7
On the telephone line
D A Asus2 – A
To talk about things to come
A
Sweet dreams and
E7
Flyin’ machines
G
In pieces on the ground
Chorus 2:
D A/C# Bm
Oh, I've seen fire
E7 A Asus2 - A
And I've seen rain
D A/C#
I've seen sunny days that I
Bm E7 A Asus2 – A
Thought would never end
D A/C#
I've seen lonely times when I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Could not find a friend
G D/F#
But I always thought that
Em
I'd see you, baby
A7
One more time again
Tag:
G
Thought I'd see you
D/F# Em A
One more time again
G
There's just a few things
D/F# Em A
Coming my way this time around, now
G
Thought I'd see you
D/F# Em A
Thought I'd see you fire and rain, now (fading)
Written & Performed by James Taylor (1970)
Capo 3
A:x02220
A7:x02020
A/C#:x42220
Asus2:x02200
Bm:x24432
D:xx0232
D/F#:2x0232
E:022100
E7:020100
Em:022000
Em7:020000
G:320003
Intro:
A G D A
A E G
Verse 1:
A Em7
Just yesterday morning
D A Asus2 - A
They let me know you were gone
E7
Susanne the plans they made
G
Put an end to you
A Em7
I walked out this morning
D A Asus2 - A
And I wrote down this song
E7
I just can't remember
G D
Who to send it to
Chorus:
A/C# Bm
I've seen fire
E7 A Asus2 - A
And I've seen rain
D A/C#
I've seen sunny days that I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Thought would never end
D A/C#
I've seen lonely times when I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Could not find a friend
G D/F#
But I always thought that I'd
Em A A7
See you again
Verse 2:
A Em7
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus
D A Asus2 - A
You've got to help me make a stand
E7
You've just got to see me through
G
Another day
A Em7
My body's achin’ and my
D A Asus2 – A
Time is at hand
E7
And I won't make it
G D
Any other way
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3:
A
Been walking my mind
Em7
To an easy time
D A Asus2 – A
My back turned towards the sun
A
Lord knows when the
E7
Cold wind blows
G
It'll turn your head around
A
Well, there's hours of time
Em7
On the telephone line
D A Asus2 – A
To talk about things to come
A
Sweet dreams and
E7
Flyin’ machines
G
In pieces on the ground
Chorus 2:
D A/C# Bm
Oh, I've seen fire
E7 A Asus2 - A
And I've seen rain
D A/C#
I've seen sunny days that I
Bm E7 A Asus2 – A
Thought would never end
D A/C#
I've seen lonely times when I
Bm E7 A Asus2 - A
Could not find a friend
G D/F#
But I always thought that
Em
I'd see you, baby
A7
One more time again
Tag:
G
Thought I'd see you
D/F# Em A
One more time again
G
There's just a few things
D/F# Em A
Coming my way this time around, now
G
Thought I'd see you
D/F# Em A
Thought I'd see you fire and rain, now (fading)
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