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James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James
James Taylor – Sweet Baby James

Learn how to play James Taylor – Sweet Baby James note-for-note on guitar.

Difficulty level: Intermediate

Barre chords: Yes

Thumb over chords: No

Playing Style: Fingerpicked with finger strums

Tuning: Standard

The title track from the 1970 album that launched his career as a major star and one of the great songwriters of our time.

The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 239 Mb containing all the lesson content.

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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.

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They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file.

If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.


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Comments

  1. Charlie Apodaca says

    July 27, 2018 at 12:39 am

    How do I download the music sheet? There is nowhere for me to enter my email address in the download link above.

    Reply
  2. John Swickert says

    July 7, 2018 at 4:34 am

    Thanks

    Reply
  3. Anonymous says

    August 9, 2016 at 8:54 am

    Thanks a lot Jerry!

    Frank

    Reply
  4. Marguerite Farrell says

    March 24, 2016 at 3:09 am

    I am so glad I found your site. I am going to try out some of your freebies, but I am sure I will buy some soon. This is just what I was looking for. I tried taking some lessons but I have a really bad neck and the pain was too bad for me to sit there. So thank you so much.

    Reply
  5. Courtney Castro says

    January 31, 2016 at 6:17 pm

    Thank you Jerry!

    Reply
  6. Walter Mee says

    September 26, 2015 at 10:31 am

    I’ve been daunted by this song for twenty years.

    Went to YouTube and had it sorted in 2 days.

    Well done, the sign of a great teacher.

    Reply
  7. Ed Kaminski says

    February 21, 2015 at 1:43 pm

    Jerry, you teaching technique for beginning guitarists is excellent. The details of chord formation and changes combined with melody and left/right hand movement is very helpful.

    Thanks for your hard work!

    Reply
  8. Peggy says

    February 14, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    Been working on this song from your Youtube video. Thanks for breaking it down so well!!

    Reply
  9. Burt Carter says

    January 2, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    I sang my daughter and now sing my grandson to sleep with this song. (A capella, of course; a stringed instrument is a sure way to crash any going-to-sleep plan.) As Johnny Cash said, it’s, “the only lullaby that mentions a turnpike”.
    I’ve always played it rather free-form with my fingers, but wanted to study how it was originally done. Thanks for the opportunity.

    Reply
  10. Jose Luis Calderon says

    December 16, 2014 at 8:01 pm

    Thank you so much for your knowledge and for all your work that you share with us. Perfect in every way.

    Reply
  11. Terry Tvrdik says

    August 25, 2013 at 12:30 am

    Jerry, another unbelievable effort. You are nothing short of amazing. Thank You!….Terry (Massachusetts, USA)

    Reply
    • Jerry says

      August 25, 2013 at 6:28 am

      I think *aww shucks* are the words I’m searching for :)

      Reply
  12. michael swierbut says

    August 22, 2013 at 3:16 pm

    Just finished “Streets of London”. I am so pleased with the way I play this lovely tune. Thanks so much for all your efforts in helping folks play better guitar.

    Reply
  13. John Manning says

    August 19, 2013 at 10:15 am

    Great stuff Jerry . Your step-by -step teaching technique is very clear and understandable and I find your teaching tips on fingering and chords most helpful.

    Reply

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