Sweet Baby James < Songs > This Land Is Your Land
By: Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, 1971
[1]
Performed: The Eagles
| G |
| Well I'm a | running down the road trying to loosen my load |
| D | C |
| I've got seven women | on my | mind |
| G | D |
| Four that wanna own me, | two that wanna stone me |
| C | G |
| One says she's a friend of mine | |
| Em | C | G |
| Take it ea | sy, take it ea | sy | |
| Am | C | Em |
| Don't let the | sound of your own | wheels drive you cra | zy |
| C | G |
| Lighten up | while you still | can |
| C | G |
| Don't even | try to understand | |
| Am | C | G |
| Just find a | place to make your | stand, and take it ea | sy |
| G |
| Well, I'm a | standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona |
| D | C |
| Such a fine | sight to | see |
| G | D |
| It's a | girl my lord in a | flat-bed Ford |
| C | G |
| Slowing | down to take a look at me | |
| Em | C | G |
| Come on, ba | by, don't say ma | y | be |
| Am | C | Em |
| I gotta | know if your sweet | love is gonna save | me |
| C | G | C | G |
| We may | lose and we may | win, though we may | never be here | again |
| Am | C | G |
| So open | up I'm climbing | in, so take it ea | sy |
| G |
| Well, I'm a | running down the road trying to loosen my load |
| D | C |
| Got a world of trouble | on my | mind |
| G | D |
| Looking for a lover who | won't blow my cover |
| C | G |
| She's | so hard to find | |
| Em | C | G |
| Take it ea | sy, take it ea | sy | |
| Am | C | Em |
| Don't let the | sound of your own | wheels make you cra | zy |
| C | G | C | G |
| Come on | ba | by, don't say | may | be |
| Am | C | G | C | Em |
| I gotta | know of your sweet | love is gonna | save me | | |
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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