James Michael Taylor
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SHE key - C
(Am - step down A G F#)
(C) Can't say I know her
but I see her around (Em)
Once, I (C) asked her to a movie
But she turned me (Em) down...
(F) (G) (E) Da da da da da da da
(Am - step down A G F#) da da da
(CM7) da da da…
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JUST LIKE ME
How many people, each day, do you see
You think to yourself, “Hey, he’s just like me.”
He looks like my brother. He looks like my dad.
He looks like some old friend that I had.
When I’m sitting at the stop light
Or driving…
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HOME
(Am D)
Where the (G) windmill sings to the mocking bird
And the (C) prairie wind, without a word
(Am) Whispers thru the (D) grass, I’ll be (G) home
(F C G) or (Am D)
Where the butter cups and the thistles thrive
And the Black-eyed…
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DIRTY LAUNDRY Key C
I got a call from Russell. He had to move his junk
He’d filled his car. He’d filled his trunk
Big black bags of something. I said, “What’s with these?”
He said, “It’s dirty laundry.” I said, “That’s crazy.”
So, he…
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CATTAILS AND BUTTERFLIES
There was a field around the corner
And a stream flowed cross the field
There were cat tails in the summer time
And monarch butterflies
And tadpoles sprouting wings
Was I in California or was I in a dream…
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The solo piano piece that got bastardized many years later and turned into "move your car".
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"Autumn Leaves" is a much-recorded popular song. Originally it was a 1945 French song "Les feuilles mortes" (literally "The Dead Leaves") with music by Joseph Kosma and lyrics by poet Jacques Prévert.
Since then it was translated into English…
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When I was a kid, my dad was the preacher at the Church of Christ in Tehachapi, California. We lived in Palmdale, so we'd get up early on Sunday mornings, pile the 5 of us into our 1950 Chevy coupe and head up thru Lancaster and Mojave, over the…
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The story is in the song.
DOOR MAT
My daddy treated Mama like a door mat
Me and little brother didn't like that
We never understood what was going down
My daddy was the guy to fix your tv
And he could fix a Fender or a Peavey
But…
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M E L I S S A Key of G
These are letters I like to say - M E L I S S A
These are notes I like to play……
Letters that sparkle. Notes that jingle
Make a little song in my heart
There’s a song in my heart today - M E L I S S A
I wish…
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Black is white
White is black
I crossed the line
I can’t go back
It all comes together
It all falls apart
I’m on the edge
From the start
I’ve gone Colour Blind
To her signs, Colour Blind
Tears on your face
A broken heart
Unkind…
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A short 2-track guitar tune. I was trying to get that feeling of going out in public after lockdowns are all over. Sort of a combination of relaxing and frantic, I guess?
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this is the first song I wrote for my wife. it is an actually step by step of our first date.
she opened the door and stood there smiling
this exchange between us lasted forever
so i took her in my car and went to eat some vietnamese food…
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Recorded for a one minute demo video for Jasper Guitar Company, LLC, an startup boutique guitar manufacturer in Green Bay, WI.
Matt Hayes is on the lead guitar using the Jasper Mana-TRM.
Check out Jasper at jasperguitarcompany.com.
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You know this story the apple tree, the snake.
it takes Hope and latin drums to kill a snake
don't leave home without your hand drum and you will thrive
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JUST LIKE ME
How many people, each day, do you see
You think to yourself, “Hey, he’s just like me.”
He looks like my brother. He looks like my dad.
He looks like some old friend that I had.
When I’m sitting at the stop light
Or driving…
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Love all your work !!!! your Music Video Videographer, Eric Haarnew
After we signed our divorce papers, Peggy dropped me off across the street from the house and as I got out of the car she said, "I feel like I'm dropping a dog off at the pound."
PEGGY'S GONE
Peggy's gone, after twenty nine years
Three…
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HOME
(Am D)
Where the (G) windmill sings to the mocking bird
And the (C) prairie wind, without a word
(Am) Whispers thru the (D) grass, I’ll be (G) home
(F C G) or (Am D)
Where the butter cups and the thistles thrive
And the Black-eyed…
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Love this whole album James - sometimes you don't need 3 minutes to say everything you need to say. You're pretty much a master of that.... ~~ Peace, Wade
This originated as a poem sent to me by Rose Kampton, It was essentially a complaint. I turned it into a prayer and put music to it. Then when Brook drowned it became something altogether else.
(c) 1990 Royal T Muaic
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...beautiful voice, intonation ... well done! Mike Hanby...Gig Harbor, Wa
Talk to me…
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email - jamesmichaeltaylor@jamesmichaeltaylor.com
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from Cowtown Texas, US
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