838 tracks by James Michael Taylor
RECLINER
G
There's nothing much sadder
G
Than an old brown recliner
F G
Waiting by the road in the rain...
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MISS HER
I hardly know her
But I miss her more each day...
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Did you ever fly your kite
so high you couldn't see it?
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IN MY ROOM
In my room there's no day and there's no night
In my room, just an incandescent light
...hanging from a wire.
In my room there's no hot and there's no cold
In my room,I'm not young. I'm not old
...hanging from a wire…
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BROCCOLI
Every day I stop at Walmart
And buy a crown of broccoli
Get it fresh. Eat it before it dies...
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Dying's Not Easy
I was sure I'd die if you left me
But dying's not easy...
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BROKEN COOKIES AND DAY_OLD BREAD
Broken cookies and day-old bread
Ain't no different, my mamma said
Save a ten. Spend a fiver instead
Broken cookies and day-old bred
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BEDROOM AND A BATH
At the end of the hall
is a bedroom and a bath
A place he never goes
Way back there,
buried in the past
but she'll never know
When the kids moved out
he took one of their rooms
He made the bed
Closed the shade…
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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) or (F C)
VERSE 1.
Where the (G) windmill sings to the mocking bird
And the (CM7) prairie wind, without a word
(Am) Whispers thru tall (D) grass, I’ll be (G) home
(F C G) or (Am D)
VERSE 2.
Where the butter cups and…
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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 capo @ 4 in C
C G repeat
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
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DREAM
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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JOHNNY BROKE AN AXLE 110220
I got revved up on blueberry donut holes
and cranked this one out...
Johnny broke an axle
Broke it like a pencil
Oh, no.
We need an ambulance at turn three.
Johnny broke an axle
Broke it like a pencil…
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A friend asked me,
"Don't you have any happy songs?"
So I wrote one!
IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY capo @ 3
C F C
If it makes you happy I will tie your shoe
C…
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There was an album by a Los Angeles singer/songwriter named Judee Sill that came into KINK-FM back in 1971.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/obituaries/judee-sill-overlooked.html
MISSING JUDY
You say that Bach wrote all the good songs…
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But the Sun
I close the curtains
To shut out the darkness
I shut the window
To keep out the cold
But the Sun is shining
Somewhere, I know.
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WHEN WE GET TO COLORADO
Capo @ 5 in C positions
C G
Thirty one years in this city
Thirty one yers on this street
Fighting in the morning
Fighting at night
This place has the smell of defeat…
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