D             A        G            F#m
There is a young cowboy;  he lives on the range.
    Bm            G              D        F#m
His horse and his cattle are his only companions.
   Bm           G          D               F#m
He works in the saddle and sleeps in the canyons,
G           D           A           Em7                       A
waiting for summer, his pastures to change.
    G                     A7s4        D			(A7s4	002033)
And as the moon rises, he sits by his fire
Bm             G         D          A
thinking about women and glasses of beer.
    G                          A7s4    D
And closing his eyes while the doggies retire.
   Bm          G             D
He sings out a song which is soft but its clear,
  E7s4      E7      A7s4    A				(E7s4	020200)
as if maybe someone could hear.

Chorus:
D                 G         A    D
Goodnight all you moonlight ladies
Bm         G          D
Rock-a-bye sweet baby James
Bm              G               D
Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose
         E7s4      E7       A7s4   A
Wont you let me go down in my dreams
    G          A          D
and rock-a-bye sweet baby James.

 D               A           G              F#m
Now the first of December was covered in snow
Bm         G               D                    F#m
so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
           Bm                 G             D                 F#m
though the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of the frosting
        G        D            A             Em7           A
with ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go.___You know
          G                              A7s4        D
There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway
   Bm            G              D           A
a song that they sing when they take to the sea
    G                         A7s4         D
a song that they sing of their home in the sky
      Bm         G           D
Maybe you can believe if it helps you to sleep
       E7s4             E7     A7s4       A
The singing works just fine for me.
(Repeat Chorus)


Chords:
G(no 3rd)- 3x0033
Em7	020033
A7s4	002033
D	000323
A	002220
G	3x0003
F#m	244222
Bm	024432
E7s4	020200
E7	020100