Biography:
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
Taylor achieved his breakthrough in 1970 with the No. 3 single "Fire and Rain" and had his first No. 1 hit the following year with "You've Got a Friend", a recording of Carole King's classic song.
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Other songs:
- Birthday Song
- Carolina In My Mind
- Country Road
- Fading Away
- Fire And Rain
- How Sweet It Is
- How Sweet It Is (to Be Loved By You)
- Jump Up Behind Me
- Jump Up Behing Me
- Shower The People
- Something In The Way She Moves
- Sweet Baby James
- Wandering
- You've Gotta Friend
- You’ve Got A Friend
- A Junkies Lament
- Ananas
- Angels Of Fenway
- Another Day
- Another Grey Morning
- Anywhere Like Heaven
- Auld Lang Syne
- Bartenders Blues
- Before This World
- Before This Worldjolly Springtime
- Blossom
- Boatman
- Brighten Your Night With My Day
- Bsur
- Captain Jims Drunken Dream
- Copperline
- Crying In The Rain
- Daddys All Gone
- Daddys Baby
- Dont Let Me
- Dont Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
- Dont Talk Now
- Enough To Be On Your Way
- Everybody Has The Blues
- Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha
- Everyday
- Far Afghanistan
- Frozen Man
- Gaia
- Golden Moments
- Handy Man
- Hangnail
- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
- Hello Old Friend
- Her Town Too
- Hey Mister
- Hey Mister Thats Me Up On The Jukebox
- Highway Song
- Hows The World Treating You
- I Was A Fool To Care
- In The Bleak Midwinter
- Isnt It Nice To Be Home Again
- Its Growing
- Ive Got To Stop Thinkin Bout That
- Jelly Man Kelly
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Lighthouse
- Like Everyone She Knows
- Line Em Up
- Little More Time With You
- Long Ago And Far Away
- Looking For Love On Broadway
- Machine Gun Kelly
- Mexico
- Millworker
- Mockingbird
- Mona
- Montana
- Mud Slide Slim
- Music
- My Romance
- My Traveling Star
- My Travelling Star
- Never Die Young
- New Tune
- Nobody But You
- Oh Susanna
- Oh Susannah
- One Morning In May
- Only One
- Our Town
- Places In My Past
- Riding On A Railroad
- Sarah Maria
- Secret Of Life
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Shed A Little Light
- Snowtime
- Soldiers
- Song For You Far Away
- Steamroller
- Steamroller Blues
- Stretch Of The Highway
- Suite For 20G
- Summer Breeze
- Sunny Skies
- That Lonesome Road
- The Kings Shilling
- There We Are
- Today Today Today
- Up On The Roof
- Walking Man
- Walking My Baby Back Home
- Watchin Over Me
- Water Is Wide
- Who Comes This Night
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Woodstock
- You And I Again
- You Can Close Your Eyes
- You Make It Easy
- Your Smiling Face
- Youve Got A Friend
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BOATMAN by Livingston Taylor and Maggie Taylor
Guitar capo 2
D(9) xxo23o
G(9) 3xo2o3
E7sus o2o23o
E7 o2o13o
[VERSE 1]
D(9)
Hearts were exploding around us as
D/F# G(9)
we drifted south down the bay.
Bm7 E7sus E7
The gray up above and gray down below
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
left us with nothing to say.
D(9)
So we drifted along in silence
D/F# G(9)
till the tickle of life trickled in.
Bm7 E7sus E7
And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
we were catching fire again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D G/D D
I would forever run free.
[VERSE 2]
D(9)
Yeah, we finally caught up with legends,
D/F# G(9)
we were walking along side by side.
Bm7 E7sus E7
We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
the long trail just wasn't that wide.
D(9)
The water around us was freezing,
D(9) D/F# G(9)
we just laughed and threw ourselves in.
Bm7 E7sus E7
And although we were old, the sting of that cold
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D G/D D
I would forever run free.
[BRIDGE]
A B7 E A
Oh, I'm a message in a bottle
A B7 E A/E E
drifting along on a deep blue sea.
A B E A
Waiting for some foreign shore,
A B/E A
ready for something to be.
[VERSE 3]
D(9)
No longer afraid of falling,
D/F# G(9)
we cut the strings to the sky.
Bm7 E7sus E7
We found lever ground and we put ourselves down,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
amazing we all didn't die.
D(9)
We took each moment as given,
D/F# G(9)
by second, by second they came.
Bm7 E7sus E7
The ice and the sun and the thundering guns,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
good God I was finally sane.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 A7sus A
Can you deliver me?
G/D D G D
Oh holy roller, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D
I would forever run free.
Guitar capo 2
D(9) xxo23o
G(9) 3xo2o3
E7sus o2o23o
E7 o2o13o
[VERSE 1]
D(9)
Hearts were exploding around us as
D/F# G(9)
we drifted south down the bay.
Bm7 E7sus E7
The gray up above and gray down below
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
left us with nothing to say.
D(9)
So we drifted along in silence
D/F# G(9)
till the tickle of life trickled in.
Bm7 E7sus E7
And the rhythm began in the hiss of the sand,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
we were catching fire again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D G/D D
I would forever run free.
[VERSE 2]
D(9)
Yeah, we finally caught up with legends,
D/F# G(9)
we were walking along side by side.
Bm7 E7sus E7
We worked out a plan to go out hand in hand,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
the long trail just wasn't that wide.
D(9)
The water around us was freezing,
D(9) D/F# G(9)
we just laughed and threw ourselves in.
Bm7 E7sus E7
And although we were old, the sting of that cold
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
pumped up the feeling, here it is again.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D G/D D
I would forever run free.
[BRIDGE]
A B7 E A
Oh, I'm a message in a bottle
A B7 E A/E E
drifting along on a deep blue sea.
A B E A
Waiting for some foreign shore,
A B/E A
ready for something to be.
[VERSE 3]
D(9)
No longer afraid of falling,
D/F# G(9)
we cut the strings to the sky.
Bm7 E7sus E7
We found lever ground and we put ourselves down,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A7
amazing we all didn't die.
D(9)
We took each moment as given,
D/F# G(9)
by second, by second they came.
Bm7 E7sus E7
The ice and the sun and the thundering guns,
Em7 D/F# A7sus A
good God I was finally sane.
[CHORUS]
G/D D G D
Oh boatman, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 A7sus A
Can you deliver me?
G/D D G D
Oh holy roller, I am the river,
G/D D A7sus A D
I am the mountain and the sea.
G/D D G D A/C#
Oh boatman, taker and giver,
Bm7 E7 Em7 D/F# G(9)
Can you deliver me?
G(9) A D
I would forever run free.
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