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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[Verse 1] GAm7DC/D I don't have much to say GAm7DC/D Thought I'd call you up any-way GAm7D Just to try to show you the way B7Em7 That I feel today F/CC Oh, I miss you ba-by
[Verse 2] GAm7DC/D I sure am on the road GAm7DC/D I don't need to say much more GAm7D Just the same old well-known stranger B7Em7 That I was before F/CC It seems like yesterday now
[Chorus] GAm7DC/D Daddy's all gone GAm7DC/D Only halfway home GAm7D He's holding on to the telephone B7Em7F/CC Saying, please don't let the show go on.
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[Verse 3] GAm7DC/D There's a bus every other hour GAm7DC/D There's even the midnight train GAm7D But that don't leave me the power B7Em7 To see your face again F/CC It's not that simple
[Verse 4] GAm7DC/D You see, there's a room full of smiling faces GAm7DC/D There's a man standin' by the door GAm7D Says it's time to change our places B7Em7 And get down on the floor F/CC Kill 'em, baby
[Chorus] GAm7DC/D Daddy's all gone GAm7DC/D He's just halfway home GAm7D He's holding on to the microphone B7Em7F/CC Singing, please don't make the show go on