Sweet Baby James – James Taylor (Songs Guitar Lesson ST-625) How to play
April 28th, 2012 | 
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In this guitar lesson we check out the beautiful Sweet Baby James, a classic 3:4 country ballad by James Taylor. Hope you enjoy learning it as much as I did, what a great tune.Taught by Justin Sandercoe. Full support at the justinguitar web site where you will find hundreds of lessons on a wide range of subjects, and all the scales and chords that you will ever need! There is a great forum too to get help, no matter what the problem. And it is all totally free, no bull. No sample lessons, no memberships, no free ebook. Just tons of great lessons 
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good job! your singing is really good. i’ve always wanted to learn this song. thanks so much for all the great things you do here on youtube.
Whatever happened to Carolina on my mind. Must have lost that James Taylor inspiration. LOL. Great Lessons always.
and long life JAMES…
you play it so clean ..and the lesson was so easy.. thank you very much gentleman..i guess i am the 1st one in Morocco to play it…
ALL LESSONS SHOULD BE LIKE THIS ONE. THANKS SO MUCH .
Brilliantly done mate! I love the singing chords touch. Truly one of the best lessons I have seen.
I appreciate you tubing it for us.
love your tutorial, your voice is great and awesome when your switching between your accent and your singing. great lyrics when your doing the chords while singing, and mat i reccomend fire and rain for one of your james taylor tutorials?
Amazing lesson..Thanks in deed mate
Thank you! i gotta say, it helps a lot when you sing the chord names while playing!
Is it just an optical illusion or is he not playing the 5th string on the 2nd fret when he plays his open G major chord (e.g. look at roughly 4:47 to 5:20)? If I’m right about that, does that mean that he is only strumming the 4th through 1st strings on that G chord or does he mute the 5th string with his index finger?
half way through a bottle of good pinot when i stumbled upon your upload. agreed…ALOL. ALMAO @ 4:04 etc, etc. nice job, man. beautiful headstock on that guitar, mate. well qualified vocal as well . cheers.
Justin, I am sorry I have been with Marty Schwartz… I’m so sorry it will never happen again lol you are the best
actually I know you are mates he is cool too
Justin, I am sorry I have been with Marty Schwartz… I’m so sorry it will never happen again lol you are the best
Justin, I really appreciate the way you teach. Thank you so much.
Great Job !!! I have been playing this one for a few weeks now, and it wa nice to see some of the little nuances that you picked out which I didn’t notice myself. Nice audio / video production as well – You’re a solid player – Thanks !
Justin, I’ve been working on this video for 3 weeks. Showing slight improvement every day.. Intro is really tough for me. Hard to coordinate right and left hand.
Paul
im going to have to look these chords up better, cause i only know the basic few.. but i like the video so far.. hopefully soon, ill nail it.. thanks brother!! keep jammin!!
Thanks for this wonderful instruction Justin! Very nice!
4:06 lol
Thanks Justin, I just love James Taylor. You mentioned covering “Carolina on my mind”, will we have long to wait? No hurry I’m still learning this one and it could take another month before that is accomplished. Thanks again for your excellent lessons.
Wow ! Did I ever enjoy that. Love the tutorial. You are a great teacher. I have wondered how to play that for 30 years. Thank you thank you, thank you !
Justin…great way to teach the song by singing the chord names and viewing the chords themselves. I may never play the song this well but I will have a better chance now that I’ve seen your video. Thanks from St. Louis
lol he D’s into his F sharp Minor!
Justin, Love the video. This is a song I have tried to play on and off for a couple of years and you have finally made it possible…thank you. People like you make the world a better place…thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge.