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From: "Pat and Jeanne Bogan" <jbogan@mcc4u.com>
Subject: Steam Roller by James Taylor
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 10:20:14 -0600

This song was written and performed by James Taylor. As many hardcore
country music fans know, James influenced many country and western
performers, including Garth Brooks. James Taylor is from the northeast ( New
England States) so is not normally associated with popular country music.
For you younger folks who might not be familiar with JT, You own it to
yourselves to go get a CD and listen to it and youll understand why Hes a
musicians, musician. This is the words and chords to this song as I
interpret it,    ...........Pat Bogan

Play this song with a slow blues Beat.


                                                                    Steam
Roller


James Taylor

 G                                            C
G  G7      C7
Well, Im a steam roll-er, babe,--     Im bound to roll all over you.
Yes, Im a steam roll-er, now

                                                                 G
D7                                              C
-babe,            Im bound to roll__ all over you___________ Im gon-na
in-ject your soul with some

          F/G             C7                    G                        C
C#dim       G        A7     D7
sweet rock and roll________and shoot you full of rhythm and blues._____

G                                                 C7
G G7                       C7
Well,   Im a cement mix-er              A churn-ing urn of burning funk_
Yes, Im a ce-ment

                                                                          Bb
C7            Bb        G  G7
 mixer for you, babe,_____              A churning urn of burnin funk

D7                                                               C       F/G
C7
Well, Im  a   De-mo-li-tion  der-by,__  yea!__             A heft-y hunk of
steaming junk.


G    E7    A7      D7    G          D7(+9)

G                                                    C7
Now, Im a na-palm bomb, babe,                just guar-an_teed  to blow your
mind.___    G7     G7(+9)

                   C7
G
Yea,   Im a na-palm  bomb___ for you , ba - by,___
     Whoa_____guar-an -teed,        just____Guar_


                                                                     G7
D7 (+9)                                                Db7 C7
an - teed__  to blow your mind,   yea.___                If I cant have your
love for my own__now,__


          F                         C7                               G
E9              A7                                          D7
sweet child,  wont be noth-ing left be-hind___.     It seems like lately,
babe,__   got a bad case of


                                G      G7(+9)
 steam roller blues.

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