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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.