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Me and Bobby McGee

by Kris Kristofferson / Janis Joplin · posted by chibluesteve

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Tab
C Tenor - Low C

 7  7   7   7   7 -6   6     7  7    7  -6    6 
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the train,
 6  7    7  6  -6 6  -5 5   -5
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans.
-6 6    -6    6 -6  6   -5    -6   6 -6  6    -5  
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained;
 -6  6  -6  -6   6  -5  5  -5  6
Took us all the way to New Orleans.
7  7   7   7  7   -6  6  -6  7  7  7   7 -6  6
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
 6  -6   7  7    7    -7  <-7 <-7  7    6   -6
And was blowing sad while Bobby-- sang the blues.
 -7   -8    8    8    8  8   8  -8    -7  
With them windshield wipers slappin' time,
-6   7 -6  6  -6     7
And Bobby clappin' hands,
6   -6  6   -5  -5 -5 6   -6   -5   5 -4   5
We finally sang up every song that driver knew.

 8   8     8   8  8 -8  -7  -7   7  -6    6   -6  7 
Freedom's just another word for nothing' left to lose:
-6  -6   -6    -6    6  -5   5   -5   6
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free.
 8   8   8    8  8 -8   -7    -6  7  -6  6   -6    7
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues.
 -5  -5  -5   6   -6  -5  -5 -5  -4
Feeling good was good enough for me;
 -6  -6 -6   6  -5 -5  -5 5  -4  5
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.

 6   -6   7     7   7   7  7 -6 6  -6  7  7  7 -6  6
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun,
 6  7   7     6  -6  6   -5 5   -5
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
 -6  6    -6    6 -6  6    -5     -5     -6  6 -6   6    -5
Standin' right beside me, Lord, through everything I've done,
-6  6  -6   -6   6   -5  5   -5   6
Every night she kept me from the cold.
 7     7   7    7   7  7 -6   6   -6  7   7   7   -6 6
Then somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away,
 7  7    7  -7  <-7 <-7  7    6     -6
Lookin' for the home I hope she'll find.
-7  -7   -8    8  8   8  8 -8  -7 -6  7 -6  6  -6  7
And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
-5  -5  -5  6  -6 -5  5   -4  5
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine.

 8   8     8   8  8 -8  -7  -7   7  -6    6   -6  7
Freedom's just another word for nothing' left to lose:
-6  -6   -6  -6  6  -5   5   -5  6
Nothin' left is all she left for me.
 8   8   8    8  8 -8   -7    -6  7  -6  6   -6    7
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues.
-5 -5   -5   6   -6  -5  -5 -5  -4
Buddy, that was good enough for me;
 -6  -6 -6   6  -5 -5  -5 5  -4  5
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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