Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Me and Bobby McGee



Me and Bobby McGee
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Category: Calm
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C                                                   
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains  
                           G7     
feelin' nearly faded as my jeans  
G7                                                  
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained  
                              C      
Took us all the way to New Or leans  
C                                              
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana  
                                         F       
And was blowin' sad while Bobby sung the blues,  
F                                           
With them windshield wipers slapping time,  
    C                               
and Bobby clapping hands with mine  
   G7                          C     
We sang every song that driver knew  
   
F                               C                     
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose  
G7                                    C     
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free  
F                                 C                     
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues  
G7                                    
Feeling good was good enough for me;  
                                C     
good enough for me and bobby Mc Gee.  
   
         C                                             
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun  
                               G7    
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul  
G7                                                           
Standin' right beside me, Lord, through everything I'd done  
                                 C     
Every night she kept me from the cold  
C                                                      
Then somewhere near Selinas Lord, I let her slip away  
                                    F     
Lookin' for the home |I hope she'll find  
F                                    C                 
But I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday  
G7                           C     
holdin' Bobby's body next to mine  
   
F                               C                     
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose  
G7                                    C     
Nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free  
F                                 C                     
Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues  
G7                                    
Feeling good was good enough for me;  
                                C     
good enough for me and bobby Mc Gee.  
   
C                                          G7   
La, la, la………  La, la, la……me and Bobby Mc Gee  
G7                                         C    
La, la, la………  La, la, la……me and Bobby Mc Gee  
C                                          G7   
La, la, la………  La, la, la……me and Bobby Mc Gee  
G7                                         C    
La, la, la………  La, la, la……me and Bobby Mc Gee  
   

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