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Me and Bobby McGee Chords

[Intro]
 
G  C     G  C     G
 
 
[Verse]
 
G
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
         G                         D
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
D
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
     D                             G - C      G
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
 
  G
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
    G                                   C
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues
C                                     G
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D
We sang every song that driver knew
 
 
[Chorus]
 
C                              G
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
D                                              G
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
    C                               G
And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues
         D
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
D                                 G         A
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
 
 
[Verse]
 
         A
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
     A                            E
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
        E
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
     E                           A
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold
 
    A
One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away
     A                                    D
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
         D                              A
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
      E
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D                              A
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
E                                   A
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me
      D                           A
Well, feelin' good was easy, lo-o-ord, when he sang the blues
    E
And feelin' good was good enough for me
E                                 A
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee yeah
 
 
[Bridge]
 
      A
La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa
A                             E
  La da da da daa dadada Bobby McGee-ah
E
Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa
E                           A
Laa la laa la daada Bobby McGee-ah yeah
 
      A
La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa, ladida LA dida LA di daa
A                               E
  Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
       E
Lo lo LO lolo LO lo laa, lololo LO lolo LO lolo LO lolo LO la laa
E                                A
  Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        A
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man
         A
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can
      A                                    E
C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah
       E
Lo lo lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord oh
E                       A
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, lord
 
 
[Outro]
 
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