Me and Bobby McGee
1969 — Kris Kristofferson
Key: A (D-DUD-D-)
Version 0 (2018-10-18)
 
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Baritone
Chords
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Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train  
 
 
When I's  
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feelin' near as faded as  
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my jeans  
 
 
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained  
 
 
And rode us all the way into New  
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Orleans  
 
 
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana  
 
 
I's playin' soft while  
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Bobby sang the  
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blues  
 
 
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was  
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holdin' Bobby's hand in mine  
 
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We sang every song that driver knew  
 
 
 
 
 
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Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to  
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lose  
 
 
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Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't  
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free  
 
 
 
And  
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feelin' good was easy, lord, oh,  
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when he sang the blues  
 
 
 
You know  
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feelin' good was good enough for me  
 
 
 
Good enough for  
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me and my Bobby  
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McGee  
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From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun  
 
 
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of  
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my soul  
 
 
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done  
 
 
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the  
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cold  
 
 
One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away  
 
 
He's lookin' for that  
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home and I hope he  
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finds it  
 
 
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for one  
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single yesterday  
 
 
To be  
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holdin' Bobby's body next to mine  
 
 
 
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Freedom's just another word for  
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nothin' left to lose  
 
 
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Nothin', and that's all that Bobby l 
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eft me  
 
 
 
Well,  
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feelin' good was easy, lo-o- 
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ord, when he sang the blues  
 
 
 
And  
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feelin' good was good enough for me  
 
 
 
Good enough for me and my Bobby  
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McGee yeah  
 
B R I D G E
 
 
La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa  
 
 
La da da da daa dadada Bobby  
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McGee-ah  
 
 
Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa  
 
 
Laa la laa la daada Bobby  
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McGee-ah yeah  
 
 
La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa, ladida LA dida LA di daa  
 
 
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby  
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McGee yeah  
 
 
Lo lo LO lolo LO lo laa, lololo LO lolo LO lolo LO lolo LO la laa  
 
 
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby  
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McGee yeah  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man  
 
 
 
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can  
 
 
 
C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby  
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McGee, yeah  
 
 
 
Lo lo lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord oh  
 
 
 
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby  
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McGee, lord  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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