Sentient Cement Coverpile - Janis Joplin

Me & Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin

G ||-|C G ||-|C G ||-|C G .
G                                      G
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
              G                                      D7    213 D7
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
D7                                        D7
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
        D7                                         G   C-|    G
And rode us all the way into New Orleans

G                                          G
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
    G                        G7                   C
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues - ah hah
C                                                   G
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I's holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D7                                           D7   210 230
We sang every song that driver knew

{Refrain: {2nd time}
C {D}                                        G {A}
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
D7 {E7}                                        G {A} G7 {A7}
Nothin' - it ain't nothin' hun if it ain't free {and that's all that Bobby left me}
        C {D}              C7 {D7} G {A}
And feelin' good was easy lord when he sang the blues
                  D7 {E7}                                    D7 {E7}
You know feelin' good was good enough for me {hmm hmm}
D7 {E7}                                               G C-| G {A A4-| A . /E}
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee    }

A A4-| A       N.C         A
. . . . . . . . . . . From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
         A                                             E7 D D E7
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
             E7                                        E7
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
         E7                                                   A A4-| A
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold world

/E    /A   A                                 A
One day up near Salinas lord I let him slip away
        A                   A7                         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
          E7                                         E7
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

[REFRAIN]

       A              /E/A A                  /E/A A                                                  E7
Lalala, lananana . . . lananana nana . . . . nana la dada dadada Bobby McGee
E7                                                                                               A
Lalala, lananana, lanana nana nana la dada dadada Bobby McGee ah
/E/AA                                         /E /A A
. . . . . . La na na, la na na la na na . . . . . . . la na na, lah ni na lah ni na
/E/A A                                                    E7
. . . . . . Hey now Bobby love me Bobby McGee yeah
E7                                                E7
Loana loanina loanina . . . Loanina loanina loanina loanina loanina
E7                                A
Hey now Bobby love me Bobby McGee yeah

             A                               A
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man
                                 A                            A
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can
            A                                                           E7
C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah
          E7                                                E7
Lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lord
      E7                                   A
Oh hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, lord

(A A9-A A4 A4-A-A . . A-A9-A-A4-A . . A A9-A-A4 A4|| A A4|-A
0E . E . . E4 . E . . E7-||-A-A-E-E . . .E7||A-E . .
E7|||-A-E||0-E-A-|..A4-A . . 000A-|..A4-A . . . } (x2)

E7
Lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lord
      E7                                   A
Oh hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee yeah

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Written by Fred Foster and Kris Kristofferson

In the soon to be created video
Note in the clip below how Timmy pays homage
To the theme of the song.
By wandering off the same way as Bobby
Leaving JC to finish all alone

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