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 || 2nd: 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 clip below 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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