Me & Bobby McGee (Joplin version)

ME AND BOBBY MC GEE Joplin
By: Kris Kristofferson & Fred Foster
Janis Joplin version
Key: G, A

Key: G

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Bust-ed flat in Bat-on Rouge, 
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Wait-in' for a train, 
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When I was feel-in' near as 
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fad-ed  as my jeans. 
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Bob-by thumbed a die-sel down,  
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just be-fore it rained; 
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They rode us all the way to New Or-leans. 
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I pulled my har-poon out of 
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my dir-ty red ban-dan-na, 
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I was play-in’ soft while 
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Bob-by sang the blues. 
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Yeah, wind-shield wip-ers slap-in' time, 
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I was hold-in Bob-by’s hand in mine
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We sang ev-‘ry song that driv-er knew. 

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Free-dom's just an-oth-er word 
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for noth-in' left to lose: 
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Noth-in' don’t mean noth-in' 
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if it ain’t free no no. 
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If feel-ing good was eas-y, Lord, 
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when he sang the blues. 
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you know feel-ing good 
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was good e-nough for me; 
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Good e-nough for me and my Bob-by Mc-Gee. 

Key: A

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From the Ken-tuck-y  coal mines 
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to the Cal-i-for-nia sun, 
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hey Bob-by shared the sec-rets of  my soul. 
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through all kinds of weath-er
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through ev-‘ry-thing that we've done, yeah 
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Bob-by ba-by helped me from the whole world.
 
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One day up near Sal-i-nas, Lord, 
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I let him slip a-way,
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He’s look-in' for that home 
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And I hope he finds   it. 
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But I'd trade all of my to-mor-rows 
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for one sin-gle yes-ter-day, 
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to be hold-in' Bob-by's bod-y next to mine. 
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Free-dom's just an-oth-er word 
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for noth-in' left to lose: 
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Noth-in' that’s all that Bob-by left me yeah. 
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But if feel-in’ good was eas-y, Lord, 
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when he sang the blues hey. 
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feel-in’ good was good e-nough for me mm, hmm; 
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Good e-nough for me and my Bob-by Mc-Gee. La da
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Hey hey hey Bob-by Mc Gee  yeah