Me And Bobby McGhee chords by
Kate Campbell

N/A•

Key: Ab major•

Verse 1

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Busted flat in Baton Rouge,

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headin' for the trains

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D

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Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down

just before it rained

Took us all the way to New Orleans

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I took my harp

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out of my dirty red bandana

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And I was playing soft

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while Bobby sang the blues

With them windshield wipers

sloppin' time

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Holdin' Bobby's hand in mine

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I sang up every song that

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driver knew

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Cause freedom's just another word

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for nothing left to lose

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And nothing ain't worth

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nothing but it's free

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Feeling good was easy, Lord,

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when Bobby sang the blues

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And, that was good enough for me

Good enough for me and

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C

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my Bobby McGee

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From the coal mines of Kentucky

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to the California sun

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Bobby shared the secrets

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of my soul

Standing right beside me, Lord,

through everything I'd done

And every night he kept me

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from the cold

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Then somewhere near Salinas,

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Lord, I let him slip away

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Lookin' for that home

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and I hope he finds it

Cause I'd trade all my tomorrows

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for one single yesterday

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Holding Bobby's body next to mine

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Cause freedom's just another word

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for nothing left to lose

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And nothing left was all

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that Bobby left me

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Feeling good was easy, Lord,

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when Bobby sang the blues

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Buddy, that was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my

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Bobby McGee

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La -da -da, la -da -da, la -da -da,

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-da -da

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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Capo: 1

Transpose: 0

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