Me and Bobby McGee

Intro: 0:00
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Verse 1: 0:05
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Busted flat in Baton Rouge,
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  Waitin' for a train,
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When I was feelin' near as faded
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As my    jeans.
0:16
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Bobby thumbed a diesel down
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  Just before it rained;
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And rode us all the way
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Into New Orleans.
0:27
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I pulled my harpoon out of my
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Dirty red bandana,
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I was playin' soft while Bobby
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Sang the blues,  yeah.
0:38
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Windshield wipers slappin' time,
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I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine.
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We sang every song
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That driver knew.

Chorus: 0:48
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Freedom's just another word
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For   nothin' left to lose,
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Nothin', it ain't nothin', honey,
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If it ain't free.
0:58
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And feelin' good was easy, Lord,
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Oh,   when he sang the blues;
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You know, feelin' good
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Was good enough for me.
1:09
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Good enough for me
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And my Bobby McGee.

Instrumental: 1:12
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Verse 2: 1:17
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From the Kentucky coal mines
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To the California sun,
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Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets
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Of my soul.
1:27
        E7
Through all kinds of weather,
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Through everything we done,
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Yeah, Bobby-baby kept me
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From the cold.
1:37
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One day up near Salinas, Lord,
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  I let him slip away,
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He's lookin' for that home
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And I hope he finds it.
1:48
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Well I'd trade all my tomorrows
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For one single yesterday
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To be holdin' Bobby's body
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Next to mine.

Chorus: 1:58
  D
Freedom's just another word
    A
For   nothin' left to lose,
 E7
Nothin', and that's all
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That Bobby left me.
2:08
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Well, feelin' good was easy,
     A
Lo-o-ord, when he sang the blues
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And feelin' good,
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Was good enough for me. Uh-hu.
2:19
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Good enough for me
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And my Bobby McGee, yeah.

Bridge: 2:24
       A         A
La la la, la la la la,
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La la la, la la la la.
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  La la la, la la la,
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Bobby    McGee, eh.
2:35
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La la la la, la la,
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  La la la-la la la,
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La la la la, la la,
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Bobby McGee, ah yeah.
2:45
       A            A
La la la, la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la,
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  La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la,
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  Hey now, Bobby now, now,
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Bobby McGee, yeah.
2:55
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La la, la-la-la la-la-la,
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La-la-la la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la,
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  Hey now, Bobby now, now,
         A    A
Bobby McGee, yeah.

Chorus: 3:05
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Lord, I called him my lover,
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I called him my man,
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I said I called him my lover,
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Did the best I can.
3:10
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C'mon,  hey now Bobby now,
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  Hey now bobby McGee, yeah.
3:14
       E7
Lo-lo-Lord, a Lord, a Lord, a Lord,
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A Lord, a Lord, a Lord, oh.
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Hey, hey, hey,
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Bobby McGee, Lord.

Coda: 3:25
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3:35
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E7 | E7 | A | A
3:44
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A | A | E7 | E7
3:54
E7 | E7 | E7 | E7
E7 | E7 | A | A
4:04
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A | A | E7 | E7
4:13
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La la la la, la la la la,
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La la la la, la la la,
E7
  Hey, hey, hey,
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Bobby McGee.