By: Fred Foster & Kris Kristofferson
[1]
Performed: Roger Miller, Gordon Lightfoot, Janis Joplin
| C |
| Busted flat in Baton Rouge, heading for the train |
| * | G7 |
Feeling nearly faded | as my | jeans |
Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained | |
| * | C |
Took us all the way to | New | Orleans |
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna | |
| C7 | * | F |
And was blowing sad while | Bobby | sang the | blues |
| * | C |
With them windshield wipers slapping | time, and | Bobby clapping hands |
| * | G7 | * | C |
We | finally | sang up every song that | driver | knew |
| F | * | C | * |
| Freedom's just another | word for | nothing left to lose | |
| G7 | * | C | * |
| Nothing ain't worth nothing | but it's | free | |
| F | * | C | * |
| Feeling good was easy | lord when | Bobby sang the blues | |
| G7 |
| Feeling good was good enough for me |
| C |
Good enough for me and Bobby | McGee |
| C |
| From the coal mines of Kentucky, to the California sun |
| * | G7 |
Bobby shared the secrets | of my | soul |
Standing right beside me Lord, through everything I've done | |
| C |
Every night she kept me from the | cold |
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away | |
| C7 | F |
Looking for the | home I hope she'll | find |
| C |
And I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a | single yesterday |
| G7 | * | C |
| Holding Bobby's body | next to | mine |
| F | * | C | * |
| Freedom's just another | word for | nothing left to lose | |
| G7 | * | C | * |
| Nothing left is all she | left for | me | |
| F | * | C | * |
| Feeling good was easy | lord when | Bobby sang the blues | |
| G7 |
| And buddy that was good enough for me |
| C |
Good enough for me and Bobby | McGee |
Created 2009 Aug 18 16:51
This is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.
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