Janis Joplin
Me & Bobby McGee
Pearl (1971)

G  C  G  C G

G
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
                                     D7
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
                                   G     C G
And rode us all the way into New Orleans

  G
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
                       G7             C
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, ah
                                       G
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D7
We sang every song that driver knew

  C                               G
  Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
  D7                                           G
  Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
      C                                G
  And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues
           D7
  You know feelin' good was good enough for me
  D7                                G           A
  Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun            (en A)
Yeah, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, lord, I let him slip away
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
Well, I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

  Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
  Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me
  Well, feelin' good was easy, loord, when he sang the blues
  And feelin' good was good enough for me, hm-hm
  Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee, yeah

A  E7  A  w/ la da da Bobby McGee

A  E7  A  w/ plus excitée

A  E7  A  w/ encore plus excitée  (double time)

A  E7  A  x 2  w/ solo piano puis orgue

A  E7  w/ solo guit

\ x \ x \ x \ x  A


(Kris Kristofferson: en A puis B, plus country, paroles un peu différentes)