GBusted (320003@1)flat in Baton Rouge waitin' for a train
                           DFeelin' (xx0232@1)nearly faded as my jeans.
DBobby (xx0232@1)thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
D7 (xx0212@1)                         G-C-G
Rode us all the way to New Orleans.
  GI (320003@1)pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
      G7 (320001@1)                              CI (x32010@1)was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues.
C (x32010@1)                                    GWindshield (320003@1)wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D (xx0232@1)                            D7We (xx0212@1)sang every song that driver knew.

C (x32010@1)                             GFreedom's (320003@1)just another word for nothin' left to lose,
D (xx0232@1)                D7 (xx0212@1)                G-G7
Nothin' don't mean nothin' if it ain't free.
C (x32010@1)                          GFeelin' (320003@1)good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues.
D (xx0232@1)                                -D7
Feelin' good was good enough for me,
                               GGood (320003@1)enough for me and Bobby McGee.

GFrom (320003@1)the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
                               DBobby (xx0232@1)shared the secrets of my soul.
        DThrough (xx0232@1)all kinds of weather, through everything we done,
     D7 (xx0212@1)                          G-C-G
Hey, Bobby's body kept me from the cold.
    GOne (320003@1)day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
     G7 (320001@1)                                CHe's (x32010@1)lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it.
        C (x32010@1)                            GBut (320003@1)I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday,
      D (xx0232@1)                          D7To (xx0212@1)be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine.

C (x32010@1)                             GFreedom's (320003@1)just another word for nothin' left to lose,
    D (xx0232@1)                 D7 (xx0212@1)              GAnd (320003@1)nothin' ain't worth nothin', but it's free.
    C (x32010@1)                               GAnd (320003@1)feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
    D (xx0232@1)                               -D7
And feelin' good was good enough for me
                                      GOh, (320003@1)good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

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