Verse Part1 UpperVoice: C + + E|-------------------|-3----3---/5-------|-3--p1---0------------|-3---/5----3----1--p0-|-------------------| B|-------------------|-1-----------------|----------------------|-1--------------------|-------------------| G|------0---------0--|----------------0--|-------------------0--|----------------------|------0---------0--| D|-----------2-------|-----------0-------|---------2------------|-----------2----------|-----------2-------| A|-------------------|-3-----------------|-3--------------------|-3--------------------|-3-----------------| E|-3-----------------|-------------------|--------------3-------|----------------------|-------------------| Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for a train, From the Ken- tucky coal mines to the California sun , + G E|-3----3---------3----|-3----3--p1--------0----|-1-------------------|---------------------| B|-1-------------------|------------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|------------------------|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|-----------2---------|--------------2---------|-----------0---------|-----------0---------| A|-3-------------------|-3----------------------|---------------------|-2-------------------| E|---------------------|------------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------| feelin' nearly faded as my jeans. Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
+ + + E|-1----1----3----3----|-1---p0-----------------|------1--h3---1---p0-------|---------------------| B|---------------------|----------3-------------|-----------------------3---|---------------------| G|---------------------|-------------------0----|---------------------------|------0---------0----| D|-----------0---------|--------------0---------|--------------0------------|-----------0---------| A|---------------------|-2----------------------|---------------------------|-2-------------------| E|-3-------------------|------------------------|-3-------------------------|---------------------| Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained. Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done, + C E|-1----1---------1----|-1----1--p0-------------|-0-------------------|---------------------| B|-0-------------------|-0-----------------3----|-1-------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|------------------------|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|-----------0---------|--------------0---------|-----------2---------|-----------2---------| A|---------------------|-2----------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------| E|-3-------------------|------------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------| Rode us all the way to New Orleans. Yeah, Bobby baby kept me from the cold. Verse Part2 LowerVoice: + E|-0----0----1---p0----|---------------------|-0----0----1---p0----|------------------------| B|---------------------|-3---p1----0---h1----|---------------------|-3--p1--------0---h1----| G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------0--------------| D|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|--------------2---------| A|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3----------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna and was One day near Sa- linas, Lord, I let him slip away. She's F E|-0----0----0---h1----|-3----3----1---p0----|-1-------------------|-----------1---h3----| B|---------------------|---------------------|-1-------------------|---------------------| G|---------------------|---------------------|------2---------2----|------2--------------| D|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|-----------3---------|-----------3---------| A|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|---------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|-1-------------------|-1-------------------| playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues. With them lookin' for that home, and I hope she finds it. I'd trade C E|-5----5----5-\--4----|-7-\--5----3----1----|-0--------------0----|-1---p0--------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|-----------4---------|-----------3---p1----| G|------5------\--4----|-7-\--5---------2----|------0--------------|---------------------| D|-3---------3---------|-----------0---------|-----------2---------|-----------2---------| A|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| Windshield wipers slappin' time and Bobby's clappin' hands we fin'lly all of my tom- orrows, for a single yester- day, to be G E|---------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------| B|-0----0---------0----|-1---p0---------0----|-0-------------------|---------------------| G|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|-----------0---------|-----------0---------| A|---------------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|-2-------------------| E|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------| sang up ev'ry song that driver knew. holdin' Bobby's body next to mine. Chorus: F C + E|-5----5----5-\--4----|-7-\--5----3----1----|-0------------------0---|---------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|------3----1---h3-------|---------------------| G|------5------\--4----|-7-\--5---------2----|------------------------|------0---------0----| D|-3---------3---------|-----------0---------|-----------2------------|-----------2---------| A|---------------------|---------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------| Freedom's just a- nother word for nothin' left to lose, G C E|----------------0----|-1---------0---------|-0-------------------|---------------------| B|-3---------3---------|----------------3----|-1-------------------|---------------------| G|------0--------------|------0--------------|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|---------------------|---------------------|-----------2---------|-----------2---------| A|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|-3-------------------|---------------------| E|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------|-3-------------------| Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free. F C + E|-5----5----5-\--4----|-7-\--5----3----1----|-0------------------0---|---------------------| B|---------------------|---------------------|------3----1---h3-------|---------------------| G|------5------\--4----|-7-\--5---------2----|------------------------|------0---------0----| D|-3---------3---------|-----------0---------|-----------2------------|-----------2---------| A|---------------------|---------------------|-3----------------------|-3-------------------| E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|---------------------| Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues, G E|----------------0----|-1---------1---p0----|-3-------------------|---------------------| B|-3---------3---------|---------------------|-0-------------------|---------------------| G|------0--------------|------0--------------|------0---------0----|------0---------0----| D|---------------------|---------------------|-----------0---------|-----------0---------| A|-----------2---------|-----------2---------|---------------------|-2-------------------| E|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|-3-------------------|---------------------| Feelin' good was good enough for me, + + C E|-1---------1---p0----|-3----3--/5----------------|---------------------| B|---------------------|--------------5----5--\3---|-1-------------------| G|------0--------------|---------------------------|------0---------0----| D|-----------0---------|------0------------0-------|-----------2---------| A|---------------------|---------------------------|-3-------------------| E|-3-------------------|-3------------3------------|---------------------| Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.
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