“ME + BOBBY MCGEE”-SONG PROFILE-

-BASIX-

*INTRO*

*MASTER TAPES*

*VIDEO*

*CHORDS*

(4:4)
(Gmajor)

(reference note: DD E DD BB)

VERSE:

(G)

busted flat…

(D7)

jeans…

(G)

leans…

(G)

pulled my harpoon…

(G7) (C)

bobby sang the blues…

(C)

windshield wipers…

(G)

holding bobby’s hand…

(D7)

we sang…

CHORUS:

(C)

freedom’s…

(G)

nothing left to lose…

(D7)

nothing…

(G)

free…

(C)

feeling good…

(G)

when he sang…

(D7)

feeling good…

(G)

mcgee

VERSE:

(Amajor)

(A)

kentucky

(E7)

soul…

(E7)

all kinds of weather…

(A)

cold..

(A)

one day up near salinas…

(A7) (D)

home and i hope he finds it…

(D)

trade all my tomorrows…

(A)

yesterday…

(E7)

holding bobby’s hand…

CHORUS:

(D)

freedom…

(A)

nothing left…

(E7) (A)

nothing was all bobby left me…

(D)

feeling good…

(A)

when he sang…

(E7)

feeling good…

(A)

mcgee

OUTRO:

(repeat the verse in A)

(***BACK TO “ME AND BOBBY MCGEE”***)

*LYRICS*

VERSE 1:

busted flat in ‘baton rouge’, waiting for a train…
feeling near as faded as my jeans…
‘bobby’ thumbed a ‘diesel’ down just before it rained…
rode us all the way to ‘new orleans’…

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
I was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine,
We sang every song the driver knew

CHORUS:

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, now now.
And feeling good was easy laugh when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

VERSE 2:

From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
Hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
Through all kinds of weather, through everything that we done,
Hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold.

One day up near Salinas, Lord, I let him slip away,
He’s looking for that home and I hope he finds it,
But I’d trade all of my tomorrows for one single yesterday
To be holding Bobby’s body next to mine

CHORUS:

Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing, and that’s all that Bobby left me, yeah,
And feeling good was easy laugh when he sang the blues,
Hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

OUTRO:

La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
La la la la la Bobby McGee.
La la la la la, la la la la la
La la la la la, Bobby McGee, la.

La La la, la la la la la la,
La La la la la la la la la, hey now Bobby now Bobby McGee yeah.
Na na na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na na na na
Hey now Bobby now, Bobby McGee, yeah.

Lord, I’m calling my lover, calling my man,
I said I’m calling my lover just the best I can,
C’mon, where is Bobby now, where is Bobby McGee, yeah,
Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, Lord!

Yeah! Whew!

Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lord
hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee…

(***BACK TO “ME AND BOBBY MCGEE”***)

*DEVELOPMENT*

(written by ‘kris kristofferson’ and ‘fred foster’)
(originally performed by ‘roger miller’)

(released on janis joplin’s final posthumous album “pearl”)
(’11 january 1971′)

*ENSEMBLE*

*STUDIO*

*LIVE*

*SOLO*

*ENSEMBLE*

*V1*
(’22 october 2017′)
(sunday night)
(@ ‘dekalb avenue’ subway station)
(brooklyn)