Intro:
guitar 1 (starts solo, without guitar 2)
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guitar 1 continued, duet with guitar 2 (notated below)
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(end Intro)

guitar 2 (enters where indicated above)
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(end Intro)

first few arpeggios after Janis enters singing "Summertime ..."
    Gm           Gm/F#       Gm7
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Intro: G - C/G  G - C/G G
 
Verse: 
G               G          G                G
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
         G                G        D7   D7
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
D7               D7        D7               D7
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
     D7              D7            G - C/G G
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
 
  G             G             G             G
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
    G                   G7              C C
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues
C                   C           
Windshield wipers slappin' time, 
      G                G
I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D7             D7              D7 D7
We sang every song that driver knew

Chorus: 
C                C             G                 G
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
D7                 D7                          G G
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
    C                C              G                 G
And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues
         D7               D7            D7 D7
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
D7               D7              G G A A
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
 
Verse: 
         A         A                A          A
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
     A                 A          E7  E7
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
        E7            E7              E7             E7
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
     E7         E7               A A
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold
 
    A              A            A                 A
One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away
     A                 A7                 D    D
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
         D               D              A            A
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
      E7               E7           E7 E7
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
 
Chorus: 
D                D             A                 A
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
E7                   E7             A    A
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me
      D                D          A                     A
Well, feelin' good was easy, lo-o-ord, when he sang the blues
    E7               E7             E7 E7
And feelin' good was good enough for me
E7               E7               A     A
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee yeah
 
Bridge:
      A         A          A              A
La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa
A              A              E7    E7
La da da da daa dadada Bobby McGee-ah
E7             E7     E7           E7
Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa
E7             E7           A       A
Laa la laa la daada Bobby McGee-ah yeah
 
      A           A                A                A
La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa, ladida LA dida LA di daa
A          A                    E7    E7
Hey
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F          Am     Bb            F  
Sit there, hmm, count your fingers. 
 F                          F7  
What else, what else is there to do? 
 Bb  
Oh and I know how you feel, 
           Bb/A                  Gm  
I know you feel that you’re through. 
            F          C/E           Dm  
Oh wah wah ah sit there, hmm , count, 
      Dm/C  
Ah, count your little fingers, 
       Bb                                   F  
My unhappy oh little girl, little girl blue, yeah. 
 
  F          Am     Bb                F  
Oh sit there,    oh count those raindrops 
 F                                           F7  
Oh, feel ’em falling down, oh honey all around you. 
                  Bb  
Honey don’t you know it’s time, I feel it’s time, 
           Bb/A        Gm  
Somebody told you ‘cause you got to know 
                                F  
That all you ever gonna have to count on 
                 C/E  
Or gonna wanna lean on 
             Dm                      Dm/C  
It’s gonna feel just like those raindrops do 
       Bb                                    F  
When they’re falling down, honey, all around you. 
 
Oh, I know you’re unhappy. 
 
 F          Am     Bb  
Oh sit there, ah go on, go on 
                    F  
And count your fingers. 
    F  
I don’t know what else, what else 
    F7  
Honey have you got to do. 
           Bb  
And I know how you feel, 
                                      Bb/A  
And I know you ain’t got no reason to go on 
 Gm  
And I know you feel that you must be through. 
Oh honey, go on and sit right back down, 
    
             C/E                    Dm  
I want you to count, oh count your fingers, 
          Dm/C          Bb
Ah my unhappy, my unlucky 
                          F  C/E  
And my little, oh, girl blue. 
                  Dm   Dm/C  
I know you’re unhappy, 
 Bb
Ooh ah, honey I know, 
                         F  
Baby I know just how you feel.

Verse 1:	
C   Em
In this world, if you read the papers, Lord,
F   C
You know everybody's fighting on with each other.
C
You got no one you can count on, baby,
C   Bb   F
Not even your own brother.
C   E
So if someone comes along,
F   G#
He's gonna give you some love and affection

Chorus:		
C   Bb   F
I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
C   Bb   F
Honey, get it while you can,
C   Gm
Hey, hey, get it while you can,
Am   G
Don't you turn your back on love, no, no!

Verse 2:	
C   Em
Don't you know when you're loving anybody, baby,
F   C
You're taking a gamble on a little sorrow,
C
But then who cares, baby,
C   Bb   F
'Cause we may not be here tomorrow, no.
C   E
And if anybody should come along,
F   G#
He gonna give you any love and affection,

Chorus:		
C   Bb   F
I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
C   Bb   F
Hey, hey, get it while you can,
C   Gm
Hey, hey, get it while you can.
Am
Don't you turn your back on love,
G   C
No no no, no no no no no.

Guitar solo:	C Em F C E F G#

C   Bb   F
Oh, get it while you can,
C    
Honey get it when you're gonna wanna 
Bb    F
need it dear, yeah yeah,
C    Gm
Hey hey, get it while you can,
Am
Don't you turn your back on love,
G
No no no, no no no no,
C   Bb   F
get it while you can,
C
I said C hold on to somebody when you get 
Bb    F
a little lonely dear,
C    Bb   F
Hey hey, hold on to that man's heart,
C    Bb    F
Yeah, get it, want it, hold it, need it,
C   Bb   F
Get it, want it, need it, hold it,
C    Bb   F
Get it while you can, yeah,
C    Bb    F
Honey  get it while you can, baby, yeah,
C    G
Hey hey, get it while you can!

C                   F           
I know she told you,honey I know 
              G
she told you that she loved you,
     Em          F                  
much more than I did, but all I know 
            G
is that she left you.
              C                        Em
And you swear that you just don´t know why,
Am
but you know, honey I´ll always,
               Dm                 G
I´ll always be around if you ever want me.

Chorus:
G               C    F   C    F   C        
And and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
G                      Am        
oh honey, welcome back home. 

Verse 2:
          C    F                   
Don´t you know,honey, ain´t nobody 
           G
ever gonna love you
       Em            F                      G
the wa-ay I try to do? Who´ll take all your pain,
       C        Em        Am
honey, your heartache, too? And if you need me,
Am
you know
                     Dm                G
that I´ll always be around if you ever want me.

Chorus:
G               C    F   C    F   C        
And and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
G                      Am        
oh honey, welcome back home.

        G            C    F   C    F   C       
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
G                                   Am      
oh daddy, like you always saying to do. 
                                            
Verse 3:
C                                      F
And when you walk around the world,babe,
                      G
you said you´d try to look for the end of the road,
C                      
you might find out later 
                             F
that the road´ll end in Detroit,
                               G
honey, the road´ll even end in Kathmandu.
C                                       
You can go all around the world,
F                                             G
trying to find something to do with your life, baby,
C
when you only gotta do one thing well,
F                              
you only gotta do one thing well 
     G
to make it in this world, babe.
C                                              
You got a woman waiting for you there,
F                     G               
all you ever gotta do is be a good man 
     G
one time to one woman,
C                           
and that´ll be the end of the road, babe.
D
I know you got more tears to share, babe,      
D
And cry....