CF
I know she told you,honey I know
G
she told you that she loved you,
EmF
much more than I did, but all I know
G
is that she left you.
CEm
And you swear that you just don´t know why,
Am
but you know, honey I´ll always,
DmG
I´ll always be around if you ever want me.
Chorus:
GCFCFC
And and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
GAm
oh honey, welcome back home.
Verse 2:
CF
Don´t you know,honey, ain´t nobody
G
ever gonna love you
EmFG
the wa-ay I try to do? Who´ll take all your pain,
CEmAm
honey, your heartache, too? And if you need me,
Am
you know
DmG
that I´ll always be around if you ever want me.
Chorus:
GCFCFC
And and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
GAm
oh honey, welcome back home.
GCFCFC
Come on and cry, cry baby, cry baby, cry baby,
GAm
oh daddy, like you always saying to do.
Verse 3:
CF
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,
FG
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,
FG
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....
Verse 1:
CEm
In this world, if you read the papers, Lord,
FC
You know everybody's fighting on with each other.
C
You got no one you can count on, baby,
CBbF
Not even your own brother.
CE
So if someone comes along,
FG#
He's gonna give you some love and affection
Chorus:
CBbF
I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
CBbF
Honey, get it while you can,
CGm
Hey, hey, get it while you can,
AmG
Don't you turn your back on love, no, no!
Verse 2:
CEm
Don't you know when you're loving anybody, baby,
FC
You're taking a gamble on a little sorrow,
C
But then who cares, baby,
CBbF
'Cause we may not be here tomorrow, no.
CE
And if anybody should come along,
FG#
He gonna give you any love and affection,
Chorus:
CBbF
I'd say get it while you can, yeah!
CBbF
Hey, hey, get it while you can,
CGm
Hey, hey, get it while you can.
Am
Don't you turn your back on love,
GC
No no no, no no no no no.
Guitar solo: CEmFCEFG#CBbF
Oh, get it while you can,
C
Honey get it when you're gonna wanna
BbF
need it dear, yeah yeah,
CGm
Hey hey, get it while you can,
Am
Don't you turn your back on love,
G
No no no, no no no no,
CBbF
get it while you can,
C
I said C hold on to somebody when you get
BbF
a little lonely dear,
CBbF
Hey hey, hold on to that man's heart,
CBbF
Yeah, get it, want it, hold it, need it,
CBbF
Get it, want it, need it, hold it,
CBbF
Get it while you can, yeah,
CBbF
Honey get it while you can, baby, yeah,
CG
Hey hey, get it while you can!
FAmBbF
Sit there, hmm, count your fingers.
FF7
What else, what else is there to do?
Bb
Oh and I know how you feel,
Bb/AGm
I know you feel that you’re through.
FC/EDm
Oh wah wah ah sit there, hmm , count,
Dm/C
Ah, count your little fingers,
BbF
My unhappy oh little girl, little girl blue, yeah.
FAmBbF
Oh sit there, oh count those raindrops
FF7
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/AGm
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
DmDm/C
It’s gonna feel just like those raindrops do
BbF
When they’re falling down, honey, all around you.
Oh, I know you’re unhappy.
FAmBb
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/EDm
I want you to count, oh count your fingers,
Dm/CBb
Ah my unhappy, my unlucky
FC/E
And my little, oh, girl blue.
DmDm/C
I know you’re unhappy,
Bb
Ooh ah, honey I know,
F
Baby I know just how you feel.
Intro: G - C/GG - C/GG
Verse:
GGGG
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
GGD7D7
When I's feelin' near as faded as my jeans
D7D7D7D7
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
D7D7G - C/GG
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
GGGG
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
GG7CC
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues
CC
Windshield wipers slappin' time,
GG
I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D7D7D7D7
We sang every song that driver knew
Chorus:
CCGG
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
D7D7GG
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
CCGG
And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues
D7D7D7D7
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
D7D7GGAA
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
Verse:
AAAA
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
AAE7E7
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
E7E7E7E7
Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
E7E7AA
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold
AAAA
One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away
AA7DD
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
DDAA
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
E7E7E7E7
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
Chorus:
DDAA
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
E7E7AA
Nothin', and that's all that Bobby left me
DDAA
Well, feelin' good was easy, lo-o-ord, when he sang the blues
E7E7E7E7
And feelin' good was good enough for me
E7E7AA
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee yeah
Bridge:
AAAA
La da da, la da daa, la da daa da daa da daa
AAE7E7
La da da da daa dadada Bobby McGee-ah
E7E7E7E7
Laa li daa da daa daa, la da daa da daa
E7E7AA
Laa la laa la daada Bobby McGee-ah yeah
AAAA
La di da, ladida LA dida LA di daa, ladida LA dida LA di daa
AAE7E7
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
E7E7E7E7
Lo lo LO lolo LO lo laa, lololo LO lolo LO lolo LO lolo LO la laa
E7E7AA
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
Chorus:
AA
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man
AA
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can
AAE7E7
C'mon, hey now Bobby now, hey now Bobby McGee, yeah
E7E7E7E7
Lo lo lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord, a lord oh
E7E7AA
Hey, hey, hey, Bobby McGee, lord
Outro: AAAA | AAE7E7 | E7E7E7E7 | E7E7AAAAAA | AAE7E7 | E7E7E7E7 | E7E7AAAAAA | AAE7E7 | E7E7E7E7 | E7E7AA
