{"id":681,"date":"2021-05-10T04:33:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=681"},"modified":"2026-03-13T22:42:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T22:42:04","slug":"me-and-bobby-mcgee-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/me-and-bobby-mcgee-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and Bobby McGee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">jim plaster <span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_5\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"> https:\/\/youtu.be\/BlhfbTTmuE0<\/span><span id=\"xyz_ihs_shortcode_5\" class=\"xyz_ihs_copy_shortcode\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Key of C &#8211;\u00a0 as sung by Chris Christofferson<\/span><\/p>\n<pre> {t: Me and Bobby McGee }  \r\n{key: C}  \r\n{artist:Kris Kristofferson}  \r\n (But in A)        \r\n{c: } \r\n[C] Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin\u2019 for the trains   \r\nfeelin\u2019 nearly faded as my [G7] jeans   \r\n[G7] Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained   \r\nTook us all the way to New Or [C] leans   \r\n[C] I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana   \r\nAnd was blowin\u2019 sad while Bobby sung the [F] blues,   \r\n[F] With them windshield wipers slapping time,    \r\nand [C] Bobby clapping hands with mine   \r\nWe [G7] sang every song that driver [C] knew   \r\n{c: } \r\n   \r\n[F] Freedom\u2019s just another word for [C] nothing left to lose   \r\n[G7] Nothin\u2019 ain\u2019t worth nothin\u2019, but it\u2019s [C] free   \r\n[F] Feeling good was easy, Lord, when [C] Bobby sang the blues   \r\n[G7] Feeling good was good enough for me;   \r\ngood enough for me and bobby Mc [C] Gee.   \r\n{c: } \r\nFrom the [C] coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun   \r\nBobby shared the secrets of my [G7] soul   \r\n[G7] Standin\u2019 right beside me, Lord, through everything I\u2019d done   \r\nEvery night she kept me from the [C] cold   \r\n[C] Then somewhere near Selinas Lord, I let her slip away   \r\nLookin\u2019 for the home |I hope she\u2019ll [F] find   \r\n[F] But I\u2019d trade all my tomorrows for a [C] single yesterday   \r\n[G7] holdin\u2019 Bobby\u2019s body next to [C] mine  \r\n{c: } \r\n[F] Freedom\u2019s just another word for [C] nothing left to lose   \r\n[G7] Nothin\u2019 ain\u2019t worth nothin\u2019, but it\u2019s [C] free   \r\n[F] Feeling good was easy, Lord, when [C] Bobby sang the blues   \r\n[G7] Feeling good was good enough for me;   \r\ngood enough for me and bobby Mc [C] Gee.      \r\n{c: } \r\n[C] La, la, la\u2026\u2026\u2026  La, la, la\u2026\u2026me and Bobby Mc [G7] Gee   \r\n[G7] La, la, la\u2026\u2026\u2026  La, la, la\u2026\u2026me and Bobby Mc [C] Gee   \r\n[C] La, la, la\u2026\u2026\u2026  La, la, la\u2026\u2026me and Bobby Mc [G7] Gee   \r\n[G7] La, la, la\u2026\u2026\u2026  La, la, la\u2026\u2026me and Bobby Mc [C] Gee  \t\t\t\t<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>jim plaster https:\/\/youtu.be\/BlhfbTTmuE0 Key of C &#8211;\u00a0 as sung by Chris Christofferson {t: Me and Bobby McGee } {key: C} {artist:Kris Kristofferson} (But in A) {c: } [C] Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin\u2019 for the trains feelin\u2019 nearly faded as my [G7] jeans [G7] Bobby thumbed a diesel down, &hellip; 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