C
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin' for the trains  
                            G
Feelin' nearly faded as my jeans  
         G7
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained  
                               C  G
Took us all the way to New Orleans  
C
I took my mouth harp out of my old dirty red bandana  
                   C7                    F
I was playin' sad while Bobby sang the blues  
                          C
Those windshield wipers slappin' time and Bobby's clappin' hands we finally  
G                   C                C7
Sang up every song that driver knew, whoa  
F                                                  C
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose  
G                          C               C7
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free, whoa  
F                                                  C
Feelin' good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues  
G
Feelin' good was good enough for me, Bobby McGee  
D
From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun  
                              A
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul  
                   A7
Standin' right beside me Lord thru everything I done  
                       D                   A7
And every night she kept me from the cold  
D
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away  
                       G
Lookin' for the home I hope she'll find  
                         D
I'd trade all of my tomorrows for a single yesterday  
A                  D   D9
Holdin' Bobby's body next to mine, whoa  
G                     D
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose  
A                        D    D9
Nothin' left is all she left for me, whoa  
G                   D
Feelin' good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues  
A                              D9
Feelin' good was good enough for me, Bobby McGee, whoa  
G                    D
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose  
A                         D    D9
Nothin' ain't worth nothin' but it's free, whoa  
G                   D
Feelin' good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the blues  
A
Feelin' good was good enough for me, Bobby McGee