Gordon Lightfoot – Me And Bobby Mcgee (Guitar)

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Song: Me and Bobby McGee Artist: Gordon Lightfoot Composers: Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster Album: Sit down young stranger Tabbed by: DJ 17th April 2013 (Will then sound in the recorded key of 'A') Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo Those with only one string indicated are intended to be played as part of a bass note progression G = 320033 G * = 3xxxxx E = 022100 G/D = xx0033 G/A = x0xxxx E/B = x22100 D = xx0232 G/B = x2xxxx E/G# = 4x2400 D/A = x00232 C = x32010 A * = x0xxxx D/C = x30232 C/E = xx2010 A/B = x2xxxx D/F# = 200232 A = x02220 A/C# = x4xxxx G/E = xx2033 A/E = xx2220 Emphasise the bass note of each chord Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]
  G    G/D     G    G/D     G     G/D    G    G/D
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
[Verse 1]
G          G/D     G     G/D
    Busted flat in Baton Rouge,

G          G/D     G     G/D
   Headin' for the train,

G          G/D     G    G/D   D   D/A  D/C  D  D/A
   Feeling nearly faded as my jeans,

D        D/A       D      D/A
   Bobby thumbed a diesel down,

D            D/A     D       D/A
   Just be - fore it rained,

D          D/A     D      D/F#     G   G/E  G/D  G/B
   Took us all the way to New Or - leans
[Verse 2]
G      G/D      G        G/D
I took my har - poon out of my...

G         G/D       G      G/D
 ...Dirty red ban - danna,

        G       G/D       G     G/B      C   C/E   C
And was blowing sad while Bobby sang the blues,

C/E        C          C/E    C        C/E
With those windshield wipers slapping time, and...

G         G/D      G         G/D
 ...Bobby clapping hands, we finally...

D       D/A   D         D/F#
Sung up every song that driver

   G     G/E    G/D   G *  G/A  G/B
...Knew!      |  /    /    /    /   |
[Chorus]
C            C/E      C      C/E
    Freedom, just a - nother word for...

G           G/D     G     G/D
 ...Nothing left to lose,

D       D/A         D
Nothin' ain't worth nothin',

D/F#     G    G/D    G   G *  G/A  G/B
But it's free,    |  /   /    /   /   |

C          C/E      C     C/E
   Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when...

G        G/D      G       G/D
...Bobby sang the Blues,

D          D/A      D       D/A       D  D/A  D  D/A
   Feelin' good was good e- nough for me,

D          D/A       D      D/F#      G  G/D  G  G/D
   Good e- nough for me and Bobby Mc- Gee
[Verse 3]
A   A/E  A  A/E      A          A/E      A     A/E
            From the coal mines of Ken - tucky,

       A      A/E    A     A/E
To the Cali - fornia sun,

A        A/E        A       A/E   E   E/B  E  E/B
   Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,

E           E/B        E        E/B
   Standing right be - side me, Lord, through...

E          E/B        E      E/B
...Every - thing I've done,

E        E/B       E       E/G#     A   A/E  A  A/E
   Every night she kept me from the cold
[Verse 4]
     A         A/E       A      A/E
Then somewhere near Sa - linas, Lord,

   A      A/E      A     A/E
I let her slip a - way,

A            A/E     A       A/C#       D    D/A   D
   Searching for the home, I heard, she owned,

D/A     D        D/A     D       D/A
And I'd give all my to - morrows for a...

A         A/E      A   A/E  E         E/B     E
...Single yester - day,    ...holding Bobby's body...

E/G#     A    A/E    A   A *  A/B  A/C#
Close to mine     |  /   /    /    /   |
[Chorus]
D            D/A      D      D/A
    Freedom, just a - nother word for...

A           A/E     A     A/E
 ...Nothin' left to lose,

E           E/B         E
    Nothin' ain't worth nothin',

E/G#     A     A/E    A   A *  A/B  A/C#
But it's free,     |  /   /    /   /  |

D           D/A      D     D/A
    Feelin' good was easy, Lord, when...

A         A/E      A      A/E
 ...Bobby sang the Blues,

E           E/B      E       E/B       E  E/B  E  E/B
    Feelin' good was good e- nough for me,

E           E/B       E      E/G#      A  A/E  A  A/E
    Good e- nough for me and Bobby Mc- Gee
[Coda- repeats]
    A           A/E     A        A/E
||:    La - la, na, na, na - na, na, na!

A           A/E     A    A/E
   La - la, na, na, na!

A           A/E     A      A/E        E   E/B  E  E/B
   La - la, na, na, me and Bobby Mc - Gee!

E           E/B     E        E/B
   La - la, na, na, na - na, na, na!

E           E/B     E    E/B
   La - la, na, na, na!

E           E/B     E      E/B       A  A/E A  A/E
   La - la, na, na, me and Bobby Mc- Gee           :||