JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Me and Bobby McGee" merupakan lagu lawas yang dinyanyikan oleh Janis Joplin.
Lagu ini keluar pada 1969 dan dibawakan pertama kali oleh Roger Miller.
Janis Joplin merekam lagu ini beberapa hari sebelum kematiannya pada 1970, kemudian versinya dimuat dalam album Pearl yang rilis pada 1971.
Lagu "Me and Bobby McGee" versi Janis Joplin dimuat Rolling Stone dalam daftar The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Sirens - Cher Lloyd
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Me and Bobby McGee" versi Janis Joplin.
[Verse]
G
Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train
G D
When I was feelin' near as faded as my jeans
D
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
D G C G
And rode us all the way into New Orleans
G
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
G C
I's playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues
C G
Windshield wipers slappin' time, I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
D
We sang every song that driver knew
[Chorus]
C G
Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose
D G
Nothin', it ain't nothin' honey, if it ain't free
C G
And feelin' good was easy, lord, oh, when he sang the blues
D
You know feelin' good was good enough for me
D G A
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee
[Verse 2]
A
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun
A E
Yeah Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
E
Through all kinds of weather,
through everything we done
E A
Yeah Bobby baby kept me from the cold
A
One day up near Salinas, lo-ord, I let him slip away
A D
He's lookin' for that home and I hope he finds it
D A
Well I'd trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday
E
To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine
[Kembali ke Chorus]
[Bridge]
A
La da la la la, la da la la la da la
A E
La da da da daa dadada Bobby McGee ah
E
La da la la la, la da la la la da la
E A
Laa la laa la daada Bobby McGee ah yeah
A
La da la la la, la da la la la da la
A E
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
E
La da la la la, la da la la la da la
E A
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McGee yeah
[Outro]
A
Lord, I called him my lover, I called him my man
A
I said I called him my lover, did the best I can and come one
A E
And and a Bobby oh, and a Bobby McGee yeah
E
Lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo
E A
Hey hey hey Bobby McGee, lord
E
La da la la la, la da la la la la la
E A
Hey hey hey, Bobby McGee yeah