Chords for Kris kristofferson on Janis' "Me & Bobby McGee" (2016 doc.)
Tempo:
77.6 bpm
Chords used:
F
Bb
C
Eb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb]
Kentucky coal mine
To the California sun
I'll be sharing the sun
[F] Her producer gave me a demo
of her singing in Paganaki.
Way back up [Bb] midsummer glow
It was [C] so exhilarating for me
to hear her make that her song.
If you're a songwriter
and somebody does that
with what you got,
[Eb] it's the greatest feeling
in the world.
When I trained
on a man's [Bb] swing Well yesterday
I [F] was a fool
And Bob and Bob
And [C] he never saw why
[Eb] And freedom's
just another word
[Bb] Oh, nothing left to lose [F] Nothing
That's all that Bob [Bb] left me
I hear [Eb] you're making a new record.
Yeah, the studio's going good.
I like [Cm] my producer,
[F]
Who's producing it?
Paul Westcott.
You haven't worked
with him before, huh?
No, [Fm] no I haven't.
The first time I talked
to Janice about Paul,
she said, [Bb] boy, that guy.
And I said, what?
And she started
talking about him.
And I had, this is serious Janice,
and I had never heard her say
this kind of stuff about anybody.
[C] She [F] was talking about
how much [C] she was learning from him.
[D] Mood was [B] very up.
I mean, as good as sessions get,
everybody in love
with everybody else
and working very hard,
and Janice, she was always
ready to do the most.
[F] She was a much better singer
than the world, or even she knew.
[Bb] What he was asking her to do
was to understand
the different voices
she had at [F] her command,
for this, for Janice,
were really profound.
Because she had always said,
and she absolutely meant it,
[Bb] oh man, when I blow out my voice,
I'm going to buy a bar
and retire in Marin County.
What she was learning from Paul
was enabling her to see
farther into the future.
And that's where Paul
was looking [F] all along.
He said, 30 years from now,
I want you to be making
your best album,
and I want you to be
making it with me.
[Bb] She called me on the phone,
and she said, I got a play
on the phone for you,
a song of Chris Christopherson's
that [F] I've just recorded.
To hear that voice,
to hear her pride,
to hear her excitement.
[F] I didn't hear it until she was gone,
and it was very [Gm] emotional for me.
You [F] know, I could just see her
saying, wait a minute,
son of a bitch, here's this.
You know?
[Bb]
Kentucky coal mine
To the California sun
I'll be sharing the sun
[F] Her producer gave me a demo
of her singing in Paganaki.
Way back up [Bb] midsummer glow
It was [C] so exhilarating for me
to hear her make that her song.
If you're a songwriter
and somebody does that
with what you got,
[Eb] it's the greatest feeling
in the world.
When I trained
on a man's [Bb] swing Well yesterday
I [F] was a fool
And Bob and Bob
And [C] he never saw why
[Eb] And freedom's
just another word
[Bb] Oh, nothing left to lose [F] Nothing
That's all that Bob [Bb] left me
I hear [Eb] you're making a new record.
Yeah, the studio's going good.
I like [Cm] my producer,
[F]
Who's producing it?
Paul Westcott.
You haven't worked
with him before, huh?
No, [Fm] no I haven't.
The first time I talked
to Janice about Paul,
she said, [Bb] boy, that guy.
And I said, what?
And she started
talking about him.
And I had, this is serious Janice,
and I had never heard her say
this kind of stuff about anybody.
[C] She [F] was talking about
how much [C] she was learning from him.
[D] Mood was [B] very up.
I mean, as good as sessions get,
everybody in love
with everybody else
and working very hard,
and Janice, she was always
ready to do the most.
[F] She was a much better singer
than the world, or even she knew.
[Bb] What he was asking her to do
was to understand
the different voices
she had at [F] her command,
for this, for Janice,
were really profound.
Because she had always said,
and she absolutely meant it,
[Bb] oh man, when I blow out my voice,
I'm going to buy a bar
and retire in Marin County.
What she was learning from Paul
was enabling her to see
farther into the future.
And that's where Paul
was looking [F] all along.
He said, 30 years from now,
I want you to be making
your best album,
and I want you to be
making it with me.
[Bb] She called me on the phone,
and she said, I got a play
on the phone for you,
a song of Chris Christopherson's
that [F] I've just recorded.
To hear that voice,
to hear her pride,
to hear her excitement.
[F] I didn't hear it until she was gone,
and it was very [Gm] emotional for me.
You [F] know, I could just see her
saying, wait a minute,
son of a bitch, here's this.
You know?
[Bb]
Key:
F
Bb
C
Eb
Cm
F
Bb
C
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Kentucky coal mine
To the California sun
I'll be sharing the sun
[F] Her _ producer gave me a demo
of her singing in Paganaki.
Way back up [Bb] midsummer glow
_ _ It was [C] so exhilarating for me
to hear her make that her song.
If you're a songwriter
and somebody does that
with what you got,
[Eb] it's the greatest feeling
in the world.
When I trained
on a man's _ [Bb] swing Well yesterday
I [F] was a fool
And Bob and Bob
And [C] he never saw why
[Eb] And freedom's
just another word
[Bb] Oh, nothing left to lose [F] Nothing
That's all that Bob [Bb] left me
I hear [Eb] you're making a new record.
Yeah, the studio's going good.
I like [Cm] my producer,
_ [F]
Who's producing it?
Paul Westcott.
You haven't worked
with him before, huh?
No, [Fm] no I haven't.
The first time I talked
to Janice about Paul,
she said, [Bb] boy, that guy.
And I said, what?
And she started
talking about him.
And I had, this is serious Janice,
and I had never heard her say
this kind of stuff about anybody.
[C] She [F] was talking about
how much [C] she was learning from him.
[D] Mood was [B] very up.
I mean, as good as sessions get,
everybody in love
with everybody else
and working very hard,
and Janice, she was always
ready to do the most.
[F] She was a much better singer
than the world, or even she knew. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ What he was asking her to do
was to understand
the different voices
she had at [F] her command,
for this, for Janice,
were really profound.
Because she had always said,
and she absolutely meant it,
[Bb] oh man, when I blow out my voice,
I'm going to buy a bar
and retire in Marin County.
What she was learning from Paul
was enabling her to see
farther into the future.
And that's where Paul
was looking [F] all along.
He said, 30 years from now,
I want you to be making
your best album,
and I want you to be
making it with me.
_ [Bb] She called me on the phone,
and she said, I got a play
on the phone for you,
_ a song of Chris Christopherson's
that [F] I've just recorded.
To hear _ that voice,
to hear her pride,
to hear her excitement.
[F] _ I didn't hear it until she was gone,
and it was very _ [Gm] emotional for me.
You [F] know, I could just see her
saying, wait a minute,
son of a bitch, here's this.
You know? _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Kentucky coal mine
To the California sun
I'll be sharing the sun
[F] Her _ producer gave me a demo
of her singing in Paganaki.
Way back up [Bb] midsummer glow
_ _ It was [C] so exhilarating for me
to hear her make that her song.
If you're a songwriter
and somebody does that
with what you got,
[Eb] it's the greatest feeling
in the world.
When I trained
on a man's _ [Bb] swing Well yesterday
I [F] was a fool
And Bob and Bob
And [C] he never saw why
[Eb] And freedom's
just another word
[Bb] Oh, nothing left to lose [F] Nothing
That's all that Bob [Bb] left me
I hear [Eb] you're making a new record.
Yeah, the studio's going good.
I like [Cm] my producer,
_ [F]
Who's producing it?
Paul Westcott.
You haven't worked
with him before, huh?
No, [Fm] no I haven't.
The first time I talked
to Janice about Paul,
she said, [Bb] boy, that guy.
And I said, what?
And she started
talking about him.
And I had, this is serious Janice,
and I had never heard her say
this kind of stuff about anybody.
[C] She [F] was talking about
how much [C] she was learning from him.
[D] Mood was [B] very up.
I mean, as good as sessions get,
everybody in love
with everybody else
and working very hard,
and Janice, she was always
ready to do the most.
[F] She was a much better singer
than the world, or even she knew. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ What he was asking her to do
was to understand
the different voices
she had at [F] her command,
for this, for Janice,
were really profound.
Because she had always said,
and she absolutely meant it,
[Bb] oh man, when I blow out my voice,
I'm going to buy a bar
and retire in Marin County.
What she was learning from Paul
was enabling her to see
farther into the future.
And that's where Paul
was looking [F] all along.
He said, 30 years from now,
I want you to be making
your best album,
and I want you to be
making it with me.
_ [Bb] She called me on the phone,
and she said, I got a play
on the phone for you,
_ a song of Chris Christopherson's
that [F] I've just recorded.
To hear _ that voice,
to hear her pride,
to hear her excitement.
[F] _ I didn't hear it until she was gone,
and it was very _ [Gm] emotional for me.
You [F] know, I could just see her
saying, wait a minute,
son of a bitch, here's this.
You know? _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _