Biography:
Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein.
In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings
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Other songs:
- For The Good Times
- Good Christian Soldier
- Help Me Make It Through The Night
- Anthem 84
- Bad Love Story
- Best Of All Possible Worlds
- Between Heaven And Here
- Billy Dee
- Blame It On The Stones
- Blessing In Disguise
- Border
- Border Lord
- Born To Die Alone
- Born To Love Me
- Bread For The Body
- Breakdown
- Breakdown A Long Way From Home
- Broken Freedom Song
- Burden Of Freedom
- Caseys Last Ride
- Castaway
- Chase The Feeling
- Closer To The Bone
- Come Sundown
- Darbys Castle
- Dont Let The Bastards Get You Down
- Duvaliers Dream
- Easy Come On
- Eddie The Eunuch
- El Coyote
- El Gavilan The Hawk
- Enough For You
- Fallen Angel
- Fallen Woman
- Feeling Mortal
- From Here To Forever
- From The Bottle
- From The Bottle To The Bottom
- Gettin By High And Strange
- Give It Time To Be Tender
- Good For Nothing Blues
- Good Love
- Hello In There
- Help Me
- Help Me Make It
- Here Comes That Rainbow
- Holy Creation
- Holy Woman
- How Do You Feel About Foolin Around
- I Believe That I Believe
- I Can Be Had
- I Wont Back Down
- Id Rather Be Sorry
- If You Dont Like Hank Williams
- Ill Take Any Chance I Can With You
- In The News
- Jesse Younger
- Jesus Was A Capricorn
- Jody And The Kid
- Johnny Lobo
- Josie
- Junkie And Juicehead Minus Me
- Junkie Juicehead Minus Me
- Just Suppose
- Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
- Killer Barracuda
- Kiss The World Goodbye
- Last Time
- Law Is For Protection
- Little Girl Lost
- Loving Her Was Easier
- Magdalene
- Mal Sacate
- Mama Stewart
- Me And Bobby Mcgee
- Moment Of Forever
- My Heart Was The Last One To Know
- New Mister Me
- No Ones Gonna Miss Me
- Nobody Loves Anybody Anymore
- Nobody Wins
- Okie From Muskogee
- One Day At A Time
- Out Of Mind Out Of Sight
- Pilgrims Progress
- Please Dont Tell Me How The Story Ends
- Prove It To You One More Time Again
- Rain
- Ramblin Jack
- Same Old Song
- Sams Song
- Shadows Of Her Mind
- Shake Hands With The Devil
- Silver Tongued Devil And I
- Sister Sinead
- Smokey Put The Sweat On Me
- Somebody Nobody Knows
- Spooky Ladys Revenge
- Stagger Mountain Tragedy
- Stairway To The Bottom
- Starlight And Stone
- Stranger
- Sugar Man
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
- Tennessee Blues
- The Bigger The Fool
- The Bigger The Fool The Harder The Fall
- The Burden Of Freedom
- The Captive
- The Fighter
- The Golden Idol
- The Junkie And The Juicehead Minus Me
- The Ladys Not For Sale
- The Last Thing To Go
- The Law Is For Protection Of The People
- The One You Chose
- The Pilgrim
- The Promise
- The Prophet
- The Race
- The Sabre And The Rose
- The Stranger I Love
- The Taker
- They Killed Him
- This Old Road
- To Beat The Devil
- When I Loved Her
- When She Was Wrong
- Where She Stops Nobody Knows
- Whiskey Whiskey
- Whos To Bless Whos To Blame
- Why Me Lord
- Wild American
- You Dont Tell Me What To Do
- You Show Me Yours
- Youre Gonna Love Yourself
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[Verse]
C C
BUSTED FLAT IN BATON ROUGE,
C
HEADIN FOR THE TRAINS;
C C G7
FEELIN NEARLY FADED AS MY JEANS,
G7 G7
BOBBY THUMBED A DIESEL DOWN
G7 G7
JUST BEFORE IT RAINED;
G7 G7 C
TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS.
C C C C
I TOOK MY HARPON OUT OF MY DIRTY RED BANDANNA
C C7 F
AND WAS BLOWIN' SAD WHILE BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
F F F
_ _ WITH THEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLAPPIN TIME
C C
AND BOBBY'S CLAPPIN HANDS WE FINALLY
G7 G7 C
SANG EVERY SONG THAT DRIVER KNEW
[Chorus]
F F C C
FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOSE,
G7 G7 C
NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN' BUT IT'S FREE;
F F C C
FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
G7 G7 G7
AND FEELIN WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME,
G7 G7 C
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
[Verse]
C C C
_ _ FROM THE COAL MINES OF KENTUCKY
C C
TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN,
C C G7
BOBBY SHARED THE SECRETS OF MY SOUL;
G7 G7
STANDIN' RIGHT BESIDE ME, LORD
G7 G7
THROUGH EVERYTHING I DONE,
G7 G7 C
AND EVERY NIGHT SHE KEPT ME FROM THE COLD.
C C C
_ _ _ THEN SOMEWHERE NEAR SALINAS, LORD,
C C
I LET HER SLIP AWAY
C C7 F
LOOKIN' FOR THE HOME I HOPE SHE'LL FIND;
F F F
_ AND I'D TRADE ALL OF MY TOMORROWS
C
FOR A SINGLE YESTERDAY
G7 G7 C
HOLDIN BOBBY'S BODY NEXT TO MINE
[Chorus]
F F C C
FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOSE,
G7 G7 C
NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN' BUT IT'S FREE;
F F C C
FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
G7 G7 G7
AND FEELIN WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME,
G7 G7 C
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
*********************************************************************************
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
BY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
I am not sure which album this song is on, but I have always considered it
a classic. I have been playing it this way for sometime, and it sounds OK.
I use a capo on the second fret so that the song can be played in the simple
keys of G and A.
Dwight
[Verse]
A
Busted flat in Baton Rouge and heading for the trains
E
feeling nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
A
took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
D
and was blowing sad while Bobby sang the Blues
with them windshield wipers slapping time
A E A
and Bobby clapping hands we finally sang up every song that driver knew
[Chorus]
D A
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
E A
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
D A
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
E
Feeling good was good enough for me
A
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
[Verse]
B
>From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
F#
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me Lord through everything I done
B
Every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
E
searching for the home I hope she'll find
B
And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
F# B
holding Bobby's body next to mine
[Chorus]
E B
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
F# B
Nothing left is all she left for me
E B
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
Buddy that was good enough for me
B
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
(Fade out with)
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
F#
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
B
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
C C
BUSTED FLAT IN BATON ROUGE,
C
HEADIN FOR THE TRAINS;
C C G7
FEELIN NEARLY FADED AS MY JEANS,
G7 G7
BOBBY THUMBED A DIESEL DOWN
G7 G7
JUST BEFORE IT RAINED;
G7 G7 C
TOOK US ALL THE WAY TO NEW ORLEANS.
C C C C
I TOOK MY HARPON OUT OF MY DIRTY RED BANDANNA
C C7 F
AND WAS BLOWIN' SAD WHILE BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
F F F
_ _ WITH THEM WINDSHIELD WIPERS SLAPPIN TIME
C C
AND BOBBY'S CLAPPIN HANDS WE FINALLY
G7 G7 C
SANG EVERY SONG THAT DRIVER KNEW
[Chorus]
F F C C
FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOSE,
G7 G7 C
NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN' BUT IT'S FREE;
F F C C
FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
G7 G7 G7
AND FEELIN WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME,
G7 G7 C
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
[Verse]
C C C
_ _ FROM THE COAL MINES OF KENTUCKY
C C
TO THE CALIFORNIA SUN,
C C G7
BOBBY SHARED THE SECRETS OF MY SOUL;
G7 G7
STANDIN' RIGHT BESIDE ME, LORD
G7 G7
THROUGH EVERYTHING I DONE,
G7 G7 C
AND EVERY NIGHT SHE KEPT ME FROM THE COLD.
C C C
_ _ _ THEN SOMEWHERE NEAR SALINAS, LORD,
C C
I LET HER SLIP AWAY
C C7 F
LOOKIN' FOR THE HOME I HOPE SHE'LL FIND;
F F F
_ AND I'D TRADE ALL OF MY TOMORROWS
C
FOR A SINGLE YESTERDAY
G7 G7 C
HOLDIN BOBBY'S BODY NEXT TO MINE
[Chorus]
F F C C
FREEDOM'S JUST ANOTHER WORD FOR NOTHIN LEFT TO LOSE,
G7 G7 C
NOTHIN' AIN'T WORTH NOTHIN' BUT IT'S FREE;
F F C C
FEELIN' GOOD WAS EASY, LORD WHEN BOBBY SANG THE BLUES;
G7 G7 G7
AND FEELIN WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME,
G7 G7 C
GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
*********************************************************************************
ME AND BOBBY MCGEE
BY KRIS KRISTOFFERSON
I am not sure which album this song is on, but I have always considered it
a classic. I have been playing it this way for sometime, and it sounds OK.
I use a capo on the second fret so that the song can be played in the simple
keys of G and A.
Dwight
[Verse]
A
Busted flat in Baton Rouge and heading for the trains
E
feeling nearly faded as my jeans
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained
A
took us all the way to New Orleans
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna
D
and was blowing sad while Bobby sang the Blues
with them windshield wipers slapping time
A E A
and Bobby clapping hands we finally sang up every song that driver knew
[Chorus]
D A
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
E A
Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free
D A
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
E
Feeling good was good enough for me
A
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
[Verse]
B
>From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun
F#
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul
Standing right beside me Lord through everything I done
B
Every night she kept me from the cold
Then somewhere near Salinas Lord I let her slip away
E
searching for the home I hope she'll find
B
And I'd trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday
F# B
holding Bobby's body next to mine
[Chorus]
E B
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose
F# B
Nothing left is all she left for me
E B
Feeling good was easy Lord when Bobby sang the Blues
Buddy that was good enough for me
B
good enough for me and Bobby McGee
(Fade out with)
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
F#
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
La de da de da de da da La de da de da
B
La de da da me and Bobby McGee
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