C F
We left home when were barely past eleven-teen
C G7
We’ve been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain
C F
I’ve loved you half of your life and I’ll keep on loving you
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
F
We spent a lot of time out on the highway
C G7
Coming from some town we played along the way
C F
After thirty years and knowing me the way you do
C G7 C
You know I can’t change and live the way you want me to
G7 C
That red bandana tied around your auburn hair
G7 C
You look like you ought to be somebody’s wife somewhere
G7 D#
You ain’t never going to be no Bobby McGee but your trying to
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
F
Every time you leave the stage I know you’ve had your fill
C G7
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will
C F
Hey I’m forty-one today still going on twenty-two
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
repeat #3
We left home when were barely past eleven-teen
C G7
We’ve been back and fourth and all around through hail and rain
C F
I’ve loved you half of your life and I’ll keep on loving you
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
F
We spent a lot of time out on the highway
C G7
Coming from some town we played along the way
C F
After thirty years and knowing me the way you do
C G7 C
You know I can’t change and live the way you want me to
G7 C
That red bandana tied around your auburn hair
G7 C
You look like you ought to be somebody’s wife somewhere
G7 D#
You ain’t never going to be no Bobby McGee but your trying to
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
F
Every time you leave the stage I know you’ve had your fill
C G7
And I wonder why you grew up and why I never will
C F
Hey I’m forty-one today still going on twenty-two
C G7 C
But I can’t change and live the way you want me to
repeat #3
