JANIS JOPLIN
01-EASY RIDER – Re M
Janis Joplin
Hey mama, mama, come a look at sister,
she's a-standing on the levee trying to do that twist,
but easy rider don't you deny my name,
oh no,
oh no.
Well, i got a girl with a diamond ring,
i'll tell you, boys, she knows how to shake that thing.
oh! easy rider don't you deny my name,
oh no,
oh no.
Play it!
Well, i got a horse and he lives in a tree,
he watches huckleberry hound on his tv.
but easy rider don't you deny my name,
oh no,
oh no.
I would buy you a plastic suit
and i would even buy you some cardboard fruit.
oh! but easy rider don't you deny my name,
oh no,
oh no.
Yeah, easy rider,
don't you deny my name,
pretty baby doll
i said, easy rider,
don't you deny my name,
pretty baby doll
i said, easy rider,
don't you deny my name,
pretty baby doll
i said, easy rider,
don't you deny my name,
pretty baby ...02-ME AND BOBBY McGEE – Sol M
Janis Joplin
Busted flat in baton rouge, waiting for a train
and i's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
it rode us all the way to New Orleans.
I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
i was playing soft while Bobby sang the blues.
windshield wipers slapping time,
i was holding Bobby's hand in mine,
we sang every song that driver knew.
Freedom is just another word
for nothing left to lose,
nothing
don't mean nothing honey if it ain't free, now now.
and feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues,
you know feeling good was good enough for me,
good enough for me and my Bobby Mcgee.
From the Kentucky coal mines to the California sun,
hey, Bobby shared the secrets of my soul.
through all kinds of weather,
through everything that we done,
hey Bobby baby kept me from the cold.
One day up near Salinas, lord, i let him slip away,
he's looking for that home and i hope he finds it,
but i'd trade all of my tomorrows
for one single yesterday
to be holding Bobby's body next to mine.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
nothing, that's all that Bobby left me, yeah,
but feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues,
hey, feeling good was good enough for me, hmm hmm,
good enough for me and my Bobby Mcgee.
La la la, la la la la, la la la, la la la la
la la la la la bobby mcgee.la la la la la, la la la la la
la la la la la, bobby mcgee, la.La la la, la la la la la la,
la la la la la la la la la,
hey now bobby now bobby mcgee yeah.
na na na na na na na na,
na na na na na na na na na na na
hey now bobby now, bobby mcgee, yeah.
Lord, i'm calling my lover, calling my man,
i said i'm calling my lover just the best i can,
c'mon, where is Bobby now,
lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lordy lord
hey, hey, hey, Bobby Mcgee, lord!
---piano end---
03-SON OF A PREACHER MAN – Mi M
Janis Joplin
Billy Ray was a preacher's son
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along
When they gathered round and started talkin'
That's when Billy would take me walkin'
Out through the backyard we'd go walkin'
Then he'd look into my eyes
Lord knows to my suprise
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was he was, yes, he was
Being good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I tried
When he started sweet talkin' to me
He'd come and tell me everything is alright
He'd kiss and tell me everything's alright
Can I get away again tonight
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was he was , lord knows he was
How well I remember
The look that was in his eyes
Stealing kisses from me on the sly
Taking time to make time
Telling me that he's all mine
Learning from each other's knowing
Looking to see how much we're growing
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man
Yes, he was he was, oh yes, he was
The only one who could ever reach me
Was the sweet talkin' son of a preacher man
The only boy who could ever teach me
Was the son of a preacher man....
04-SUMMERTIME – Sol m
Janis Joplin
Summertime, time, time
Child, the living's easy
Fish are jumping out
And the cotton, Lord
Cotton's high,
Lord, so high.
Your daddy's rich
And your ma
is so good-looking, baby
She's looking good now
Hush, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby
No, no, no, no, don't you cry
Don't you cry!
05-TRY [JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER]- Mi M7
Janis Joplin
Try, try, try just a little bit harder
So I can love, love, love him, I tell myself
Well, I’m gonna try yeah, just a little bit harder
So I won’t lose, lose, lose him
to nobody else.
Hey! Well, I don’t care
how long it’s gonna take you now,
But if it’s a dream
I don’t want No I don’t really want it
If it’s a dream I don’t want
nobody to wake me.
Yeah, I’m gonna try yeah,
just a little bit harder
So I can give, give, give, give him
every bit of my soul.
Yeah, I’m gonna try yeah,
just a little bit harder
So I can show, show, show him
love with no control.
Hey! I’ve waited so long
for someone so fine
I ain’t gonna lose my chance,
no I don’t wanna lose it,
Ain’t gonna lose my chance
to make you mine, all mine.
All right, get it! Yeah!
Orchestral break
Try yeah, try yeah, hey, hey, hey, try yeah,
Oh try whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
Oh anybody, oh anybody, oh anybody,
Try oh yeah (just a little bit harder)
Whoa I gotta try some more,
I said try yeah, aw I said try,
I said try try try try try try,
Oh try oh yeah, try oh yeah!
Hey hey, I gotta talk to my man now,
You know I, I gotta feel for my man now,
I said I, I gotta work for my man now,
You know I, I gotta hurt for my man now,
I think-a every day for my man now,
You know it, every way for my man now.
I say try, try yeah, oh try yeah,