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\ collection of 16 Janis Joplin classics SWS A collection of 16 Janis Joplin classics as performed live and on record from 1963 to 1970 ime creRele Re elena ect aiel Design and production assistance: Ellie Oberzil er role Mem Rom cel elle Relate olareliere ie su oRi=ct-Te fol assistance to Rob Gordon, Richard Hundgen and the Joplin family. Cichappell/intersong ® Eee) HAL*LEONARD erro e tread The Songs: Ra a era MNS) BALL AND CHAIN, 6 TRY (Just a Little Bit Harder), 10 ME AND BOBBY McGEE, 14 Bi@)U)s) Rea LUN Beats BYE BYE BABY, 22 ON RON SLrECys PIECE OF MY HEART, 44 KOZMIC BLUES, 45 MERCEDES BENZ, 49 MAYBE, 52 et aes SUMMERTIME, 63. fea a ARR OULO aN ners aM va OO: a\M= ke sre Le) CRY BABY, 80 eae Ree eae Teena Aes eal se By pect Ket Miu Germ esto elaer ee Ae cee eyes Ra tone Pe tect c laa Lene ee tometer Deed at swee one ge nM RCe Rc) eevee Tove VE Monon on except for the following tunes (which may be heard as indicated) Cae pa Aart Sipe Baby (Columbia LP Big Brother & The Holding Company, C: 07 on (eM: TOETH Oo. Nig nolo MRC ro AP KO) MCR oR: eats oe ek DELL) Get rotten gic tee aes aaa [OAL ORCS) WALK RIGHT IN Words and Music by GUS CANNON and H. WOODS Slowly, with strong heat + al mind roll Be = by, det your ful hang Walk right in, — set right down, — Dad -dy, let your Walk right im, set right down aoe Walk right im, set right down, — Wolk right i, set right. down, a = = = =| - = i ‘ wtf _. - = = * , + ceonir 3 yet nyEanrcn corto conven NTEATENA.COROHNON See Serena ease Teaies one wenn cnn SaeE Tanta kN atten cine ta ds emarce At let your mind roll Bas by, let your hair tang Walk right Walk right set right set right on y= bod = y's down. yo bod = y's be you wam = a lose your mind? Bo__you want - = lose % talk = in) talk = in! ed time 01 Coal br, —dowe, — down, Dad=dy, let your mind roll. on. Ba = by, tet youe hair hang fps — = = Dad = dy, ler your mind rol on Ba let = ja ah Ee 7 FF BALL AND CHAIN Sittin’ by my window, baby, oh, t ol ame eolais ace a) amethin grabbed ahold of me, daddy. Falt tome, honey. like a ball and chain BALL AND CHAIN Words and Music by WILLIE MAE (BIG MAMA) THORNTON Inaslow 2 (+ = 1 beat) 4 1 Sit - in’ by my win-dow, Twas lookin’ out 2d. Ob, ob, ba + by, you wan - na do these jrotranoten 2 1 know you gonna avis me, baby, oh yes, you're gonna miss Sit- un’ by my win dow, ba = by, and Twas sit -tin" there __ oh, ch_____ ba = by, why__ you wan-na do these + koow you're gonna miss me, baby, you're gonne miss all of those lookin’ out at the rains of mean things to me; sweet things, Ang then you find You know some-thin’ struck me, clamped onto me Be-cause— you know. I love you, and I'm so sick that your whole life vill be like mine, All wrapped up — Just bke a ball and chain: of liv- in’ in mis-er - y bal! and chain, I said that love's. gonna last with you for - ev-er, it’s gon-na last__ _ a a (No chords} said it's gon-na last. Oh, great Ged Al-mignt-y, for 4 TRY (Just A Little Bit Harder) Words and Music by JERRY RAGOVOY and CHIP TAYLOR Moderately, with a beat ca i] Just A Lit-te Bit Hard | * so 1 can |love, love, love you, 5 tell my + self Well, I'm gon-na trys * erat 1968, 779 by Rogan sto \gheat he wars by UcnaDt Wi "LTRIS RRS. Tood nse nce bon eitingement ct CObahY ar — F e just a lit- tle bie hard 50 I won't}lose, lose, lose you "7 ° ta eae to no-bod-y elses how | long it's gon-na take me, but | if it's @ dreamt don't want, —~ No,Idon't really want it,| If it’s a dream_ I don't want]. ny, Yeoh, I'm gon-na wo litte Dit hare: 3 just a Yeah,I'm gon-na try, i just a lit-tle bic hard ~ 2, Yeah, I'm gonna try, yeah Just a little bit harder So T can give, give, give you Ev'ry bit of my soul. ‘Yeah, I'm gonna try, yeah Just a little bit herder So 1can show, show, show you My love with no control. T've waited so long for someone so fine Lain't gonna lose my chance (No, T ain't gonna lose it) ‘Ain't gonna lose my chance to make him Mine, oh, mine, Yeah, I'm gonna try (to Fade} ME AND BOBBY MCGEE Words and Music by KRIS KRISTOFFERSON and FRED FOSTER ‘Moderately busted flat in Bat + on Rouge Head ~ In’ for the coal mines of Ken - tck=y Ty the Cal 4 ~ for ~ nin — ES SE fad ed a8 my se -crots of my - ea 5 Bob-by thumbed a die ~ sel down just be =fore it rained: Stand-in' right be ~ side me, Lord, Througin ev pis 1 done, reas ‘Took us all the way to New Or - And ev=ery night she Kept me from the 1 took my har some-where ner Sa - : =to—- Z Se soe Ser 41989 COMANE Music Cone. Nini Recaved. Used by Prmiaion oon out of my dirty, red ban -dan-na And was blow~in' sad while Bob-by sang the in ~ as, Lord, 1 ether slip a ~ way Look ~ in’ for the home 1 hope she'll $ os fe With them wind-shield wi- pers slap-pin' time and Bob - by clap ~ pin! And I'd trade all of my to - mor-rows for a sin - gle yes - ter~ * sang up ev -'ry song that driv -er Hold ~in' Bob-by's bod-y next to a eg Free-dom's just an - oth - er word for noth - in’ left Free-dom's just an - oth - er word for noth ~ in’ left * Nothin’ ain't worth noth - in‘, Dut it Noth-in' left is all she’ left for good was cas - y, Lord, When And{feel-in’ good was good © ~ nough for "And, bud-dy, that was good © - nough for a Bob=by sang blues; TROUBLE IN MIND Words and Music by RICHARD M. JONES Motente orierues (ood 4 ! ie 1 Copytnt 1937 by MCA MUS. A Dvsion of MCA NC. Now Yt NY Coppight erewes| USED ay PERMISSON' AL MONT RESERVED Now all you men's the same, 2 fone e-nough to. change my ‘eause that sun's gon-na shine in J 3 gonna my back door some - day. on that lone-some rail-road line two nine = teen case my trou - bled mind. ‘Trou-ble in mind, T'm blue, won'tbe blue “cause that wind's gon = na come— my blues a a tte riperenpennpeeeehny: BYE BYE BABY Words and Music by RP. ST. JOHN, JR. Moderately + Tmay be — see- in’ you a - round, Wan-na ——— change myliv-in’ stan- dard and move up - town, Bye,bye Ba - by,bye,_— {© 194 1972 VNERING WATCHORKS MISE Bo 0133 Son Fer, Cash 4 ena) Copyright Secues MageinUSA. AlN Ros _— —<_ 1 guess I'm gon-namake it 0 - kay, SS SSS ra ———— ——5—} SSS SSS s = SSS see you in the fun- ny pa_- pers get the feel - in’ 1 could chase you cleanon in’ the fall_— and ‘wind up stay- in’, put off, put down, strung out and n't got time to of things guess Im gon-namake ito in the fun-ny pa > pers some old Too bad you had to drift fa 3 1 could use some com - pa - ny FE know that you got things to do—— and plac + es. tobe, and 1 ee guess I'll have to fight the thing you placed on sleep - in’ for You did -n't i é ba ge geet i ¢ = seems you just got lost some- where out in the — world,— and you # + SS z es mf —: — = ———a — 5 bk # = e = ap s a7 D7 e 7 a ———S=EE —— a SS —— Ss 7 left me here — to face __ it ala. a- lone, You to face— it all_ a+ lone, yeah,yeah yeah, bye, bye, bye Ba - by, MOVE OVER Words and Music by JANIS JOPLIN No Chosde Ya say thatit's 0 - ver,ba - by, ya thet it's 0 - ver now, and still you hang a - round. now come gf © WI STRONG AM MLSE 75 ol Sto Now ork NewYork 10022 inotohSrexCopwant soca Mose nS A [Alaghts Reserved know that I need ask ya to—— just to tell —— Please, don-cha do it t’ me, please don-cha do it 2nd time to Coda Toke the love or hon-ey, let me bel quite-a read-y for walk yt quite-a read-y for walk - ‘and what will you do— with your life life just — dan glin'?___ = — Si you're play-in’ the fool, darlin’, you're play-in’ the fool, _come on, now! Now ei-ther be my Guitar Solo * D.S.% al Coda w0 Ya @ Coda say wont ya,won'tya let me be? can't yeah, you'replay - in’ with my can'ttake it no more ba-by, Vm just tir - ed hang-ing from the end of string, hon - ey. You ex-pect me to fight like a god-damned Ad lib, till completely faded out h time | tell myself that | think I've had enough nna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough \A PIECE OF MY HEART ‘ Words and Music by BERT BERNS and JERRY RAGOVOY Slowly with a beat eb Ab Cd ab eb ab Did-n't I make you feel 8b ab eb ab ab7 Dud-ait T give jou oveiry-tbingthatavom-an possibly, cat od It's nev-er e~nough,_ But But with all the love I give you, a aati RE CORA. ob I'm gon-ma show you, §sFm7 0b7 Fm? 8b7 sb Heart now, hon - ey. » Heart now, ba ~ by.— ba = by, Fm? Bb? Fm? that a wom =an can be tough. — b7 tb ‘Take an-oth-er little Plece Of My Cd Break it! Breakean-oth-er lit- tle Piece Of My ab Have an-oth-er lit -tle Plece Of My > makes you feel good. rb ab bh ab in the street look = in’ ‘And you know in your heart that ain't right tee fs tb Ab ab never, nev-er hear mewhen I ery at T tell my-self in your arms 7 DLS. at Fine KOZMIC BLUES Words and Music by JANIS JOPLIN and GABRIEL MEKLER: Sow Blues Tempo fs Amis bolt ase, Ta #4 keeps | mov-in’ on, they | turn a - way. nev- er found — to make it right to an -| oth - Cif serir Peres oe” amet ea! - irs, homey, in just | one night, g i Well;Tm twenty five years it can't be | right! 7 ° =, ee PEE Ca ‘ter babe, And I can'thelp you no |more than I did when | just a girl, Chom ae r But it don't make no And 1 know that 1 can} al - = toa It don't make no dif-f'rence babe, Last time D.C. and fade Verse 3: Don't expect any answers, dear For, I know that they don't come with age, no, no ‘They ain't never gonna love you any better, babe ‘And they'ze never gonna love you right So you better dig it right now, right now, oh Chorus: Well, it don't make no diff'rence, babe ‘And [ know, that I can always try Well, there's a fire inside ev'ry one of us You're gonna need it now, ‘get to hold it, yeal Chorus: Don't make no diff"rence, babe, no, no, no And it never, ever will Twanna talk about livin’, and lovin’, yeah get to hold it, babe I'm gonna need it now, I'm gonna use it Chorus: Don't make no diff'rence, babe Oh, honey, I hate to be the one Isaid, you better live your life ‘And, you better love your life ‘Oh babe, some day you're gonna have to cry AW MERCEDES BENZ Words and Music by JANIS JOPLIN and MICHAEL McCLURE (Spoken: ) I'd like to do a song of great social and political import; It goes like this: Ina moderate, hand-clapping 2 No Chords & won't you | buy me ot hand clapping (throughout) Benz My — {friends all drive |Por- sches,— I Worked |hard Hand clapping to 2nd time the end of number 7. 3 aa a help from my friends, So, Lord, won't you buy me Copyright 1970 STRONG APM MUSC. 75 Ear $5 ree New York Now York 10022 Inferanena Copwignt secured ‘Made nus ‘Aight Reserved 2nd time: Fine then spoke (2nd time rit.) wTHAT'S ITT" ty-ing to find me, __ I wait for de - liv-er- y each ae Sd So, Lord, won't you buy mea v.2 Oh, Lord, won'tyou buy me—— a_— night on the ae town? V'm count - ing on you, Lord, please, don't let me down;— Prove that you love me and buy the next —round,____ Oh, won't you buy me TEN sis eM eomaecl cK (cuatoh ior little hand pes ght understand H y Words and Music by RICHARD BARRETT if, I could pray, and I you might come back home, home to if I could ev- er hold your lit-tle © Copyrght 88 by NOM MUSING. Ins atrangement © Copyright fo by NOM MUSC NG. 7 W GO Steet New York NY 10029 rtertonal Copyigh secured ‘Airagrs Roservedincung Pubic Performance fo Pott Preteginu SA 54 a Am? oh, you might — Bm7 Am7 D7 may - be, may - be, may- be. Gmaj7 may - be, may - be, may - be, 7 2 are dear, I guess I might of done some-thin’ wrong, and Id be glad to ad~-mit re ae eS aaa come on home to me ne_on home Fo7-5 Gaus may - be, may - be, may be, When I know that it just does-m't ev- er seem to mat. ter, ba - by. S26 HAD ee ee Hon-ey,when I go out or what Im tryin’ to do, can't you see I’m still left here, =a a ap ee es et z Please, please, please, please, oh, won't you re - con-sid-er, ba - by. Noweome on, I said, D7mie Doms come back, — hon-ey, come back Drous c Gmaj7? Em Em-5 be,dear. Oh, may-be, may-be, ee e m7 Am7 D7 Teer cmt let me help you. Show me how. Maybe, may-be, may-be, Gas ¢ c Fhn7-5 Gos G Fim7-5 cus ¢” Tacet Tacet May - be, may- be, may- be. May- be, may- be, may-be. TELL MAMA Words and Music by C. CARTER Solid Rock Beat (8 ina bar) ie ihe 2 eee 2 pd} found a good girl, Now you've found that © Copia 6 gu ans ety FANE VISE FUBUSANG COU S.A {oy MSC 9. 50 New fon hee eroen WL ‘ieretional Copyright Secu ‘agi aesones| Mode inengans _tovgrorgaran| st ontanc mcancoin whoa crete curt san tingarat cco GE ve been mis-used; — 7 Bb fe all a-bout it, — Tell Ma- Til make ev - ‘ry-thing al - right. =I = —— That girl you had did - n't have no sense, she was = n't worth all the time that you spent She had oth - er man. throw you out ~ doors, ra —I— Now the same man is wear-ing your clothes. 1 want you == e me a chance, I've been 1 just wan - na take care of you. Now won't you just SUMMERTIME Words by DuBOSE HEYWARD GEORGE GERSHWIN Music by GEORGE GERSHWIN —— er inf espresiiva ame Meverato much expression) Bm6 hms amé Chm Bmé Cémé mb an’ the liv - in’ is ——s ss ee Moe * A & jump- in} ca ao poco rit a = eeptre cnter neeg crccin ee eect ischsaatet tee wasn i tie Soe ota ean Cn cant ieseticcen ee e look - iny—— Ams Bm "poco animato, you morn ~ in's One of these ams hme Bm Chm m8 CHm6_— m6 Em7. Em7/G you goin’ fo rise up singin} Then you'll spread yo" wings— ~, eecrett (seem SS an’ youll take the ee But till that ame CHmé Bre rné cms Biné rc theres a noth-in’ can harm you D Bm. A9 sus Bm E A9 sus Dad-dy an’ Mam-my stand - in’ pe op eee cf (add DB) Bm Bs GET IT WHILE YOU CAN Words and Music by JERRY RAGOVOY and MORT SHUMAN Moderate 3 3 c Em aus In this world, ________if you read the pa-pers,Lord, - ev-ry-bod-y's ‘with each oth - er, You got no one ee We zn © 156.1971 a8 Rong Songs nc. nd Ropar Mic Com Aig croleaoyrlcnooper Mee (igmaera wank: ser) inomaboes Capron eeiced ALWCHIS SERED © Pines noUSA naunoreed copying, orang, Suaping feccng a Publ pofamance ton igor! of copy eres eee comes a - long,__________ he's gon-na give_ you some love and af - say get it while you can, yeah, hon -ey, it while you can, hey, hey get it while you can, Don't you turn__ your back on love, —______ ho ———— know when you're lov-in’ an- y -bod- y, babe, you're tak-ing @ gam-ble— ona lit-tle sor - row. But then who fee ee cares,ba- by, ‘cause we may not be here to should come a - long he's gon-na give you an-y love and af - get it while you can, get it while you can, get it while you can, ‘get if when you're gon-na need it, dear. Hey, hey get it while you don't you turn your back HE Get it while you can, hold on to some- @ lit-tle lov-in',dear.__ want it, hon-ey, get it while you can ba-by. get it while you a SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES Words and Music by JESSE FULLER Moderately ‘maj? mz the blues when my Ba - by by cmaj7 cmai7/E ' F She's tak-en an o-cean Jin-erandene's gone so far a - 3 1 did-nt mean to treat her so cmaj7 ar 27 best girl I ev-er have s said good-bye— gon-na }. — 19 - © Coryngnt 1958 cnc #959 Holl Mase. New Yok NY Intomeonal Goofont Secued Mage n USA. [A Righs Reserved ncucing Put Prtorance Fr Pret (sed by Permison V'm gon-na lay down and I have-tt got anick-el, Ain't got lous - y Cmaj7/E If she don't come back, I thine T'm gonna lose my mind, If she ev-er comes back to stay, There's gon-na_be an-oth-er brand new day_ Walk-in’ with my Ba-by down by the San Fran-cis-co Bay.. Wo -man I'm so cra - zy ‘bout ‘Think Tl takeme a freight train, o7. Ride all the way to the end of the line, Wond'rin' which way 0 g0,—— 7 she don't want me no Be-cause I'm feel - in’ 7 ‘Think-in on-ly of c7 Cmaj7 nore. a7 blue, you. Just a-pout to go in - sane, = heard my Ba-by, The way she used to call my name, Gin’ with my Ba -by down by the San Fran-cis -co Bay. CRY BABY Words and Music by BERT RUSSELL and NORMAN MEADE Dm G (single note) F Slowly | G {single note) EH we Hon- ey, wel= come back T know she told you, (© 1963 by EME PUBLIGIING LID. & UNCHAPPEL MASI INC. all I know is that she left you and you swear that you just don't know why, ae al-ways be a - round F single note ou seme) 99 So ie want me.Come on and. Glsingle note) = uh,hon-ey, wel - come back G (single note) pon-ey,ain't no-bod-y ev-er gon-na love you. Who'lltake all your And if you need me you and T'll al ways be ‘@ - round, G (single note) A (ingle note) G (single note) oh, dad-dy, like you al - ways say'n'to do, ft A-when you walk @- round the world,babe, yousaldyou'dtry to ‘You might find out lat-er that the ————————_—— hon-ey, the road'-11 ev -en end in Ss try'ntofind some-thing to do with your life, babe, ‘whenyou on-ly got-ta gee 4) 3 You on-ly got-ta do one thingwell to make it in this do onething well — Yougot a wom-an wait-in' for you there, ee ee G (single note) one time to one wom-an and 1 know you got more tears to share,— ingle note) G13 9 MN ESI] BALL AND CHAIN TRY (Just A Little Bit Harder) ME AND BOBBY McGEE TROUBLE IN MIND BYE BYE BABY MOVE OVER PIECE OF MY HEART KOZMIC BLUES MERCEDES BENZ Nd sad TELL MAMA SUV era M is CTIA ale Oe SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES loans) Gchappell/intersong ® cee etry i - | FT

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