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Poor Poor Pitiful Me by Warren Zevon
Poor Poor Pitiful Me
Tuning: Open G (DGDGBD)
Capo: 3
e|--0---0--0--0--0--0---x2-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--3---3--3--3--3--3------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2---3--2--3--5--0------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---0--0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0---0--0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0--0--0--0--0------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--0--0--0----------0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----|
B|--1--1--3----------3--3--3---3--3--5--5--3--0--3----3----|
G|--0--0--0---0h2p0--2--2--3---2--0--0--0--0--0--2h3--2h3--|
D|--0--0--0----------0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----|
A|--0--0--0----------0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----|
E|--0--0--0----------0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0----|
C G D G
C D G
C G D G
I lay my head on the railroad tracks,
C D G
waiting for the double E
C G D G
The rail-road don't run no more,
C D G
poor, poor pitiful me
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C D G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
These young girls won't let me be,
C G D
Lord have mercy on me;
G
woe is me
C G D G
Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood,
C D G
and I ain't naming names
C G D G
But she really worked me over good,
C D G
she was just like Jesse James
C G D G
She really worked me over good,
C D G
she was a credit to her gender
C G D G
She put me through some changes, Lord;
C D G
sort of like a Warring Blender
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C D G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
These young girls won't let me be,
C G D
Lord have mercy on me;
G
woe is me
C G D G C D G
Solo
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C D G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
These young girls won't let me be,
C G D
Lord have mercy on me;
G
woe is me
C G D G
I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar,
C D G
she asked me if I'd beat her
C G D G
She took me back to the Hyatt House,
I don't want to talk about it
C D G
poor, poor, pitiful me 3x
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version 2
The riff just repeats, very simple:
Riff: C C G G D D G:
I lay my head on the railroad tracks
Waiting for the double E
The rail-road don't run no more
Poor, poor pitiful me
Chorus
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
These young girls won't let me be
C D
Lord have mercy on me
D
Woe is me
Well I met a girl in West Hollywood
And I anin't namin' names
But she really worked me over good
She was just like Jesse James
She really worked me over good
She was a credit to her gender
She put me through some changes, lord
Sort of like a Waring blender
Chorus
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
Poor, poor, pitiful me
C G D G
These young girls won't let me be
C D
Lord have mercy on me
D
Woe is me
Solo (12 bars)
These young girls won't let me be
C D
Lord have mercy on me
D
Woe is me
Solo (12 bars)
C D
Lord have mercy on me
D
Woe is me
break (4 bars)
I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it
Poor, poor pitiful me, poor, poor pitiful me...repeat, What, never mind; whoo hoos...fade
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