Jackson Browne – Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Guitar Solo)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Verse 1]
C         G           D         G
I lay my head on the railroad tracks,

C                     G
waiting for the double E

 C        G          D      G
The rail-road don't run no more,

C                 G

[Chorus]
[tab]C     G     D       G
[tab]C                  G
[tab]C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,

C                 D
Lord have mercy on me;

       G
woe is me
[Verse 2]
C         G           D         G
Well, I met a girl from the Vieux Carré

C       D      G
Down in Yokahama

C         G           D         G
She picked me up, she throwed me down

C       D      G
I said, "Please don't hurt me, mama"
[Chorus]
C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,

C                  G
poor, poor, pitiful me

C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,

C                 D
Lord have mercy on me;

       G
woe is me
[Solo 1] C G D G C D G C G D G C D G [Chorus]
C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,

C                  G
poor, poor, pitiful me

C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,

C                 D
Lord have mercy on me;

       G
woe is me
[Verse 3]
C     G     D       G
Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood,

    C             G
and I ain't naming names

 C      G         D    G
But she really worked me over good,

  C              G
she was just like Jesse James

    C      G         D    G
She really worked me over good,

          C            G
she was a credit to her gender

    C      G            D        G
She put me through some changes, Lord;

        C             G
sort of like a Waring Blender
[Solo 2] C G D G C D G C G D G C D G [Chorus]
C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,

C                  G
poor, poor, pitiful me

C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,

C                 D
Lord have mercy on me;

       G
woe is me
[Verse 4]
  C     G           D       G
I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar,

    C              G
she asked me if I'd beat her

    C       G           D     G
She took me back to the Hyatt House,
N.C. I don't want to talk about it [Chorus]
C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,

C                  G
poor, poor, pitiful me

C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,

C                 D
Lord have mercy on me;

       G
woe is me