Linda Ronstadt – Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Guitar)

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By Warren Zevon [Intro] C#sus4 C# C#sus2 C# C#sus4 C# C# C# [Verse]

        C#
Well, I lay my head on the railroad tracks

Waiting on the double E But the train don't run by here no more Poor, poor pitiful me [Chorus]

F#    C#    G#      C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#          C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#        C#         G#     C#
Oh, these boys won't let me be

F#                 G#
Lord have mercy on me

G#          C#
Woe, woe is me

[Instrumental] C# C# C# C# [Verse]

        C#
Well, I met a man out in Hollywood

Now I ain't namin' names Well, he really worked me over good Just like Jesse James

        F#     C#
Yes, he really worked me over good

He was a credit to his gender

F#     C#
Put me through some changes, Lord

Sort of like a Waring blender [Chorus]

F#    C#    G#      C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#          C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#        C#         G#     C#
Oh, these boys won't let me be

F#                 G#
Lord have mercy on me

G#          (C#)
Woe, woe is me

[Solo] |C# |C# |C# |C# | |F# C# |F# C# |C# |C# | [Verse]

        C#
Well, I met a boy in the Vieux Carres

Down in Yokohama He picked me up and he threw me down He said "Please don't hurt me mama" [Chorus]

F#    C#    G#       C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#          C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me

F#        C#         G#     C#
Oh, these boys won't let me be

F#                 G#
Lord have mercy on me

G#          (C#sus4)
Woe, woe is me

C#sus4 C# C#sus2 C# C#sus4 C# C#sus2 C#

C#sus4  C#    C#sus2  C#   C#sus4  C#   C#sus2  C#
Whoa,   poor, poor    me,  Whoa    poor pitiful me    (x2)

C#sus4   C#   C#sus2   C#
(repeat to fade)