Warren Zevon – Poor Poor Pitiful Me (Guitar)

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Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Chords * Warren Zevon 1976 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Poor_Pitiful_Me 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
* Alternates: Capo II C = Bb G = F D = C Capo III C = A G = E D = B Set8