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Poor Poor Pitiful Me

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Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Chords *
C G D G
C D G
CI lay my Ghead on the Drailroad Gtracks,
Cwaiting for the Ddouble GE
The Crail-Groad don't Drun no Gmore,
Cpoor, poor Dpitiful Gme
CPoor, Gpoor, Dpitiful Gme,
Cpoor, poor, Dpitiful Gme
CThese young Ggirls won't Dlet me Gbe,
CLord have Gmercy on Dme; 
woe is Gme
Well, I Cmet a Ggirl in West DHollyGwood,
and CI ain't Dnaming Gnames
But she Creally Gworked me Dover Ggood,
she was Cjust like DJesse GJames 
She Creally Gworked me Dover Ggood,
she was a Ccredit Dto her Ggender
She Cput me Gthrough some Dchanges, GLord;
sort of Clike a DWarring GBlender
CPoor, Gpoor, Dpitiful Gme,
Cpoor, poor, Dpitiful Gme
CThese young Ggirls won't Dlet me Gbe,
CLord have Gmercy on Dme; 
woe is Gme
CSoGloD  G  C  D  G  
CPoor, Gpoor, Dpitiful Gme,
Cpoor, poor, Dpitiful Gme
CThese young Ggirls won't Dlet me Gbe,
CLord have Gmercy on Dme; 
woe is Gme
I Cmet a Ggirl at the DRainbow GBar,
she Casked me Dif I'd Gbeat her
She Ctook me Gback to the DHyatt GHouse,
Cpoor, poor, Dpitiful Gme  3x
Capo II
 C= Bb  
 G= F  
 D= C  
Capo III
 C= A  
 G= E  
 D= B  

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Poor Poor Pitiful Me

by Warren Zevon

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Poor, Poor Pitiful Me Chords *

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;

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;

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;

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,

C D G

poor, poor, pitiful me 3x

Capo II

C Bb

G F

D C

Capo III

C A

G E

D B

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