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Poor Poor Pitiful Me Chords

Music by: Warren Zevon
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[Verse 1]
[G]Well I [C]lay my [G]head on the
[D]railroad track[G]s
Wait[C]in' for the [G]double E
But [C]rail[G]road don't [D]run no [G]more
[C]Poor, poor [G]pi tiful me

[Verse 2]
[C]Poor, [G]poor [D]pi tiful [G]me
[C]Poor, poor pi[G]tiful me
[C]These young [G]girls won't [D]let me [G]be
[C]Lord have mercy on [D]me
Woe, is [G]me

[Verse 3]
Well I [C]met a [G]girl in west [D]Hollywood[G]
[C]I ain't nami[G]n' names
She [C]really [G]worked me [D]over [G]good
She was [C]just like [G]Jesse James
She [C]really [G]worked me [D]over good
[G]She was [C]a credit to [G]her gender
She [C]put me [G]through some [D]changes lord
[G]Sort of [C]like a War[G]ing blender

[Verse 4]
[C]Poor, [G]poor [D]pitiful [G]me
[C]Poor, poor [G]pi tiful me
[C]These young [G]girls won't [D]let me [G]be
[C]Lord have mercy on [D]me
Woe is [G]me[C]
[G]Whoo!

[Interlude 1]
[D][G][C][G][C][G][D][G][C][G]

[Verse 5]
[C]Poor, [D]poor pitiful [G]me
[C]Poor, poor [G]pi tiful me
[D]These young girls won't let me [G]be
[C]Lord have mercy on [D]me
Woe, [G]is me

[Verse 6]
[G]Well [D]O met[G] a girl at the Rainbow Bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
And she took me back to the
Hyat[D]t house[G]
I don't want to talk [D]about [C]it
[D][G]

[Verse 7]
[C]Poor, poor [G]pi tiful me
[C]Whoo![G][D][G]
[C]Poor, poor [G]pi tiful me
Hot [C]little[G][D][G]
[C]mamma(faint)
Poor, poor [G]pi tiful [C]me
[G]Who[D]o hoo[G]![C]
Poor [G]pi tiful me

[Outro 1]
[G][C][G][D][G]
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