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Poor Poor Pitiful Me by Warren Zevon - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2

            [Intro]

e|--3-3--3-----------------------3-3--------------|
B|--1-1--3-------3-3--3----------1-1--------------|
G|----------2-0--2-2--2b4--2--0-------2b4-2b4--0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

[Verse]
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
Poor, poor pitiful me

[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
D         G
Woe is me

[Verse]
        C       G            D    G
Well I met a girl in West Hollywood
C              G
And I ain't namin' 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

[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
D        G
Woe is me

[Solo] (same chords as verse)

e|--3-3--3-----------------------3-3--------------|
B|--1-1--3-------3-3--3----------1-1--------------|
G|----------2-0--2-2--2b4--2--0-------2b4-2b4--0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|---------3------------------------3--5b7r5-3-3-3-3-|
B|--------------------------------------------5---5--|
G|--2b4r2-0--2b4-2b4r2-0-0--2b4r2-0------------------|
D|----------------------4----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|-5b7-5-3--15---------------------------------------------15--------------------------|
B|-------------15b17-15---------------------------------------------13b15r13-----------|
G|----------------------14b16-16r14--12-------12-12-12-14b16-16r14-----------15b16-12--|
D|---------------------------------14----12h14-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

      Poor,  poor,  pitiful me
e|-------------------------3--|
B|---------------------3---0--|
G|----------------0----2---0--|
D|----------0-2-4------0---0--|
A|----0-2-3----------------2--|
E|--3----------------------3--|

C            G
Poor, poor, pitiful me

These young girls won't let me be
e|-------------------------3--|
B|---------------------3---0--|
G|----------------0----2---0--|
D|----------0-2-4------0---0--|
A|----0-2-3----------------2--|
E|--3----------------------3--|

C                  D
Lord have mercy on me
D         G
Woe is me

[Break]

[Fill at end of each line]

e|---3--3--3-|
B|---1--0--0-|
G|---0--0--0-|
D|---2--0--0-|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar
She asked me if I'd beat her
She took me back to the Hyatt House
I don't want to talk about it

e|-------------------------3--|
B|---------------------3---0--|
G|----------------0----2---0--|
D|----------0-2-4------0---0--|
A|----0-2-3----------------2--|
E|--3----------------------3--|

C            G
Poor, poor, pitiful me, (repeats)


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| b   Bend
| r   Release

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We also have 14 songs by Warren Zevon

• Carmelita
• Desperados Under The Eaves
• Excitable Boy
• Frank And Jesse James
• Hasten Down The Wind
• Keep Me In Your Heart
• Lawyers Guns And Money
• Mohammeds Radio
• Play It All Night Long
• Poor Poor Pitiful Me
• Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner
• Splendid Isolation
• The French Inhaler
• Werewolves Of London

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