Poor Poor Pitiful Me Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Riff

F♯ C♯ G♯ C♯ F♯ C♯ G♯ 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♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Oh these boyC♯s won't let mG♯e be C♯

F♯Lord have mercy onG♯ me

G♯Woe is me

(4 bar solo)

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

Yes he really worked me over good

He was a credit to his gender

Put me through some changes, lord

Sort of like a Waring blender

Chorus

F♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Oh these boyC♯s won't let mG♯e be C♯

F♯Lord have mercy onG♯ me

G♯Woe is me

Solo

8 bars)

Well I met a boy in Vieux Carres

Down in Yokohama

He picked me up and threw me down

He said “please don’t hurt me mama”

Chorus

F♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Poor, pC♯oor, pG♯itiful meC♯

F♯Oh these boyC♯s won't let mG♯e be C♯

F♯Lord have mercy onG♯ me

G♯Woe is me

Poor, poor, poor me, poor poor pitiful me (repeat solo out)