Poor, Poor Pitiful Me — Linda Ronstadt
Chords and lyrics for Poor, Poor Pitiful Me by Linda Ronstadt (key of C#).
Intro
[C#sus4] [C#] [C#sus2] [C#]
[C#sus4] [C#] [C#] [C#]
Verse 1
[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#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Oh, these boys won't let me be
[F#] [G#]Lord have mercy on me
[G#] [C#]Woe, woe is me
Instrumental
[C#] [C#] [C#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#] [C#]
[C#] [C#]
Verse 2
[C#]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
[F#] [C#]Yes, he really worked me over good
He was a credit to his gender
[F#] [C#]Put me through some changes, Lord
Sort of like a Waring blender
Chorus
[F#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Oh, these boys won't let me be
[F#] [G#]Lord have mercy on me
[G#] [C#]Woe, woe is me
Solo
[C#] [C#] [C#] [C#]
[F#] [C#] [F#] [C#]
[C#] [C#]
Verse 3
[C#]Well, I met a boy in the Vieux Carres
Down in Yokohama
He picked me up and he threw me down
He said "Please don't hurt me mama"
Chorus
[F#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#]Poor, poor, pitiful me
[F#] [C#] [G#] [C#]Oh, these boys won't let me be
[F#] [G#]Lord have mercy on me
[G#] [C#sus4]Woe, woe is me
Outro
[C#sus4] [C#] [C#sus2] [C#]
[C#sus4] [C#] [C#sus2] [C#]
[C#sus4] [C#] [C#sus2] [C#] [C#sus4] [C#] [C#sus2] [C#]Whoa, poor, poor me, Whoa poor pitiful me