Poor Poor Pitiful Me chords by Linda Ronstadt

Chords with lyrics

Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
By Warren Zevon

Linda Ronstadt version

The riff just repeats, very simple:

Riff: F#F# C#C# G#G# C#C# / F#F# C#C# G#G# C#C#

Well I lay my head on the railroad tracks
Waiting on the double E MajorE
But the train don't run by here no more
Poor, poor pitiful me

Chorus
F#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#     C#C#      G#G#   C#C#
Oh these boys won't let me be
F#F#        G#G#
Lord have mercy on me
G#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#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#     C#C#      G#G#   C#C#
Oh these boys won't let me be
F#F#        G#G#
Lord have mercy on me
G#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#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#   C#C#  G#G#    C#C#
Poor, poor, pitiful me
F#F#     C#C#      G#G#   C#C#
Oh these boys won't let me be
F#F#        G#G#
Lord have mercy on me
G#G#
Woe is me


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