xPoor, Poor Pitiful Me Warren Zevon The riff just repeats, very simple: Riff: C C G G D D G: I lay my head on the railroad tracks Waiting for the double E The rail-road don't run no more Poor, poor pitiful me Chorus C G D G Poor, poor, pitiful me C G D 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 Woe is me Well I met a girl in West Hollywood And I anin't namin' names But she really worked me over good She was just like Jesse James She really worked me over good She was a credit to her gender She put me through some changes, lord Sort of like a Waring blender Chorus C G D G Poor, poor, pitiful me C G D 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 Woe is me Solo (12 bars) These young girls won't let me be C D Lord have mercy on me D Woe is me Solo (12 bars) C D Lord have mercy on me D Woe is me break (4 bars) 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 Poor, poor pitiful me, poor, poor pitiful me...repeat, What, never mind; whoo hoos...fade Linda Ronstadt version is in F# with some lyric changes.
