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) *********************************** | h Hammer-on | b Bend | r Release