C G D G
C D G

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I lay my head on the railroad tracks,
C               D      G
waiting for the double E
    C    G          D      G
The rail-road don't run no more,
C          D       G
poor, poor pitiful me

C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C           D       G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,
C         G        D
Lord have mercy on me; 
       G
woe is me

        C     G            D    G
Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood,
    C       D      G
and I ain't naming names
        C      G         D    G
But she really worked me over good,
        C         D     G
she was just like Jesse James 
    C      G         D    G
She really worked me over good,
          C      D      G
she was a credit to her gender
    C      G            D        G
She put me through some changes, Lord;
        C      D       G
sort of like a Warring Blender

C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C           D       G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,
C         G        D
Lord have mercy on me; 
       G
woe is me

C G D G  C D G
Solo

C     G     D       G
Poor, poor, pitiful me,
C           D       G
poor, poor, pitiful me
C           G           D      G
These young girls won't let me be,
C         G        D
Lord have mercy on me; 
       G
woe is me

  C     G           D       G
I met a girl at the Rainbow Bar,
    C        D      G
she asked me if I'd beat her
    C       G           D     G
She took me back to the Hyatt House,

I don't want to talk about it

C           D       G
poor, poor, pitiful me  3x