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C D G
C G D G
I lay my head on the railroad tracks,
C D G
waiting for the double E
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The rail-road don't run no more,
C D G
poor, poor pitiful me
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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
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Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood,
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and I ain't naming names
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But she really worked me over good,
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she was just like Jesse James
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She really worked me over good,
C D G
she was a credit to her gender
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She put me through some changes, Lord;
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sort of like a Warring Blender
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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
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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
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She took me back to the Hyatt House,
I don't want to talk about it
C D G
poor, poor, pitiful me 3x