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G<\/span>\u200bPromises,<\/span> Eric Clapton<\/span><\/p>\n

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Poor, Poor Pitiful Me\r\nBy Warren Zevon\r\n \r\nLinda Ronstadt version\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\nGsus4<\/span>   G<\/span>   Gsus2<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\nGsus4<\/span>   G<\/span>   G<\/span>       G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n        G<\/span>\r\nWell, I lay my head on the railroad tracks\r\n \r\nWaiting on the double E\r\n \r\n\r\nBut the train don't run by here no more\r\n \r\nPoor, poor pitiful me\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>    G<\/span>    D<\/span>      G<\/span>\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC<\/span>          G<\/span>\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC<\/span>        G<\/span>         D<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\nOh, these boys won't let me be\r\nC<\/span>                 D<\/span>\r\nLord have mercy on me\r\nD<\/span>          G<\/span>\r\nWoe, woe is me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Instrumental]\r\nG<\/span>   G<\/span>   G<\/span>   G<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n        G<\/span>\r\nWell, I met a man out in Hollywood\r\n \r\nNow I ain't namin' names\r\n \r\nWell, he really worked me over good\r\n \r\nJust like Jesse James\r\n        C<\/span>     G<\/span>\r\nYes, he really worked me over good\r\n \r\nHe was a credit to his gender\r\nC     G\r\nPut me through some changes, Lord\r\n \r\nSort of like a Waring blender\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC    G    D      G\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC          G\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC        G         D     G\r\nOh, these boys won't let me be\r\nC                 D\r\nLord have mercy on me\r\nD          (G)\r\nWoe, woe is me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Solo]\r\n|G     |G     |G     |G     |\r\n|C  G |C  G |G     |G     |\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n        G\r\nWell, I met a boy in the Vieux Carres\r\n \r\nDown in Yokohama\r\n \r\nHe picked me up and he threw me down\r\n \r\nHe said \"Please don't hurt me mama\"\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC    G    D       G\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC          G\r\nPoor, poor, pitiful me\r\nC        G         D     G\r\nOh, these boys won't let me be\r\nC                 D\r\nLord have mercy on me\r\nD          (Gsus4)\r\nWoe, woe is me\r\n \r\nGsus4   G   Gsus2   G\r\nGsus4   G   Gsus2   G\r\n \r\nGsus4  G    Gsus2  G   Gsus4  G   Gsus2  G\r\nWhoa,   poor, poor    me,  Whoa    poor pitiful me    (x2)\r\n \r\n \r\nGsus4   G   Gsus2   G\r\n(repeat to fade)<\/pre>\n
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PROMISES - Eric Clapton\r\nFrom album: BACKLESS and TIMEPIECES\r\n \r\nG\/B<\/span>      x20003\r\nD\/F#<\/span>     2x0xxx\r\n \r\n \r\n[Intro]\r\n| G<\/span> | G<\/span> | G<\/span> | G<\/span> |\r\n \r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\nG<\/span>\r\nI don't care if you never come home\r\nC<\/span>\r\nI don't mind if you just\r\n        G<\/span>\r\nKeep on rowin' away on a distant sea\r\n          D<\/span>                           D\/F#<\/span> G<\/span>\r\n'Cause I don't love you and you don't love me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n    G<\/span>\r\nYou cause a commotion when you come to town\r\n    C<\/span>\r\nYou give 'em a smile and they melt\r\n\r\n       G<\/span>\r\nHaving lovers and friends is all good and fine\r\n       D<\/span>                             D\/F#<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nBut I don't like yours and you don't like mine\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n   C<\/span>      G\/B<\/span>         D<\/span>\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n   C<\/span>      G\/B<\/span>         D<\/span>     D\/F#<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\nG<\/span>\r\nI don't care what you do at night, oh\r\n    C<\/span>\r\nAnd I don't care how you get your delights\r\n     G\r\nI'll leave you alone, I'll just let it be\r\n  D                            D\/F# G\r\nI don't love you and you don't love me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nC                G\/B\r\nI got a problem, can you relate?\r\nAm            G\r\nI got a woman callin' love hate\r\nC                  G\/B\r\nWe made a vow we'd always be friends\r\nAm                              G\r\n   How could we know that promises end?\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n   C      G\/B         D     D\/F# G\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\nG\r\nI tried to love you for years upon years\r\n      C\r\nYou refused to take me for real\r\n     G\r\nIt's time you saw what I want you to see\r\n        D                            D\/F# G\r\nAnd I'd still love you if you'd just love me\r\n \r\n \r\n[Bridge]\r\nC                 G\/B\r\n  I got a problem,   can you relate?\r\nAm                            G\r\n   I got a woman callin' love hate\r\nC                  G\/B\r\nWe made a vow we'd always be friends\r\nAm                                  G\r\n   How could we know that the promises end?\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nLa la---- la la la la la\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nLa la---- la la la la la.   Woh oh oh oh\r\n \r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nOh la---- la la la la la.   Woh oh oh oh\r\n   C      G\/B         D\r\nOh la---- la la la la la\r\n \r\n(Fade out)<\/pre>\n
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G\u200bPromises, Eric Clapton KEY OF G BELOW     Poor, Poor Pitiful Me By Warren Zevon Linda Ronstadt version [Intro] Gsus4 G Gsus2 G Gsus4 G G G [Verse] G Well, I lay my head on the railroad tracks Waiting on the double E But the train don’t run by … CLICK TO VIEW SONGPromises<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28149,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions\/28149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}