Otis Redding, Mr Pitiful (1964)
Key: :[E] (w: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper)
INTRO: [E]
VERSE 1:
They call me Mr
[E] Pitiful, baby that's my name
They call me Mr Pitiful, thats how I got my
[B] fame
But people just don't
[E] understand, what makes a man
[A] feel so blue
They call me Mr
[E] Pitiful,
[B] 'cos I lost someone just like
[E] you
VERSE 2:
The call me Mr
[E] Pitiful, this everybody knows now
They call me Mr Pitiful, most everyplace I
[B] go
But nobody seems to
[E] understand now, how can a man sing
[A] such a sad song
Oooh, when he
[E] lost everything,
[B] when he lost everything that he
[E] had
BRIDGE:
[E] (instrumental)
[B] How can I explain to you,
[E] when somebody has been so very blue
[B] How can I tell you about my past,
[E] when all things won't
[E open] end
REPEAT VERSE 1:
OUTRO:
[E] Everything is going wrong, I've lost everything I had
I have to sing this sad song, To get back to her
And I m gonna sing this song to you;
And I want you, and I want you, and I want you, and I want you
And I wanna tell you, everything is going through my mind,
And I want to sing and I want to sing,
And I want to sing and I want to sing, this song with you