Otis Redding, Mr Pitiful (1964)
Key: :[F] (w: Otis Redding, Steve Cropper)
INTRO: [F]
VERSE 1:
They call me Mr
[F] Pitiful, baby that's my name
They call me Mr Pitiful, thats how I got my
[C] fame
But people just don't
[F] understand, what makes a man
[A#] feel so blue
They call me Mr
[F] Pitiful,
[C] 'cos I lost someone just like
[F] you
VERSE 2:
The call me Mr
[F] Pitiful, this everybody knows now
They call me Mr Pitiful, most everyplace I
[C] go
But nobody seems to
[F] understand now, how can a man sing
[A#] such a sad song
Oooh, when he
[F] lost everything,
[C] when he lost everything that he
[F] had
BRIDGE:
[F] (instrumental)
[C] How can I explain to you,
[F] when somebody has been so very blue
[C] How can I tell you about my past,
[F] when all things won't
[F open] end
REPEAT VERSE 1:
OUTRO:
[F] 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