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