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...MR. PITIFUL... by Otis Redding -----------------................ *from 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads' (1965)* Intro: C7, G7 Verse 1:
They call me Mr. C7Pitiful; baby, that's my name now, They call me Mr. Pitiful; that's how I got my G7fame. But people just don't C7understand how a man can feel so F7blue, They call me Mr. C7Pitiful, 'G7cos I lost someone just like C7you.
Verse 2:
The call me Mr. C7Pitiful; this everybody know now, They call me Mr. Pitiful; most every place I G7go. But nobody seems to C7understand, now, how can a man sing such a F7sad song, When he G7lost everything that he C7had.
Interlude: C7 Bridge:
G7 How can I explain to you, C7how somebody can get so very blue? G7 C7 (n.C) How can I tell you about my past if all things won't end?
Verse 3:
Mr. C7Pitiful; that's my name now, They call me Mr. Pitiful; that's how I got my G7fame. But nobody seems to C7understand what make a man feel so F7blue, They call me Mr. C7Pitiful, 'G7cos I lost someone just like C7you. Can I explain to you...
Coda:
C7 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, And I wanna sing this song to everyone. 'Cos I want them to understand what I talkin' about, I want you to understand, what I'm sayin'...
(Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C7 G7 F7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x35353 353433 131211 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)