Chords for Don't Pity Me - Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee
Tempo:
119.5 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Everybody in the world needs a little pity, but this song is titled, Don't [G] Pity Me.
[Bm] people?
Yeah.
[B] [G] [A#] [C#m] What?
[F] [Bm]
[A#] [A] Huh?
You [E] put me down, going up the hill, believing in your heart [E] that [G] I would stand still.
[D] life, people is just [G] one bitty pit.
[Bm] people?
Yeah.
[B] [G] [A#] [C#m] What?
[F] [Bm]
[A#] [A] Huh?
You [E] put me down, going up the hill, believing in your heart [E] that [G] I would stand still.
[D] life, people is just [G] one bitty pit.
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Everybody in the world needs a little pity, but this song is titled, Don't [G] Pity Me.
_ How can you be so stupid to ask [Bm] people?
_ _ _ Huh? _ _
Yeah.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [C#m] What?
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [A] Huh?
_ [F#m] _
_ You [E] put me down, _ _ going up the hill, _ _ believing in your heart [E] that _ [G] I would stand still.
_ _ _ But you know my [D] life, _ people is just [G] one bitty pit.
_ _ _ _ Don't pity me.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] I've hardened my heart, _ [G] _
it has [A] no more [D] pain. _ _ _
[E] [G] Well, every luck in my home _ [G]
will be my gain. _ _ _
[E] You know _ time, _ time [G] changes everything.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Don't pity [F] me.
You [D] _ _ [A] know why? _
I can walk by myself, stay by myself.
[D] I don't even, even have to _ bother you. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Oh well, friends, I guess _ _ my only happiness _ is [A] just to hold on.
_ Hold on to my blue.
_ _ _ Skies are [G] blue. _
[E] _ So am _ I, _
[G] pretending I'm happy.
God knows I'm _ dissatisfied.
_ _ _ [D] But I'm just too, _ too damn [G] evil to cry.
_ _ _ [D] Don't pity me. _
_ _ [D] _ _ Because [G] once upon a time, your time was my time, all the time.
But it seemed like the time that you had for me, now is gone.
And _ _ you know that I'm having a little tough luck. _
_ But I'm not gonna [G] give up.
_ I'm [Am] gonna just keep on _ _ _ holding [A] on.
_ _ _ Skies [G] are blue.
_ _ [D] So am _ I, [E] _ pretending I'm happy.
God knows [G] I'm dissatisfied.
_ _ _ _ I'm just [E]
too, _ _ just too mean [G] to cry. _
_ _ _ [D] Don't pity me. _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ How can you be so stupid to ask [Bm] people?
_ _ _ Huh? _ _
Yeah.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [C#m] What?
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [A] Huh?
_ [F#m] _
_ You [E] put me down, _ _ going up the hill, _ _ believing in your heart [E] that _ [G] I would stand still.
_ _ _ But you know my [D] life, _ people is just [G] one bitty pit.
_ _ _ _ Don't pity me.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] I've hardened my heart, _ [G] _
it has [A] no more [D] pain. _ _ _
[E] [G] Well, every luck in my home _ [G]
will be my gain. _ _ _
[E] You know _ time, _ time [G] changes everything.
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Don't pity [F] me.
You [D] _ _ [A] know why? _
I can walk by myself, stay by myself.
[D] I don't even, even have to _ bother you. _ _ _ _ _
[G] Oh well, friends, I guess _ _ my only happiness _ is [A] just to hold on.
_ Hold on to my blue.
_ _ _ Skies are [G] blue. _
[E] _ So am _ I, _
[G] pretending I'm happy.
God knows I'm _ dissatisfied.
_ _ _ [D] But I'm just too, _ too damn [G] evil to cry.
_ _ _ [D] Don't pity me. _
_ _ [D] _ _ Because [G] once upon a time, your time was my time, all the time.
But it seemed like the time that you had for me, now is gone.
And _ _ you know that I'm having a little tough luck. _
_ But I'm not gonna [G] give up.
_ I'm [Am] gonna just keep on _ _ _ holding [A] on.
_ _ _ Skies [G] are blue.
_ _ [D] So am _ I, [E] _ pretending I'm happy.
God knows [G] I'm dissatisfied.
_ _ _ _ I'm just [E]
too, _ _ just too mean [G] to cry. _
_ _ _ [D] Don't pity me. _ _
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