Poor Me chords by Graham Parker

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Paul May, Paul May,
you must take pity on Paul May
Cause I ain't got nobody to
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take pity on Paul May  (G major) 
C 
You may go,  (C major) you may stay,
but you'll come back here
some sweet day.
Bye and bye, sweet mama,
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C 
 (G major) Lordy, bye and bye.  (C major) 
And on the moon, she looks so pretty,
shining down through the trees.
And I can see Berkeley, Lordy,
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but you can't see me  (G major) 
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You may go,  (C major) you may stay
But y 'all come back here
some sweet day
Bye and bye, sweet mama
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Lordy,  (G major) bye and bye

Interlude 1

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Verse 2

Yeah

Hoooo yeah

Verse 3
It's palmy, palmy
You must take pity on palmy
Cause I ain't got nobody to
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take pity on palmy  (G major) 
C 
You may go,  (C major) you may stay,
but you'll come back here, yes you will,
one sweet day, by and by, seein'
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C 
Mama,  (G major) Lordy, by and by.  (C major) 
And on the moon, she looks so pretty
Shining down through the trees
And I can see Bertha Lee, Lordy
But she can't see me
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 (G major) No, she can't see me
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You may go,  (C major) you may stay
But y 'all come back here some sweet day
By and by, sweet mama,
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C 
 (G major) Lordy, by and by  (C major) 
It's poor me, poor me,
you must take pity on poor me
Guess I ain't got nobody to
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C 
 (G major) take pity on poor me  (C major) 
And I ain't got nobody to
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 (G major) take pity on for me
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 (C major) 