Poor Me Chords

KeyC# Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays469

Poor Me by Fats Domino is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C# with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Poor Me:Fats Domino. 
#1 in 1952 R&B. 

              (.) 

#1. 
C 
Woke up this mornin, feelin low, 

where my loved one used to live, she ain't there no more. 
 
     F                             C 
Poor me, why such bad luck fall on me? 
     F                 G     G7 
Poor me, I'm living in misery, 

#2. 
C 
What I'm gonna do, is hard to tell, 

I'm not gonna kill myself, though I might as well. 
 
     F                             C 
Poor me, why such bad luck fall on me? 
     F                 G       G7 
Poor me, I'm living in misery, 

#3. 
C 
All I do, all day long, fall down on my knees and pray, 

she'll come back home. 

     F                             C 
Poor me, why such bad luck fall on me? 
     F                 G     G7 
Poor me, I'm living in misery. 

(INSTRUMENTAL:SAX:) 

#4. 
C 
All I do, all day long, fall down on my knees and pray, 

she'll come back home. 

     F                             C 
Poor me, why such bad luck fall on me? 
     F                 C      G7 C 
Poor me, I'm living in misery. 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

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