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Poor Little Critter

Poor Little Critter On The Road
The Knitters, "Poor Little Critter On The Road", Slash Records, 1985

The Knitters are: Exene Cervenka (vocals), John Doe (vocals, acoustic
guitar), Dave Alvin (acoustic and electric guitar), D.J. Bonebrake (drums),
Johnny Ray Bartel (bass)


Intro/riff:
(May not be exact, but basically G major pentatonic)

E|---------------------------------3-3-3-0-----0-0-3-0------------------
B|-----------------------------------------3-1---------3-0--------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------2-0----------
D|--5-5-5-2-----2-2-0-0-2-0---------------------------------------------
A|----------5-3-------------3-------------------------------------------
E|----------------------------3-----------------------------------------

G                       C
Drinkin' all night in a tavern
C  D                      G
My head is a mighty heavy load
G                         C
I feel like I've been run over
C      D                          G
Like a poor little critter on the road

chorus:
G                          C
Poor little critter on the road,
D                        G
Where were you tryin' to go?
G                           C
Life's got a bucket full of woes for
D                              G
The poor little critter on the road, oh
D                              G        (riff)
The poor little critter on the road

I must have had me a good time
Cause I'm feelin so poorly today
Somehow I can't quite remember,
That's one of the prices that you pay

(repeat chorus)    (riff)

I can remember the drinkin'
And dancin on into the night
Somethin' about some romancin'
Then I started up a fight

variation of chorus:

Well I feel like a critter on the road
Maybe I want to get knowed
Life's got a bucket of woes for
The poor little critter on the road, oh
The poor little critter on the road
--Justin T. Broderick
  SLC, Utah
  jtb@xmission.com