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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Don't Pity Me</h1>
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  16 <p>Performed by Bob Dylan in Joliette, Quebec, July 31 1989 (a one-off).<br />
  17 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem and Jamie Lovinger</p>
  18
  19 <p>On my tape (thanks, Jamie), it sounds as if he actually plays it in
  20 F# major. On the other hand, the final chord sounds very much like a
  21 G shape chord, which is also much easier to play. I append a version
  22 in G major at the end.</p>
  23
  24 <p>The lyrics are full of blanks &ndash; the word within brackets are not
  25 really meaningful suggestions, just words that sound like what he's
  26 singing, mainly to have something to place the chords on...</p>
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  30 <pre class="verse">
  31 F#       A#m B       F#
  32 Pity the man got one arm
  33 F#       A#m          B        (F#  first verse only)
  34 pity the woman that's lost her charm
  35 F#    /a# C# D#m B             (first verse: ...D#m C#...)
  36 Don't you pi-ty  me
  37 F# /a# C# D#m  B   F#
  38 Don't     pity me
  39
  40 Pity the child out in the cold
  41 Pity the woman &lt;that back one time let go&gt;
  42 Don't pity me
  43 Don't pity me
  44 </pre>
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  46 <pre class="bridge">
  47 B
  48 You got a &lt;little better&gt;
  49
  50 &lt;playin' with me&gt; or &lt;it's plain to see&gt;
  51 G#                C#
  52 So don't you pity me.
  53 </pre>
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  55 <pre class="verse">
  56 Pity the angel, got no way to stay
  57 Pity the &lt;stranger or dancers&gt; getting old and grey
  58 Don't pity me
  59 Don't pity me
  60
  61 You got a &lt;little better&gt;
  62 &lt;If you're playin' with me&gt; or &lt;it's plain to see&gt;
  63 So don't you pity me.
  64
  65 Pity the man got one arm
  66 pity the woman that's lost her charm
  67 Don't pity me
  68 Don't pity me
  69 </pre>
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  73 <pre class="verse">
  74 G        Bm  C       G
  75 Pity the man got one arm
  76 G        Bm           C        (G    first verse only)
  77 pity the woman that's lost her charm
  78 G     /b  D  Em  C
  79 Don't you pi-ty  me
  80 G   /b D Em   C  G
  81 Don't    pity me
  82 </pre>
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