Lirik dan Chord Lagu Mr. Pitiful - Otis Redding

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Mr. Pitiful" adalah lagu lawas dari musisi blues ternama, Otis Redding.

Lagu ini turut ditulis oleh Steve Cropper dan menjadi lagu pertama kolaborasi kedua musisi tersebut.

Rilis pada 1964, singel ini dimuat dalam album The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads.

Baca juga: Lirik & Chord Lagu (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher & Higher - Otis Redding

Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Mr. Pitiful" oleh Otis Redding.

                          C
They call me Mr. Pitiful
Baby thats my name now, oh
They call me Mr. Pitiful
                              G
That's how I got my fame

                                     C
But people just don't want to understand that
                                    F
What make a man feel so blue
                     C 
They call me Mr. Pitiful
G                                                    C
'Cause I've lost someone just like you, yeah

                         C
They call me Mr. Pitiful
This everybody know now
They call me Mr. Pitiful
                        G
'Most everyplace I go

                                         C
But nobody seems to understand now
                                          F
How can a man sing such a sad song
                        G
When he lost everything
                                                 C
When he lost everything that he had

G
How can I explain to you?
C
How somebody can get so very blue, now
G
How can I tell you about my past?
 C
If all things won't end

C
Mr. Pitiful
That's my name now
They call me Mr. Pitiful
                                G
That's how I got my fame

                   C
But nobody seems to understand
                                                    F
Oh what make a man can feel so blue and
                        C
They call me Mr. Pitiful
G                                 C
'Cause I'm in love with you

     C
Can I explain to you?
Everything is going wrong
       C7
I've lost everything I had
I have to sing this sad song
To get back to her
          C
And I want you and I want you and I want you
And I want you and I wanna tell you that now
          C7
That everything is going through my mind
And I wanna sing
            C
And I don't wanna sing this song with you
I gonna sing this song for everybody
     C7
'Cause I want them to understand what I talkin' about
I want you to understand what I'm sayin'