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-----------------------------------------|
Drinkin' all night in a tavern
My head is a mighty heavy load
I feel like I've been run over
Like a poor little critter on the road
chorus:
Poor little critter on the road,
Where were you tryin' to go?
Life's got a bucket full of woes for
The poor little critter on the road, oh
(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