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-----------------------------------------

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

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

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