Pity The Child chords by Murray Head

Chords with lyrics

1. When I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not to care,
 F#F#                          B minorBm
  I was my single good companion, taking my comfort there.
   G+G            C majorC
  Up in my room I planned my conquests,
  D MajorD         B minorBm      G+G      C majorC
  on my own, never asked for a helping hand,
  D MajorD               G+G
  no one would understand.
  E MajorE                  A minorAm
  I never asked the pair who fought below,
             A minorAm  - C minorCm – G+G
  just in case they said “no”.

   E MajorE                          A augmentedA
2. Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to do,
    F#F#                         B minorBm
  knows that he'll never fit the system others expect him to.
   G+G               C majorC
  Pity the child who knew his parents,
  D MajorD              B minorBm      G+G      C majorC
  saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes,
   D MajorD               G+G
  pity the child that’s wise.
   E MajorE                     A minorAm
  He never asked, did I cause your distress,
             A minorAm  - C minorCm
  just in case they said “yes”.

    G+G               FF
  When I was twelve my father moved out,
                   C majorC
  left with a whimper not with a shout.
  G+G                     FF
  I didn't miss him, he made it perfectly clear,
                C majorC
  I was a fool, and probably queer.
  C minorCm
  Fool that I was, I thought this would bring
           FF        C minorCm
  those he had left closer together.
  G+G
  She made her move the moment he crawled away,
       A minorAm   C minorCm    G+G       A minorAm   C minorCm    G+G
  I was the last the woman told, she never let her bed get cold,
         A minorAm  C minorCm    G+G
  someone moved in, I shut my door,
        A minorAm    C minorCm            G+G
  someone to treat her just the same way as before.

  E MajorE                          A augmentedA
3. I took the road of least resistance, I had my game to play,
  F#F#                          B minorBm
  I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get away.
   G+G          C majorC
  Pity the child with no such weapons,
   D MajorD       B minorBm        G+G    C majorC
  no defense, no escape from the ties that bind,
   D MajorD         G+G
  always a step behind.
  E MajorE                  A minorAm
  I never called to tell her all I'd done,
         A minorAm  - C minorCm ~ FF - C minorCm – G+G
  I was only her son.

   E MajorE                         A augmentedA
4. Pity the child, but not forever, not if he stays that way,
  F#F#                        B minorBm
  he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared to pay.
   G+G            C majorC
  Pity instead the careless mother,
  D MajorD         B minorBm         G+G    C majorC
  what she missed, what she lost when she let me go,
      D MajorD      B minorBm    - E MajorE
  and I wonder, does she know ?
  E7E7                      A minorAm
  I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do,
                 - A minorAm  C minorCm     + G+G - FF - C majorC - G+G 3x
  just in case she said,      who?