Pity The Child chords - Murray Head

Guitar 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?

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