Pity The Child
Murray HeadVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
1. When I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not to care,
I was my single good companion, taking my comfort there.
Up in my room I planned my conquests,
on my own, never asked for a helping hand,
no one would understand.
I never asked the pair who fought below,
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just in case they said no.
2. Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to do,
knows that he'll never fit the system others expect him to.
Pity the child who knew his parents,
saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes,
pity the child thats wise.
He never asked, did I cause your distress,
just in case they said yes.
When I was twelve my father moved out,
left with a whimper not with a shout.
I didn't miss him, he made it perfectly clear,
I was a fool, and probably queer.
Fool that I was, I thought this would bring
those he had left closer together.
She made her move the moment he crawled away,
I was the last the woman told, she never let her bed get cold,
someone moved in, I shut my door,
someone to treat her just the same way as before.
3. I took the road of least resistance, I had my game to play,
I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get away.
Pity the child with no such weapons,
no defense, no escape from the ties that bind,
always a step behind.
I never called to tell her all I'd done,
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I was only her son.
4. Pity the child, but not forever, not if he stays that way,
he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared to pay.
Pity instead the careless mother,
what she missed, what she lost when she let me go,
and I wonder, does she know ?
I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do,
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just in case she said, who?
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Readable chord sheet for Pity The Child by Murray Head
[E]1. When I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not [A]to care,
[F#] I was my single good companion, taking my comfort th[Bm]ere.
U[G]p in my room I planned my[C] conquests,
[D]on my own, never a[Bm]sked for a hel[G]ping hand, [C]
[D]no one would understand. [G]
[E]I never asked the pair who fought be[Am]low,
[Am] - [Cm] [G]
just in case they said no.
2. Pi[E]ty the child who has ambition, knows what he wants t[A]o do,
kno[F#]ws that he'll never fit the system others expect hi[Bm]m to.
P[G]ity the child who knew his par[C]ents,
[D]saw their faults, saw their l[Bm]ove die before[G] his eyes, [C]
p[D]ity the child thats wise. [G]
H[E]e never asked, did I cause your distress, [Am]
just in case they said[Am] yes. [Cm]
When[G] I was twelve my father moved [F]out,
left with a whimper not with a sho[C]ut.
[G]I didn't miss him, he made it perfectly cle[F]ar,
I was a fool, and probably q[C]ueer.
[Cm]Fool that I was, I thought this would bring
those he had left[F] closer together.[Cm]
[G]She made her move the moment he crawled away,
I was the [Am]last the[Cm] woman to[G]ld, she never [Am]let her[Cm] bed get [G]cold,
someone moved [Am]in, I [Cm]shut my d[G]oor,
someone to t[Am]reat her [Cm]just the same way as befo[G]re.
3. I[E] took the road of least resistance, I had my game to[A] play,
[F#] I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get [Bm]away.
P[G]ity the child with n[C]o such weapons,
n[D]o defense, no e[Bm]scape from the ti[G]es that [C]bind,
a[D]lways a step behind[G].
[E]I never called to tell her all I'd d[Am]one,
[Am] - [Cm] ~ [F] - [Cm] [G]
I was only her son.
4. Pit[E]y the child, but not forever, not if he stays that [A]way,
[F#]he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared to[Bm] pay.
P[G]ity instead the careless [C]mother,
[D]what she missed, w[Bm]hat she lost when s[G]he let m[C]e go,
and I w[D]onder, does [Bm]she know ? [E]
[E7] I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do, [Am]
- [Am] [Cm] + [G] - [F] - [C] - [G] 3x
just in case she said, who?