Chords for Murray Head - Pity The Child "From CHESS"

[G] _ When I was nine I learned to battle, taught myself not to [C] care. _
_ I [G] was my [A] single good companion, _ taking my [F] comfort there.
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_ [D] Up in my room I [Eb] planned my conquests on my own,
never [Bb] asked for a helping hand, [Ebm] _ [G] no one [F] would [Bb] understand. _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] I never asked the pal who fought [Eb] below, [Cm] _ _ _ just in case they said no.
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[G] Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to [C] do,
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knows that he'll never hit the system others expect [Dm] him to. _ _
[Bb] Pity the child [Eb] who knew his [F] parents, saw their faults, saw their [Dm] love die [Bb] before his [Eb] eyes.
_ Pity the child that [Bb] whines, _ _ _ _ _ [G] he never asked, did I [Gm] cause your distress,
[Cm] _ _ _ just in case they said yes.
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[Bb] When I was twelve my father [Ab] moved out, _ _ _ _ _ left with a whimper not with a [Eb] shout. _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] I didn't miss him, he made it [Ab] perfectly clear, _ _ _ I was a fool and probably [Ebm] queer. _ _ _ _ _
Fool that I was, I thought this would bring, _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] those he had left, _ _ closer together. _
_ _ _ _ _ She made her move the moment he called [Bb] her way.
_ I was her master, a _ woman's host, she'd never [Eb] let [Ebm] her bed get [Bb] cold.
So I mumbled in, I shut my door, _ _ _ treat her [Ebm] just the same way [Ab] as [Bb] before.
I had _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ my reasons, I had my reasons to [C] live, _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ easy to get, _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] no defense, _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ [F] always a step [Bb] behind.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] I never called [Eb] to tell her all [Cm] I'd done, _ _ I was only her son.
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_ _ [G] Pity the child, but not forever, not if he stays [Em] that way.
[G] _ He can get all he [Gm] ever wanted, [Am] if he's prepared to [Dm] pay. _
_ _ Pity and tell you [Eb] _ _
_ [F] _ what she meant, what [Dm] she loved when she let me [Eb] go.
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[F] Does she know, _ _ _
_ _ [G] wouldn't call, a crazy thing [Cm] to do, _ _ [C] just in case they said _ _ [Fm] so. _
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