Chords for CHESS Pity the Child

[G] When I was nine I learned to borrow, taught myself [C] not to care.
[Dm] I was my single [A] good companion, taking my comfort [Dm] there.
[Bb] Up in my room [Eb] I had planned my [F] conquests on my own,
[Bb] never asked for a [Eb] helping hand, [F] no one would [Bb] understand. _ _
[G] I never asked the pair who [C] fought below, [Cm] _
just in case they said [Ebm] no.
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[G] Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to [C] do,
[Dm] knows that he'll never [A] fit the system others expect [Dm] him to.
[Bb] Pity the child [Eb] who knew his [F] parents, saw their faults, saw their love [Bb] die before his eyes.
[F] Pity the [Bb] child that wise, _
_ [G] he never asked, did I cause [C] your [Cm] distress,
just in case they said [Ebm] yes.
_ [Bb] When I was twelve my father [Ab] moved out, _ _ left with a whimper not with [Eb] a shout.
_ [Bb] I didn't miss him, he [Ab] made it perfectly clear, I was a fool and [Eb] privately queer.
Fool _ that I was, I thought this would bring, _ _ those he had left closer together.
_ She made him move the [Bb] moment he called her way.
I was the last the woman told, she never [Ebm] let her bed [Bb] get cold.
Someone will do, I shut my door.
Someone will teach me, not [Gb] just the same way I'd [Bb] prefer. _
_ _ [G] Left alone, police prison, I had my gear to [C] play.
_ [A] I feel a mother hunger, easy to get [Dm] away.
[Bb] Pity the child, [Eb] that's what [F] once, no defense, [Dm] no escape from the [Eb] lies that lie.
_ [F] Always a [Bb] step behind, _ _ _ [G] I never [Eb] called to tell her [Cm] all I've done.
I was only her son.
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true.
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_ _ [C] Pity the child, but [G] not forever, not if he stays that [C] way.
[G] He can get all he ever [A] wanted, if he's prepared to [Dm] pay.
[Bb] Pity and stand [Eb] together, [F] _
watch him if what you like when she lets [Eb] you go.
[Cm] And I wonder does [F] he know, [Ab] _ _ [G] _ [A] a crazy thing to [Cm] do, just in case he says, [Eb] go.
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