Chords for Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity [Audio Stream]
Tempo:
95.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
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Am
Fm
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
See the child with the golden hair [Dm] but eyes that show the emptiness inside
[G] Do we know, can we understand [C] just how he feels or have we really tried?
See him now as he stands [Dm] alone and watches children play a children's game
[G]
Simple child, he looks [C] almost like the others yet they know he's not the [Bm] same
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love [C] him all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh no
[G] [C]
See him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face that only yesterday loved
[G] The loving face of a mother who [C] can't understand what she's been guilty of
How she cried tears of happiness [Dm] the day the doctor told her it's a boy
[G] How she cried tears of helplessness [C] and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy
[G] [Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try [F] to love him [C] all the more
[G] [Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh [G] no
[C]
[F]
[G]
[C]
Only he knows how to face the [Dm] future hopefully surrounded by despair
[G] He won't ask for your pity or [C] your sympathy but surely you should [Em] care
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love him [C] all the [G] more
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh no, [G] [C] oh no
See the child with the golden hair [Dm] but eyes that show the emptiness inside
[G] Do we know, can we understand [C] just how he feels or have we really tried?
See him now as he stands [Dm] alone and watches children play a children's game
[G]
Simple child, he looks [C] almost like the others yet they know he's not the [Bm] same
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love [C] him all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh no
[G] [C]
See him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face that only yesterday loved
[G] The loving face of a mother who [C] can't understand what she's been guilty of
How she cried tears of happiness [Dm] the day the doctor told her it's a boy
[G] How she cried tears of helplessness [C] and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy
[G] [Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try [F] to love him [C] all the more
[G] [Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh [G] no
[C]
[F]
[G]
[C]
Only he knows how to face the [Dm] future hopefully surrounded by despair
[G] He won't ask for your pity or [C] your sympathy but surely you should [Em] care
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love him [C] all the [G] more
[Am]
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, [Em] oh no, [G] [C] oh no
Key:
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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See the child with the golden hair [Dm] but eyes that show the emptiness inside _
[G] Do we know, can we understand [C] just how he feels or have we really tried? _ _
See him now as he stands [Dm] alone and watches children play a children's game
_ [G] _
Simple child, he looks [C] almost like the others yet they know he's not the [Bm] same
[Am] _ _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love [C] him all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ _ [Em] oh no
[G] _ [C] _
See _ _ _ _ _ _ him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face that only yesterday loved
[G] The loving face of a mother who [C] can't understand what she's been guilty _ of
How she cried _ tears of happiness [Dm] the day the doctor told her it's a boy
[G] How she cried tears of helplessness [C] and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy
[G] _ [Am] Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try [F] to love him [C] all the more
[G] _ [Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ [Em] oh [G] no
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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Only he knows how to face the [Dm] future hopefully surrounded by despair
_ [G] He won't ask for your pity or [C] your sympathy but surely you should _ [Em] care
[Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love him [C] all the _ [G] more
[Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ _ [Em] oh no, [G] _ [C] oh no _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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See the child with the golden hair [Dm] but eyes that show the emptiness inside _
[G] Do we know, can we understand [C] just how he feels or have we really tried? _ _
See him now as he stands [Dm] alone and watches children play a children's game
_ [G] _
Simple child, he looks [C] almost like the others yet they know he's not the [Bm] same
[Am] _ _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love [C] him all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ _ [Em] oh no
[G] _ [C] _
See _ _ _ _ _ _ him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face that only yesterday loved
[G] The loving face of a mother who [C] can't understand what she's been guilty _ of
How she cried _ tears of happiness [Dm] the day the doctor told her it's a boy
[G] How she cried tears of helplessness [C] and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy
[G] _ [Am] Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try [F] to love him [C] all the more
[G] _ [Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ [Em] oh [G] no
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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Only he knows how to face the [Dm] future hopefully surrounded by despair
_ [G] He won't ask for your pity or [C] your sympathy but surely you should _ [Em] care
[Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather [F] try to love him [C] all the _ [G] more
[Am] _
Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ _ [Em] oh no, [G] _ [C] oh no _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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