Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity Chords

Tempo:
78.025 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

F

Em

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Luke Kelly - Scorn Not His Simplicity chords
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[F] [B] Lukey, do you remember that lovely [Ab] song that Phil Coulter wrote?
Very personal song for him.
Agreed.
This one, I think your recording of it, was the definitive recording of it and it should be left at that.
But seeing as there's just a few of us sitting [C] around here, would you mind singing it?
Scorn not of simplicity.
Thank you Jim.
Desi, John, would you give me a C chord please?
See the child with the golden hair
[F] 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 alone
[F] 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 [Em] same
[Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity
[C] But rather try to love him all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, [Em] oh [G] no
[C] See him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face
That only yesterday he loved
[Dm] The [G] loving face of a mother
[C] Who can't understand what she's been guilty of
Now she cries tears of happiness
[F] The day the doctor told her it's a boy
[G] Now she cries tears of [C] helplessness
Of all the things he can't [Em] enjoy
[Am] Scorn not [Fm] his simplicity
[D] [C] But rather try to love him all the more
[Am] Scorn [Ab] [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, oh no
[C] Only
[F]
[G]
[C]
he knows how to face the [Dm] future
When we are hopefully [F] surrounded by despair
He [G] won't ask for your pity [C] or your sympathy
But surely you must [Am] care
Scorn not [Fm] his simplicity
[C] But rather try to [F] love him [C] all the [Em] more
[Am] Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, [Em] oh no
[G] [C] Oh no
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
Em
121
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
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To learn The Dubliners And Friends - Scorn Not His Simplicity chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: Fm, G, C, F, Fm, C, Em, Am and Fm. Ease into the song by practicing at 39 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 78 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C Major.

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[F] [B] Lukey, do you remember that lovely [Ab] song that Phil Coulter wrote?
Very personal song for him.
Agreed.
This one, _ I think your recording of it, was the definitive recording of it and it should be left at that.
But seeing as there's just a few of us sitting [C] around here, would you mind singing it?
Scorn not of simplicity.
Thank you Jim.
Desi, John, would you give me a C chord please? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ See the child with the golden hair
[F] 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 alone
[F] 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 [Em] same
[Am] Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity
[C] But rather try to love him all the _ [Em] more
[Am] _ _ Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, _ [Em] oh [G] no
_ [C] See him stare, not recognizing [F] that kind face
That only yesterday he loved
[Dm] The [G] _ loving face of a mother
[C] Who can't understand what she's been guilty of _
_ _ Now she cries _ tears of happiness
[F] The day the doctor told her it's a boy _
_ [G] Now she cries tears of [C] helplessness
Of all the things he can't _ [Em] enjoy
[Am] Scorn not [Fm] his simplicity
[D] [C] But rather try to love him all the _ more
[Am] _ Scorn [Ab] [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, _ oh no _
_ [C] Only _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ he knows how to face the [Dm] future
When we are hopefully [F] surrounded by despair
He [G] _ won't _ ask for your pity [C] or your sympathy
But surely you must _ _ [Am] care
Scorn not [Fm] _ his simplicity
[C] But rather try to [F] love him [C] all the _ [Em] more
[Am] Scorn _ _ [Fm] not his simplicity
[G] Oh no, _ [Em] oh no
[G] _ [C] Oh no _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the The Late Late Show Tribute to the Dubliners album.

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