Chords for Luke Kelly Scorn Not His Simplicity (Studio Version)

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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 [F] alone and watches children play a children's game.
_ _ [G] Simple _ _ child, he looks almost [C] like the others yet they know he's not the same. _
_ [Am] _ _ Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try to love him all the more.
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_ Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ [B] _ [Em] oh no.
_ _ [C] _ _ See _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
him stare, _ not recognizing that [F] 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 [F] the day the doctor told her it's a boy.
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Now she cried _ tears of [C] helplessness and thinks of all the things he can't enjoy.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ Scorn [Fm] not his simplicity but [C]
rather try [F] to love him all the more. _ _
_ [Am] _ _ Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ _
[G] _ [Em] oh no.
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Only he knows how to face the [F]
future hopefully _ surrounded by despair.
_ _ [G] _ He won't _ ask for your pity or [C] your sympathy but surely you should care.
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_ Scorn _ [Fm] not his simplicity [C] but rather try [F] to love him all the [C] more.
_ _ [Bm] _ [Am] Scorn _ _ _ [Fm] not his simplicity, [G] oh no, _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] oh no.
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