View Guitar Chords for Pity the child - chords ver. 1
1. EWhen I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not to Acare, F# I was my single good companion, taking my comfort thBmere. UGp in my room I planned myC conquests, Don my own, never aBmsked for a helGping hand, C Dno one would understand. G EI never asked the pair who fought beAmlow, Am - Cm G just in case they said "no".2. PiEty the child who has ambition, knows what he wants tAo do, knoF#ws that he'll never fit the system others expect hiBmm to. PGity the child who knew his parCents, Dsaw their faults, saw their lBmove die beforeG his eyes, C pDity the child that's wise. G HEe never asked, did I cause your distress, Am Am - Cm just in case they said "yes".WhenG I was twelve my father moved Fout, left with a whimper not with a shoCut. GI didn't miss him, he made it perfectly cleFar, I was a fool, and probably qCueer. CmFool that I was, I thought this would bring those he had leftF closer together.Cm GShe made her move the moment he crawled away, I was the Amlast theCm woman toGld, she never Amlet herCm bed get Gcold, someone moved Amin, I Cmshut my dGoor, someone to tAmreat her Cmjust the same way as befoGre.3. IE took the road of least resistance, I had my game toA play, F# I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get Bmaway. PGity the child with nCo such weapons, nDo defense, no eBmscape from the tiGes that Cbind, aDlways a step behindG. EI never called to tell her all I'd dAmone, Am - Cm ~ F - Cm G I was only her son.4. PitEy the child, but not forever, not if he stays that Away, F#he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared toBm pay. PGity instead the careless Cmother, Dwhat she missed, wBmhat she lost when sGhe let mCe go, D Bm - E and I wonder, does she know ' E7 I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do, Am - Am Cm + G - F - C - G 3x just in case she said, who'