Lirik dan Chord Lagu Pity The Child - Murray Head

Meskipun ditulis dan diproduksi oleh ABBA, lagu tersebut dibawakan oleh seniman asal Inggris Murray Head.

Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Pity The Child" berikut ini.

E                                                                                    A
When I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not to care,
F#                                                                                 Bm
I was my single good companion, taking my comfort there.
G                                         C
Up in my room I planned my conquests,
D                           Bm                 G              C
on my own, never asked for a helping hand,
D                                       G
no one would understand.
E                                                      Am
I never asked the pair who fought below,
                                Am - Cm – G
just in case they said “no”.

   E                                                                                A
Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to do,
      F#                                                                       Bm
knows that he'll never fit the system others expect him to.
  G                                            C
Pity the child who knew his parents,
D                                       Bm                G             C
saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes,
D                                    G
pity the child that’s wise.
E                                                              Am
He never asked, did I cause your distress,
                                Am - Cm
just in case they said “yes”.

        G                                              F
When I was twelve my father moved out,
                                                    C
left with a whimper not with a shout.
G                                                              F
I didn't miss him, he made it perfectly clear,
                                           C
I was a fool, and probably queer.
Cm
Fool that I was, I thought this would bring
                          F                        Cm
those he had left closer together.
G
She made her move the moment he crawled away,
              Am     Cm             G                  Am      Cm       G
I was the last the woman told, she never let her bed get cold,
                          Am  Cm        G
someone moved in, I shut my door,
                     Am       Cm                                  G
someone to treat her just the same way as before.

 E                                                                             A
I took the road of least resistance, I had my game to play,
F#                                                                            Bm
I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get away.
G                            C
Pity the child with no such weapons,
D                       Bm                    G            C
no defense, no escape from the ties that bind,
D                                G
always a step behind.
E                                              Am
I never called to tell her all I'd done,
                      Am - Cm ~ F - Cm – G
I was only her son.

   E                                                                        A
Pity the child, but not forever, not if he stays that way,
F#                                                                       Bm
he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared to pay.
G                                    C
Pity instead the careless mother,
D                            Bm                        G          C
what she missed, what she lost when she let me go,
         D                   Bm               - E
and I wonder, does she know ?
E7                                                      Am
I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do,
                               - Am Cm + G - F - C - G (3X)
just in case she said, who?