E (022100@1) A1. (x02220@1)When I was nine I learned survival, taught myself not to care, F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) I was my single good companion, taking my comfort there. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Up in my room I planned my conquests, D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) on my own, never asked for a helping hand, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) no one would understand. E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) I never asked the pair who fought below, Am (x02210@1) - Cm- (x3101x@1)G (320003@1) just in case they said "no". E (022100@1) A2. (x02220@1)Pity the child who has ambition, knows what he wants to do, F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) knows that he'll never fit the system others expect him to. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Pity the child who knew his parents, D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) pity the child that's wise. E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) He never asked, did I cause your distress, Am (x02210@1) - Cm (x3101x@1) just in case they said "yes". G (320003@1) F (133211@1) When I was twelve my father moved out, C (x32010@1) left with a whimper not with a shout. G (320003@1) F (133211@1) I didn't miss him, he made it perfectly clear, C (x32010@1) I was a fool, and probably queer. Cm (x3101x@1) Fool that I was, I thought this would bring F (133211@1) Cm (x3101x@1) those he had left closer together. G (320003@1) She made her move the moment he crawled away, Am (x02210@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) I was the last the woman told, she never let her bed get cold, Am (x02210@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) someone moved in, I shut my door, Am (x02210@1) Cm (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) someone to treat her just the same way as before. E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)3. I took the road of least resistance, I had my game to play, F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) I had the skill, and more - the hunger - easy to get away. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Pity the child with no such weapons, D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) no defense, no escape from the ties that bind, D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) always a step behind. E (022100@1) Am (x02210@1) I never called to tell her all I'd done, Am (x02210@1) - Cm~ (x3101x@1)F- (133211@1)Cm- (x3101x@1)G (320003@1) I was only her son. E (022100@1) A (x02220@1)4. Pity the child, but not forever, not if he stays that way, F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) he can get all he ever wanted, if he's prepared to pay. G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Pity instead the careless mother, D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) what she missed, what she lost when she let me go, D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) - E (022100@1) and I wonder, does she know ? E7 (020130@1) Am (x02210@1) I wouldn't call, a crazy thing to do, - Am (x02210@1) Cm (x3101x@1) + G- (320003@1)F- (133211@1)C- (x32010@1)G3x (320003@1) just in case she said, who?
