SCORN NOT HIS SIMPLICITY - PHIL COULTER

[ C ]See the child, with the golden hair but[ Dm ] eyes that show the emptyness inside
[ G ]Do we know, can we understand just[ C ] how he feels or have we really tried
[ C ]See him now, as he stands alone and[ Dm ] watches children play a children's game
[ G ]Simple child, he looks almost like the[ C ] others yet they know he's not the same
 
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity but[ C ] rather try to love him all the more,
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity oh[ G ] no,oh[ G7 ] no.
 
[ C ]See him stare, not recognizing that kind[ Dm ] face that only yesterday he loved
[ G ]The loving face, of a mother who cant[ C ] understand what she's been guilty of
[ C ]How she cried, tears of happyness the day[ Dm ] the doctor told her its a boy
[ G ]Now she cries, tears of helplessness and[ C ] thinks of all the things he can't enjoy
 
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity but[ C ] rather try to love him all the more
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity oh[ G ] no,oh[ G7 ] no.

SOLO
 
[ C ]Only he, knows how to face the future[ Dm ] hopefully surrounded by dispair.
[ G ]He wont ask, for your pity or your[ C ] sympathy but surly you must care.
 
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity but[ C ] rather try to love him all the more,
[ Am ]Scorn not[ Fm ] his simplicity oh[ G ] no,oh[ G7 ] no,oh[ C ] no

FROM "THE BONGO MAN!"