G7 G7sus
When I was nine I learned survival
G C
Taught myself not to care
A7
I was my single good companion
A7 Dm
Taking my comfort there
Bb Eb Cm
Up in my room I planned my conquests
F F/E Dm Bb/D Eb
On my own -- never asked for a helping hand
F7 Bb
No one would understand
G7 Cm
I never asked the pair who fought below
Cm Ebm6 Bb
Just in case they said "No."
G7
Pity the child who has ambition
G7 C
Knows what he wants to do
A7
Knows that he'll never fit the system
A7 Dm
Others expect him to
Bb Eb Cm
Pity the child who knew his parents
F Dm Bb/D Eb
Saw their faults, saw their love die before his eyes
F7 Bb
Pity the child that wise
G7 Cm
He never asked "Did I cause your distress?"
Cm Ebm6
Just in case they said "Yes."
Bb Ab
When I was twelve my father moved out
Ab Eb
Left with a whimper -- not with a shout
Bb Ab
I didn't miss him -- he made it perfectly clear
Ab Eb
I was a fool and probably queer
Ebm Ebm
Fool that I was I thought this would bring
Ebm Ebm
Those he had left closer together
Ebm Bb
She made her move the moment he crawled away
Cm7-5 Bb/D Ebm Bb/D Bb
I was the last the woman told
Cm7-5 Bb/D Ebm Bb/D F Bb
She never let her bed get cold
Cm7-5 Bb/D Ebm Bb/D Bb
Someone moved in -- I shut my door
Cm7-5 Bb/D Ebm Fm Gb Ab Gb (Eb/Bb)
Someone to treat her just the same way as before.
G7
I took the road of least resistance
G7 C
I had my game to play
A7
I had the skill, and more -- the hunger
A7 Dm
Easy to get away
Bb/D Eb F/Eb
Pity the child with no such weapons
F Dm Bb/D Eb
No defense, no escape from the ties that bind
Am7-5 Bb
Always a step behind
G7 Cm
I never called to tell her all I'd done
Cm Bbm/Db Ebm
I was only her son!
Ebm Ebm Ab Ab Ebm Ebm
G7
Pity the child but not forever
G7 C
Not if he stays that way
A7
He can get all he ever wanted
A7 Dm
If he's prepared to pay
Bb/D Eb F/Eb F
Pity instead the careless mother
F
What she missed,
Dm Bb/D Eb
What she lost when she let me go
Cm F/A Fm/Ab
And I wonder does she know
G7 Fadd9/A G7-9/B Cm
I never call. A crazy thing to do
Ebm6 Cm7-5
Just in case she said, "Who?"
Bb Bb/Ab Ab
Eb Bb
