Intro:

C
 
 

See the child

With gold-en hair,

     Dm/C

yet eyes that show the emp-ti-ness inside.

G/B

          Do we know?
 

G                                               C       Dm/C                              C

          Can we un-der-stand just how he feels, or have we ___ real-ly tried?

See him now

                                       Dm/C

as he stands a-lone, and watch-es child-ren play ____ a child-ren's game.

G/B

          Simple child,

G                                                   C                   Dm/C            C

          He looks al-most _ like the oth-ers, yet they know he's not the same.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                     C                 F/C                   C

                        Scorn not            his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ but rat-ther try _ to love him all _____ the more.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                      Gsus4         G

                         Scorn not          his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ oh _ no,      oh ____ no. ___

See him stare

                                       Dm/C

not re-cog-nis-ing the kind face that on-ly yes-ter-day he loved

G/B

          the lovoing face.

G                                        C         Dm/C                                C

         of a mo-ther who can't un-der-stand what she's been _ guil-ty of. __

How she cried

                                    Dm/C

tears of hap-pi-ness the day the doc-tor told her, "it's a boy."

Now she cries

G                                                 C                    Dm/C              C

          tears of help-less-ness, and thinks of all the things he can't en-joy.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                     C                 F/C                   C

                        Scorn not            his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ but rat-ther try _ to love him all _____ the more.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                      Gsus4         G

                         Scorn not          his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ oh _ no,      oh ____ no. ___

C

Dm/C

G/B         G           C         Dm/C

C

                                                             Dm/C

On-ly he knows how to face _ the fut-ure hope-ful-ly sur-round-ed by _____ des-pair

G                             G                                    C                     Dm/C                C

         He won't ask           for your pi-ty or your sym-pa-thy, but sure-ly you _____ should care.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                     C                 F/C                   C

                        Scorn not            his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ but rat-ther try _ to love him all _____ the more.

G/B          Am                     Fm                                   Gsus4              G                                  C

                         Scorn not          his sim-pli-ci-ty, __ oh _____ no, oh ____ no, ___________ oh no.