Biography:
Luke Kelly, (17 November 1940 - 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer and folk musician from Dublin, Ireland, most famous as a member of the band The Dubliners.
Kelly was one of the best-known figures of the Irish folk music movement of the 1960s and 1970s. A Dubliner from the north inner city, he attended O'Connell's Schools before emigrating to Britain in 1958. There he first became involved in the growing international folk music scene in which Ewan MacColl was a central figure, as well as joining the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
See the child with the golden hair
Dm F
but eyes that show the emptiness inside
G
Do we know can we understand
C G
just how he feels or have we really tried
C
See him now as he stands alone
Dm F
and watches children playing a children's game
G C
Simple child he looks almost like the others
C G
yet they know he's not the same
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
[Verse 2]
C
See him stare not recognizing
Dm F
that kind face that only yesterday he loved
G
The loving face of a mother
C G
who cant understand what she's guilty of
C
How she cried tears of happiness
Dm F
the day the doctor told her it's a boy
G
Now she cries tears of helplessness
C G
and thinks of all the things he cannot enjoy
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
[music as per lines 1 = d of verse]
C Dm F G C G
[Verse 4]
C
Only he knows how to face
Dm F
the future hopefully surrounded by despair
G C
He wont ask for your pity or your sympathy
G
but surly you must care
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G C
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
C
[Verse 1]
C
See the child with the golden hair
Dm F
but eyes that show the emptiness inside
G
Do we know can we understand
C G
just how he feels or have we really tried
C
See him now as he stands alone
Dm F
and watches children playing a children's game
G C
Simple child he looks almost like the others
C G
yet they know he's not the same
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
[Verse 2]
C
See him stare not recognizing
Dm F
that kind face that only yesterday he loved
G
The loving face of a mother
C G
who cant understand what she's guilty of
C
How she cried tears of happiness
Dm F
the day the doctor told her it's a boy
G
Now she cries tears of helplessness
C G
and thinks of all the things he cannot enjoy
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
[music as per lines 1 = d of verse]
C Dm F G C G
[Verse 4]
C
Only he knows how to face
Dm F
the future hopefully surrounded by despair
G C
He wont ask for your pity or your sympathy
G
but surly you must care
[Refrain]
Am Fm
Scorn not his simplicity
C
but rather try to love him all the more
Am Fm G F Em G C
Scorn not his simplicity oh no oh no
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