Paul Simon – Can I Forgive Him (Guitar)
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Chords
Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys.
E A D G B e D/C#: x 4 0 2 2 x
Abdim: x x 0 1 0 1
Fm6: x x 3 1 3 1
E: 0 2 2 1 0 0
D#m: x 6 8 8 7 6
D#(b9):x 6 8 9 8 6
[Intro]
Bb
[Verse 1]
Bb F Gm Dm Dmmaj7 I am esmeraa-lda agron Dm7 Dm6 Seno - ra G Dmaj D/C# Bm7 Cmaj7 I know i've no ri - ght to speak Gmaj7 F#m Bm7 My son is not the savage boy you see E Em Bm7 The cape, the sneer D Dm The slicked-back hair Bbmaj A7 Dm Dmmaj7 It hides the child i nursed and bathed Dm7 Dm6 Seno - ra G Dmaj D/C# Please don't turn your eyes Bm7 Cmaj7 From me Gmaj F#m Bm7 B7sus Your son, gone to god, and mine to blame E Em Bm7 My fated son D Dm He too is gone Bbmaj A7 Dm Dmmaj7 The state will see to that, i am sure Dm7 Dm6 Senora Bb C F The state will see to that, i am sure
[Break]
F Fm Ab
[Bridge]
Abdim You spanish people, you come to this country Cm7 Bbm Nothing here changes your lives Fm Fm7 Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity Abdim When all of your answers are knives Fm6 D#m D#(b9) This city makes a cartoon of a crime G#m7 Abdim Cm Capes and umbrellas the glorification of slime Bbm D# D#aug I have to face this horror, senora G#7 G# My religion Fm7 Faug D#/Bb Asks me to pray for the murderer's soul C# D# But i think you'd have to be C# D# Jesus on the cross C# G# To open your heart after such a loss
[Chorus]
C# D# Can i forgive him? C# D# Can i forgive him? C# G# No, i cannot C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot
[Bridge]
G#7 G# Friends become strangers Fm7 Faug D# Compassion is hard to express in words C# D# The trembling flowers they bring C# D# Fear in the roots and the stem C# D# C# What happened to me they know could G# Happen to them
[Chorus]
C# D# Can i forgive him? C# G# No, i cannot C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot
[Verse 2]
C/G Gm D Only god can say 'forgive' Gm7 D His son too received the knife Gm7 D# But we go on, we have to live Bb Bb7 D# B With this cross we call our life G#7 Feels like a bomb fell Fm7 Faug Bbm D# And wave after wave come the aftershocks
[2nd mother]
C# D# You can't believe that it's true C# D# There must be some mistake C# You drift through this nightmare from which you can't wake
[Chorus]
C# D# Can i forgive him? C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot
[Outro]
C# D# Can i forgive him? C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot C# D# Can i forgive him? C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot C# D# Can i forgive him? C# D# Can i forgive him C# G# No, i cannot