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Paul Simon

Can I Forgive Him

by Paul Simon
Paul Simon

Biography:

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. He first gained world-wide recognition as the writing talent behind the popular American folk-rock duo Simon & Garfunkel formed with fellow musician Art Garfunkel. When Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon quickly began his solo career with the release of the self-titled album, Paul Simon. This was followed by There Goes Rhymin' Simon and Still Crazy After All These Years

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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




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