{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2105159,"song":"Can I Forgive Him","artist":"Paul Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11456915-can-i-forgive-him-chords-by-paul-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2105159?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys.\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] e\r\nD/C#:  x 4 0 2 2 x[/tab]\r\nAbdim: x x 0 1 0 1\r\nFm6:   x x 3 1 3 1\r\nE:     0 2 2 1 0 0\r\nD#m:   x 6 8 8 7 6\r\nD#(b9):x 6 8 9 8 6\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Gm[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\n   I am esmeraa-lda agron[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\nSeno - ra[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Dmaj[/ch]  [ch]D/C#[/ch]     [ch]Bm7[/ch]  [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\n  I know i've no ri  - ght to speak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj7[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]            [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n  My son is not the savage boy you see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n  The cape, the sneer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  The slicked-back hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bbmaj[/ch]              [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nIt hides the child i nursed and bathed[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm7[/ch]  [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\nSeno - ra[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Dmaj[/ch] [ch]D/C#[/ch]\r\nPlease don't turn your eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm7[/ch] [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nFrom me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gmaj[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Bm7[/ch]          [ch]B7sus[/ch]\r\n  Your son, gone to god, and mine to blame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm7[/ch]\r\n  My fated son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  He too is gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bbmaj[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]Dmmaj7[/ch]\r\nThe state will see to that, i am sure[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]   [ch]Dm6[/ch]\r\n Senora[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe state will see to that, i am sure[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Fm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Abdim[/ch]\r\n      You spanish people, you come to this country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Cm7[/ch]                             [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nNothing here changes your lives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                        [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\n  Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Abdim[/ch]\r\nWhen all of your answers are knives[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm6[/ch]                         [ch]D#m[/ch]        [ch]D#(b9)[/ch]\r\n  This city makes a cartoon of a crime[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#m7[/ch]                     [ch]Abdim[/ch]           [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nCapes and umbrellas the glorification of slime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch]                    [ch]D#[/ch]       [ch]D#aug[/ch]\r\n  I have to face this horror, senora[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#7[/ch]         [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nMy religion[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm7[/ch]          [ch]Faug[/ch]        [ch]D#/Bb[/ch]\r\nAsks me to pray for the murderer's soul[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                   [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  But i think you'd have to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Jesus on the cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                               [ch]G#[/ch]\r\n  To open your heart after such a loss[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]G#7[/ch]             [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nFriends become strangers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Fm7[/ch]          [ch]Faug[/ch]   [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nCompassion is hard to express in words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  The trembling flowers they bring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Fear in the roots and the stem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]                [ch]D#[/ch]       [ch]C#[/ch]\r\n  What happened to me they know could[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nHappen to them[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]       [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Gm[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   Only god can say 'forgive'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm7[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n   His son too received the knife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm7[/ch]                          [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n   But we go on, we have to live[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]Bb7[/ch]           [ch]D#[/ch]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   With this cross we call our life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#7[/ch]\r\nFeels like a bomb fell[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Fm7[/ch]        [ch]Faug[/ch]     [ch]Bbm[/ch]             [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nAnd wave after wave come the aftershocks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[2nd mother]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]            [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  You can't believe that it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]               [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  There must be some mistake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]\r\n  You drift through this nightmare from which you can't wake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#[/ch]         [ch]D#[/ch]\r\n  Can i forgive him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#[/ch]      [ch]G#[/ch]\r\nNo, i cannot[/tab]","plain_text":"Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys.\n\n\nAbdim: x x 0 1 0 1\nFm6:   x x 3 1 3 1\nE:     0 2 2 1 0 0\nD#m:   x 6 8 8 7 6\nD#(b9):x 6 8 9 8 6\n\n[Intro]\nBb\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Break]\nF Fm Ab\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[2nd mother]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","A","D","G","B","D/C","Abdim","D#m","Bb","F","Gm","Dm","Dmmaj7","Dm7","Dm6","Dmaj","D/C#","Bm7","Cmaj7","Gmaj7","F#m","Em","Bbmaj","A7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"Bm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,2,0,3],"frets":[-1,2,0,2,0,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]},"Gm7":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,1,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,3,3,3,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}