Can I Forgive Him chords by Paul Simon

Chords with lyrics

Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys.

    E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB 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 majorBb

Verse 1:
Bb majorBb      FF  G minorGm  DmDm DmMaj7Dmmaj7
  I am esmeraa-lda agron
 Dm7Dm7 Dm6Dm6
Seno - ra
G+G        Dmaj D/C#   Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
 I know i've no ri - ght to speak
Gmaj7Gmaj7    F# minorF#m      Bm7Bm7
 My son is not the savage boy you see
E MajorE         E minorEm Bm7Bm7
 The cape, the sneer
D MajorD         DmDm
 The slicked-back hair
  Bbmaj       A7A7     DmDm DmMaj7Dmmaj7
It hides the child i nursed and bathed
 Dm7Dm7 Dm6Dm6
Seno - ra
 G+G           Dmaj D/C#
Please don't turn your eyes
   Bm7Bm7 Cmaj7Cmaj7
From me
Gmaj     F# minorF#m       Bm7Bm7     B7sus
 Your son, gone to god, and mine to blame
E MajorE      E minorEm Bm7Bm7
 My fated son
D MajorD      DmDm
 He too is gone
   Bbmaj       A7A7     DmDm DmMaj7Dmmaj7
The state will see to that, i am sure
Dm7Dm7  Dm6Dm6
 Senora
   Bb majorBb        C majorC    FF
The state will see to that, i am sure

Break:
FF F minorFm AbAb

Bridge:
AbdimAbdim
   You spanish people, you come to this country
 Cm7Cm7               BbmBbm
Nothing here changes your lives
F minorFm            Fm7Fm7
 Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity
   AbdimAbdim
When all of your answers are knives
Fm6Fm6             D#mD#m    D#(b9)
 This city makes a cartoon of a crime
 G#m7G#m7           AbdimAbdim      C minorCm
Capes and umbrellas the glorification of slime
BbmBbm          D#D#    D#augD#aug
 I have to face this horror, senora
G#7G#7     G#G#
My religion
Fm7Fm7     FaugFaug    D#/Bb
Asks me to pray for the murderer's soul
C#C#          D#D#
 But i think you'd have to be
C#C#    D#D#
 Jesus on the cross
C#C#                G#G#
 To open your heart after such a loss

Chorus:
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#    G#G#
No, i cannot
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#
No, i cannot

Bridge:
G#7G#7       G#G#
Friends become strangers
  Fm7Fm7     FaugFaug  D#D#
Compassion is hard to express in words
C#C#        D#D#
 The trembling flowers they bring
C#C#     D#D#
 Fear in the roots and the stem
C#C#        D#D#    C#C#
 What happened to me they know could
 G#G#
Happen to them

Chorus:
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#    G#G#
No, i cannot
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#
No, i cannot

Verse 2:
C/GC/G   G minorGm       D MajorD
  Only god can say 'forgive'
Gm7Gm7             D MajorD
  His son too received the knife
Gm7Gm7             D#D#
  But we go on, we have to live
Bb majorBb      Bb7Bb7      D#D#   BB
  With this cross we call our life
G#7G#7
Feels like a bomb fell
   Fm7Fm7    FaugFaug   BbmBbm       D#D#
And wave after wave come the aftershocks

2nd mother:
C#C#      D#D#
 You can't believe that it's true
C#C#        D#D#
 There must be some mistake
C#C#
 You drift through this nightmare from which you can't wake

Chorus:
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#
No, i cannot

Outro:
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#
No, i cannot
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#
No, i cannot
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him?
C#C#     D#D#
 Can i forgive him
 C#C#   G#G#