When I Forgive You chords by Sasha Allen

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

C Am F G x2

Verse 1:
C          Am             F
My grandma grew up in the 30's
        G                    C
She's a Catholic through and through
           Am
I would've understood
   F            G            C
If she had been abrasive and confused
             Am              F             G
She could've turned away and simply washed her hands of it
C             Am              F
Instead she's bragging to her friends
              G
How great her grandson is

C Am F G x2


Verse 2:

C           Am              F                G                C
It makes me wonder would it all change if we just sat down to speak?
        Am                  F                 G                 C
I'm not fed up with you for fearing something that you've never seen
            Am             F              G          C
When people painting you a picture of who I am supposedly
         Am                     F             G                C Am F G
It's not surprising that you're trying to not get too close to me


Chorus:
C        Am        F        G
All your violence, all your venom
C          Am       F              G
Won't come close to getting rid of me
C          Am
And at the pearly gates
F         G              C
All those statements you made
           Am               F             G
Will suddenly be things you didn't really mean
C         Am                   F           G
I find it strange to hold such hatred for a stranger
C              Am                  F                G
You'll find it strange when I hold kindness to your anger
C         Am            F                 G    C
I find it strange, this shape you mold me into
Am*                F*           G
And you'll find it strange when I forgive you

C Am F G


Verse 3:
C          Am           F                   G            C
My grandma grew up in a Catholic school and never misses mass
           Am           F                 G               C
I wouldn't blame her if at her age it was all too much to grasp
            Am           F            G         C
She may not know all the proper terminology and words
       Am      F                   G              C
But at 83, her love for me is what made her wanna learn
                 Am         F                  G               C
Cause I'm not an act of revolution that you're watching on the news
            Am            F                 G               C
I bet you'd like me if we talked, I bet you wouldn't have a clue
             Am                F
And when the swords are to the side
         G            C
When the army finally falls
           Am             F                     G               C Am F G
You'll see we're just two human beings, not too different after all


Chorus:
C        Am        F        G
All your violence, all your venom
C          Am       F              G
Won't come close to getting rid of me
C          Am
And at the pearly gates
F         G              C
All those statements you made
           Am               F             G
Will suddenly be things you didn't really mean
C         Am                   F           G
I find it strange to hold such hatred for a stranger
C              Am                  F                G
You'll find it strange when I hold kindness to your anger
C         Am            F                 G    C
I find it strange, this shape you mold me into
Am*                F*           G
And you'll find it strange when I forgive you


Outro:

C Am F G      C
       When I forgive you
Am F G