Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys.
EADGB 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:
BbVerse 1:
BbFGmDmDmmaj7
I am esmeraa-lda agron
Dm7Dm6
Seno - ra
GDmajD/C#Bm7Cmaj7
I know i've no ri - ght to speak
Gmaj7F#mBm7
My son is not the savage boy you see
EEmBm7
The cape, the sneer
DDm
The slicked-back hair
BbmajA7DmDmmaj7
It hides the child i nursed and bathed
Dm7Dm6
Seno - ra
GDmajD/C#
Please don't turn your eyes
Bm7Cmaj7
From me
GmajF#mBm7 B7sus
Your son, gone to god, and mine to blame
EEmBm7
My fated son
DDm
He too is gone
BbmajA7DmDmmaj7
The state will see to that, i am sure
Dm7Dm6
Senora
BbCF
The state will see to that, i am sure
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Break:
FFmAbBridge:
Abdim
You spanish people, you come to this country
Cm7Bbm
Nothing here changes your lives
FmFm7
Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity
Abdim
When all of your answers are knives
Fm6D#mD#(b9)
This city makes a cartoon of a crime
G#m7AbdimCm
Capes and umbrellas the glorification of slime
BbmD#D#aug
I have to face this horror, senora
G#7G#
My religion
Fm7FaugD#/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#7G#
Friends become strangers
Fm7FaugD#
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/GGmD
Only god can say 'forgive'
Gm7D
His son too received the knife
Gm7D#
But we go on, we have to live
BbBb7D#B
With this cross we call our life
G#7
Feels like a bomb fell
Fm7FaugBbmD#
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#
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