Can I Forgive Him

Paul Simon

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Some awkward chords so here is a chart to help you guys. 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] [Verse 1]    I am esmeraa-lda agron Seno - ra   I know i’ve no ri  - ght to speak     My son is not the savage boy you see   The cape the sneer     The slicked-back hair It hides the child i nursed and bathed Seno - ra Please don’t turn your eyes    From me   Gmaj         F#m              Bm7          B7sus   Your son gone to god and mine to blame   My fated son     He too is gone The state will see to that i am sure Senora The state will see to that i am sure [Break] [Bridge] Abdim       You spanish people you come to this country Nothing here changes your lives     Ungrateful immigrants asking for pity      Abdim When all of your answers are knives   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 My religion Asks me to pray for the murderer’s soul   But i think you’d have to be   Jesus on the cross   To open your heart after such a loss [Chorus]   Can i forgive him?   Can i forgive him? No i cannot   Can i forgive him No i cannot [Bridge] Friends become strangers    Fm7          Faug   D# Compassion is hard to express in words   The trembling flowers they bring   Fear in the roots and the stem   What happened to me they know could Happen to them [Chorus]   Can i forgive him? No i cannot   Can i forgive him No i cannot [Verse 2]    Only god can say ’forgive’    His son too received the knife    But we go on we have to live    With this cross we call our life Feels like a bomb fell And wave after wave come the aftershocks [2nd mother]   You can’t believe that it’s true   There must be some mistake   You drift through this nightmare from which you can’t wake [Chorus]   Can i forgive him?   Can i forgive him No i cannot [Outro]   Can i forgive him?   Can i forgive him No i cannot   Can i forgive him?   Can i forgive him No i cannot   Can i forgive him?   Can i forgive him No i cannot

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La chanson aborde le dilemme du pardon face à la perte tragique d'un être cher, soulignant la douleur et l'impuissance ressenties par une mère. Elle se confronte à la brutalité de la violence et à la douleur d'avoir perdu son fils, tout en exprimant une lutte intérieure quant à la possibilité de pardonner à l'auteur de ce crime. Le texte évoque également le poids du deuil et la difficulté d'exprimer de la compassion dans de telles circonstances. Le contexte semble révéler un choc social, où l'immigrant est confronté à un milieu difficile, avec des préjugés et des violences qui en découlent. Dans un tel environnement, la notion de pardon devient encore plus complexe, presque insurmontable, rendant les questionnements sur la foi et la souffrance encore plus présents dans l'esprit de la mère.