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