Forgive Them Father chords by Ms. Lauryn Hill (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(E minor) Forgive us our trespasses
As we forgive those
that trespass against (E minor) us
Although them again
we will never never never trust
(E minor) Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo!
Them not know what them do
Big out to yi while I'm (E minor) stickin' like glue
Fling skin grin while them plotting for you,
Chorus 1
true!
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
(Me nah tellin' them no more)
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
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Verse 1
(Be real, them not a clue!)
(E minor) Beware the (A minor) false motives of others
(C major) Be careful (B minor) of those
who pretend to be (E minor) brothers
And you never (A minor) suppose it's those
who are closest (C major) to you
To (B minor) you
Pre-chorus 1
(C major) They say all (E minor) the right things,
to gain their po (C major) sition
Then use (E minor) your kindness as their (G major) ammunition
To shoot you down in the name of am (D major) bition,
Chorus 2
they do, oh
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
Verse 2
(E minor) Why every Indian want to be the chief?
Feed a man 'til he full and he still want beef
(E minor) Give me grief, try to tief off my piece
Why for you to increase, I must decrease?
If I (E minor) treat you kindly,
does it mean that I'm weak?
You hear me speak
and think I won't take it to the streets
I (E minor) know enough cats
that don't turn the other cheek
But I try to keep it civilized like Menelik
And other (E minor) African czars,
observing stars with war scars
Get yours in this capitalistic system
So many (E minor) caught or got bought
you can't list them
How you gonna idolize the missing?
To survive is to stay alive
in the (E minor) face of opposition
Even when they comin', gunnin'
I stand position
L's known the mission since con (E minor) ception
Let's free the people from deception
If you looking for the answers
then you gotta ask the questions
And (E minor) when I let go,
my voice echoes through the ghetto
Sick of men trying to pull strings like Geppetto
(E minor) Why black people
always be the ones to settle?
Pre-chorus 2
March through these streets like Soweto, uh
(G major) Like Cain and Abel,
Caesar and (D major) Brutus
Chorus 3
Jesus and Judas, backstabbers
(E minor) (do this) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
Verse 3
(E minor) It took me a (A minor) little while to discover (C major)
Wolves in (B minor) sheep coats
who pretend (E minor) to be lovers
Men (A minor) who lack conscience
will even lie (C major) to themselves
To (B minor) themselves
Pre-chorus 3
(C major) A friend once (E minor) said, and I found (C major) to be true
That everyday (E minor) people, they lie (G major) to God too
So what makes you think,
that they won't (D major) lie to you?
Chorus 4
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
(Forgive dem, forgive dem)
(E minor) Forgive them father (A minor)
for they know (C major) not what they do (B minor)
Bridge 1
(Forgive dem, forgive dem)
(E minor) Gwan like dem love
while dem rip you to shreds
Trample pon yuh heart
and lef yuh fi dead
Dem a-yuh (E minor) friend who yuh depen
pon from way back when
But if you, gi dem yuh back
dem yuh mus meet yuh end
Dem not (G major) know what dem do
Dem not know what dem do
Dem not (D major) know, dem not know,
dem not know, dem not know
Outro 1
Dem not know what dem do
(E minor) (Forgive them (A minor) father,
forgive them father...) (C major) (B minor)
(E minor)
[Fade out]
Forgive Them Father
Ms. Lauryn Hill
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