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The Unforgiven

Alborosie

ReggaeMedium for beginners6 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

A×
Am×
G
Em
C×
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Prelude 
|A   |Am   |A   |Am   |  x2 
 
Intro 
|Am   |Am   |Am   |Am   |  x2 
 
verse 1 
        Am                      G 
Inna the streets busy life is a chapper 
                 Em                        Am 
While you at you work you affi stay on the upper 
             Am                       G 
Those who disagreed choose the way of a Dapper 
                Em                           Am 
Those who blend right in choose the book and the laptop 
Am                           G 
Who have hears to hear listen to what mama said 
Em                          Am 
Sit down inna church and be quiet and pray 
    Am                      G 
You taking on the wrong pledge 
 
Your life not granted 
Em                 Am 
So your story echoes in my head 
 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
       C 
Never be 
        G 
Never see 
      Em                  Am 
Won't see what might have been 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
         C 
Never free 
       G 
Never me 
    E               Am 
So I dub thee unforgiven 
 
verse 2 
            Am                    G 
This is the story of a man I used to know 
        Em                     Am 
He never listen to his dad an motha words 
         Am                    G 
He found shelter inna wrong place 
                       Em 
Friends with a screw face 
               Am 
Then killed by their wrong ways 
Am 
 Justice no kind 
G 
 It's vision blind 
Em 
 Forward with the sentence 
Am                  Am 
No judge can't rewind 
               G 
Rest indeed yeah 
            Em 
Rest in peace 
         Am 
Rest in me 
 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
       C 
Never be 
        G 
Never see 
      Em                  Am 
Won't see what might have been 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
         C 
Never free 
       G 
Never me 
    E               Am 
So I dub thee unforgiven 
 
Instrumental 
|Am   |Am   |Am   |Am   |  x2 
 
verse 3 
              Am                    G 
There's still a place that once you called your own 
  Em             Am 
Not a war zone not a funeral home 
 Am            G              Em 
Silent, no more music, no sound 
                      Am 
Under the moonlight inna a small town 
Am         G                   Em 
 Guiltiness rest on their shoulders 
           Am 
So for the wicked man 
         Am 
His days are numbered 
      G 
Rest indeed yeah 
Em        Am 
 Rest in me 
 
Pre-Chorus 
          C 
What I've felt 
     G    Em   Am 
I've known 
         C 
Never free 
     G   E   Am 
Never me 
 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
       C 
Never be 
        G 
Never see 
      Em                  Am 
Won't see what might have been 
          C 
What I've felt 
           G 
What I've known 
        Em                        Am 
Never shined through in what I've shown 
         C 
Never free 
       G   E   Am 
Never me 
 
Outro 
|Am   |Am   |Am   |Am   |  x4 
|A    | 
          
 

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Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.