JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “I Have Forgiven Jesus” merupakan sebuah lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh penyanyi legendaris asal Inggris, Morrissey.
Lagu ini menceritakan tentang seorang anak yang kecewa dengan agama karena ketidakmampuannya menghadapi keinginannya sendiri.
Judulnya mengacu pada kesalahan karakter anak tersebut serta pengampunan dari Yesus Kristus karena telah menciptakannya sebagai makhluk yang indah.
“I Have Forgiven Jesus” terdapat dalam album ketujuh Morrissey, You Are the Quarry (2004).
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Alma Matters dari Morrissey
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “I Have Forgiven Jesus” dari Morrissey.
[Intro]
Am
[Verse 1]
E F E Am
I was a good kid I wouldn't do you no harm
E F E Am (*)
I was a nice kid with a nice paper-round
E F G Am
Forgive me any pain I may have brung to you
E F G F
With God's help I know I'll always be near to you
G A
but Jesus hurt me When He deserted me but
[Chorus]
Dm F G
I have forgiven Jesus for all the desire
C Cadd9/C Am
He placed in me when there's nothing I can do with this desire
[Verse 2]
E F E Am
I was good kid through hail and snow I'd go just to moon you
E F G F
I carried my heart in my hand do you understand? do you understand?
G A
but Jesus hurt me when He deserted me but
[Chorus]
Dm F G
I have forgiven Jesus for all of the love he placed in me
C Cadd9/C
when there's no one I can turn to with this love
[Bridge]
Am E
Monday-humiliation Tuesday-suffocation
F E
Wednesday-condescension Thursday-is pathetic
Am E
by Friday-Life has killed me
F E
by Friday-Life has killed me
[Key Change Interlude]
Dm Am
Oh pretty world
Dm E
Oh pretty world
[Verse]
Am E F
why did you give me so much desire? when there is nowhere I can go
E Am
to offload this desire? and why did you give me so much love
E F
in a loveless world? when there's no one I can turn to
E Am
to unlock all this love and why did you stick me in
E F E
self-deprecating bones and skin Jesus-do you hate me?
Am E
why did you stick me in self-deprecating bones and skin
F
do you hate me? do you hate me? do you hate me?
E Am
do you hate me? do you hate me?
[Outro]
E F E Am