alicia keys
pray for forgiveness

intro :
fmajor aminor cmajor cmajor x2

verse 1 :

fmajor amin7 dmin7
beautiful garden , where have you gone?

fmajor amin7 dmin7
my self – delusions are leaving me in a storm

fmajor amin7 dmin7
taken for granted , all the goodness that i found

fmajor amin7 dmin7
somewhere i lost all the control , came crashing down

chorus :

fmajor dmin7
and i pray for forgiveness , look for the answers

cmajor
’cause it’s hard for me to pretend

fmajor dmin7
look to my mother , call to the captain

cmajor
can’t you see , this state that i’m in?

fmajor dmin7
and no one would know this , nobody noticed

cmajor
’cause it’s me , where it begins

verse 2 :

fmajor amin7 dmin7
beautiful morning , please don’t wake me from my sleep

fmajor amin7 dmin7
’cause i need some comfort to regain my sanity

fmajor amin7 dmin7
and i don’t want to feel this crazy , i don’t want to feel discarded

aminor
shattered in a million pieces , i’m so broken – hearted

amin7 dmin7
nowhere left to run , nowhere left to go so

chrous :

fmajor dmin7
and i pray for forgiveness , look for the answers

cmajor
’cause it’s hard for me to pretend

fmajor dmin7
look to my mother , call to the captain

cmajor
can’t you see , this state that i’m in?

fmajor dmin7
and no one would know this , nobody noticed

cmajor
’cause it’s me , where it begins

and i pray for forgiveness within

bridge :

dminor amin7 cmajor dminor
i swear that every day i feel like my mind is haunting me

amin7 cmajor dminor
i think of every little stupid mistake that has been made

amin7 cmajor dminor
this time i don’t have the strength to gather myself

amin7
i’m falling to pieces

chorus :

fmajor dmin7
and i pray for forgiveness , look for the answers

cmajor
’cause it’s hard for me to pretend

fmajor dmin7
look to my mother , call to the captain

cmajor
can’t you see , this state that i’m in?

fmajor dmin7
i pray for forgiveness ,

cmajor
looking for justice

fmajor dmin7
searching for answers ,

cmajor
call to my mother

fmajor dmin7
pray for forgiveness ,

cmajor
breaking the silence

fmajor dmin7
nobody knows this , nobody noticed

cmajor
that it’s me , where it begins .