Apology Song Chords
Apology Song by Gustavo Santaolalla is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords Bm, A, G, F# and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bm A G F#
verse 1:
Bm A G F#
Toro, I am humble, for tonight I understand
Bm A G F#
Your royal blood was never meant to decorate the sand
G F# G F#
You've suffered great injustice, so have thousands before you
Bm A F# Bm
I offer an apology, and one long over due
Pre-Chorus
Em
I am sorry
A
Toro I am sorry,
Bm
Hear my song, and know I sing the truth
G F#
Although we were bred to fight, I reach for kindness in your heart tonight
Em Bm F# Bm
And if you can forgive, and if you can forgive, love can truly live (x2)
verse 2:
Bm A G F#
Toro, I am frightend, but I'll use my final breath
Bm A G F#
To tell you that I'm sorry, let us end this dance of death
G F# G F#
Two centuries of agony, that to your heart we sent
Bm A F# Bm
Here and now with my amends, the senseless killing ends
Pre-Chorus
Em
I am sorry
A
Toro I am sorry,
Bm
Hear my song, and know I sing the truth
G F#
Although we were bred to fight, I reach for kindness in your heart tonight
Em Bm F# Bm
And if you can forgive, and if you can forgive, love can truly live (x2)