Selfish Man Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays504

Selfish Man by Flogging Molly is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Artist: Flogging Molly 
Title: Selfish Man 
 
 
Intro/chorus: (fiddle part) 
 
 
e //17-17-17/19/17-15-12----//17-17-17/19/17-15~----- 
b --------------------------------------------------- 
g --------------------------------------------------- 
d --------------------------------------------------- 
a --------------------------------------------------- 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
 
 
e //17-17-17/19/17-15-12------15-12~~~--------------- 
b -------------------------15------------------------ 
g --------------------------------------------------- 
d --------------------------------------------------- 
a --------------------------------------------------- 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
 
Intro/chorus: acoustic guitar 
 
Am - G - Am - G - Am - G - Em - C - Am 
 
 
The rest of the intro is the same, only distorted with  
lots of drums  
 
 
 
Verse: (fiddle and bass only, no guitar) 
 
 
e //5~~~~~------------------------------------------- 
b //5~~~~~------------------------------------------- 
g --------------------------------------------------- 
d --------------------------------------------------- 
a --------------------------------------------------- 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
 
Just repeat that a few time, with a few tiny variations 
Bass plays the intro/chorus notes. 
 
 
Pre-Chorus: (fiddle) 
 
e /8-7/8-10-10-8-7-8-7-3----------------------------- 
b -----------------------3--3--3--3~~~~-------------- 
g --------------------------------------------------- 
d --------------------------------------------------- 
a --------------------------------------------------- 
E --------------------------------------------------- 
 
Pre-chorus: guitar 
 
C - G - D - Am 
 
C - G - D - D~~~~~ 
 
Then stop when Dave King says "Why I'm such a selfish man" 
 
Then play the chorus/intro 
 
 
 
Interlude: guitar 
 
C - G - D - Em 
 
C - G - Em - Em~~~~~ 
 
fiddle just messes around on the 8th fret high "e" string 
 
 
 
Guitar Solo: 
is just a run of the Am pentatonic, with variations on the high "e" 
 
And that's it! 
 

    	

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100 BPM Andante