Selfish Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays620

Selfish by Madison Beer is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C#m, D7M, Dm, E9 and D9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro A  C#m  D7M  Dm 

                 A 
Boy, you're such a lost cause 
                 C#m    
Now your name is crossed off 
              D7M 
How you gonna fix this? 
              Dm 
You can't even fix yourself 
              A 
It was almost two years 
               C#m           
That I chose to spend here 
             D7M 
All alone on New Year's 
          Dm                        
Thinkin': what the Hell? 

A 
I don't wanna break your thread 
  C#m  
A needle tryna stitch you 
     D7M         Dm 
But I can't, I refuse 

D7M                         E9                
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
A                        C#m   
  Had a feeling that you never felt it 
D9                              E9 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 
C#m                 D9                    E9 
    Don't know why I looked the other way 
A                  C#m  
I wanted you to change, yeah 
 D9  
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
Dm 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 

( A  C#m  D7M  Dm ) 

                              A 
I bet you thought you gave me real love 
                       C#m  
But we spent it all in nightclubs 
                   D7M 
All you ever wanna do is lie 
                     Dm 
Why you always such a Gemini? 
                    A  
Baby, who you tryna run from? 
               C#m 
Me or all your problems? 
                        D7M 
You know you will never solve 'em 
               Dm 
You don't even know yourself 

A 
I don't wanna break your thread 
  C#m  
A needle tryna stitch you 
     D7M         Dm 
But I can't, I refuse 

D7M                         E9                
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
A                        C#m   
  Had a feeling that you never felt it 
D9                              E9 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 
C#m                 D9                    E9 
    Don't know why I looked the other way 
A                  C#m  
I wanted you to change, yeah 
 D9  
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
Dm 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 

 A 
(I don't wanna break your thread 
  C#m  
A needle tryna stitch you 
     D7M         Dm 
But I can't, I refuse) 

             A 
But it's not possible 
               C#m 
Plus I'm not responsible 
                   D7M 
For your self-made obstacles 
                    Dm 
Put my heart in the hospital, woah, woah-oh 

D7M                         E9                
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
A                        C#m   
  Had a feeling that you never felt it 
D9                              E9 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 
C#m                 D9                    E9 
    Don't know why I looked the other way 
A                  C#m  
I wanted you to change, yeah 
 D9  
I shouldn't love you, but I couldn't help it 
Dm 
   I always knew that you were too damn selfish 

( A  C#m  D7M  Dm ) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante