Love Selfish Love Chords
Love Selfish Love by Patrick Stump is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F#m, Em, A and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Standard
~ = hold out note (only strum once)
sounds best with barre chords
INTRO
G F#m Em A (Bm)
G F#m Em A (Bm)
verse 1
G F#m
I hear you've got your troubles, or so I've been told
Em A Bm
Maybe just a couple but I'm not quite sold
G F#m
I'm indifferent to the difference between tomorrow and today
Em A Bm
Less an indiscretion than a lesson I've been paid and and (and)
G F#m
The stages of recovery can signify your age
Em A
Like rings around a stump
Bm G
Oh, that's something I know a little bit about, child
F#m Em
Lately, it's been getting a little bit crazy
A Bm
I don't wanna be complaining, complaining, oh
Pre-Chorus
G ~ A ~
All my friends go to bed
A ~ Bm ~
Dreaming up a reason they should weep, weep
G ~ A ~ A ~
And all my friends go to the ends of the earth,
Bm (stop)
for secrets they don't wanna keep.
Chorus
Bm
And this is my confession, yes, yes
A
This is me confessing: God bless
G
The sad and selfish
Stay helpless
A Bm
Cause I've always been stronger than that
A
Hold the weight of the world on my back
G
It's just love, selfish love
A
Love, selfish love
HOOK(?)
G F#m
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Em A Bm
I've got nothing to confess, yes
G F#m
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Em A Bm*
I've got nothing to confess, yes
verse 2
G
It's too easy to be scared sometimes
F#m Em
I'm not gonna lie like I don't understand
G F#m
But it's like the whole world is jumping off the bridge
Em A Bm
And you don't want to be the one standing on dry land
Pre-Chorus
(just clapping for this. you can play the chords if you want to though)
G A A Bm (stop)
All my friends go to the ends of the earth for secrets they don't wanna keep
Chorus
Bm
And this is my confession, yes, yes
A
This is me confessing: God bless
G
The sad and selfish;
A
Stay helpless
Bm
'Coz I've always been stronger than that
A
Hold the weight of the world on my back
G
It's just love, selfish love
A
Love, selfish love
HOOK(?)
G F#m
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Em A Bm
I've got nothing to confess, yes
G F#m
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Em A Bm
I've got nothing to confess, yes
Chorus
HOOK
the end