Selfish

            G
Life goes on from the dusk to the 
dawn.
     Em
From old song to new song
        C                        
And you find yourself on the path 
                        G     D
you don't want to be on.
G
I sing songs I don't like
   Em
to strangers every night.
C                                 
They don't know me at all, and 
  G        D
it's wrong. Mmm.


[Pre-chorus]
Em
  Sometimes I wish I never quit 
smoking, I had
C
  meaningful conversations back 
then.
G                          
  Don't think I'll ever stop 
             D
drinking because of that.

So fill your cup and spill your 
guts, this second's all we have.


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[Chorus]
          C                     G
And if the tears come you should own
 them,
           Em                 D
you should wear each one with pride.
               C           G
Cause I've been praying for so long 
they would
Em                D
roll down from my own eyes.
      C                       
Every day I try to look at the 
       G      D
bright side.
  C                         
I guess that I'm selfish for 
                  G        D
thinking about myself.


[Verse 2]
G
Time stops, a husband is taken.
Em
A two week old infant, with no 
father to raise him,
C
watch him become a man.
        G                          
And the worst of my struggles seem 
   D
to slip through my hands.
   Em                        
So mother would you take this 
   C
advice?
          G                        
There are some of us here who would
 D
 like you to cry.


[Chorus]
          C                    G
And if the tears come could you own 
them,
          Em                 D
could you wear each one with pride.
                C           G
Cause we've been praying for so long
 they would
Em                 D
roll down from our own eyes.
      C                       
Every day I try to look at the 
   G         D
bright side.
  C                         
I guess that I'm selfish for 
                  G        D
thinking about myself.


[Other]
  C                         
I guess that I'm selfish for 
                  Em       D
thinking about my-self.
        C                          
Yeah, I guess that I'm selfish for 
Em               D
thinking about myself.