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