Selfish Man Chords & Tabs
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Band: Flogging Molly
Song: Selfish Man
Album: Swagger
/ a slide
~ tremolo
h hammer on
p pull off
' bend
This is, to my knowledge, the only tab of this on the internet. WOO!
gnuti seauton
Tab By RAMOHSE
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
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/flogging_molly/selfish_man_tab_ver_2.html ]
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!