Am            F
I am selfish when I need you
            C                    G
I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room


Am                       F                            C                        G
We watched the sea turn away from the shore and head back out the way that it came
             Am                          F                       C                 G
If you are chasing your love, you don't want it enough and it's best just to walk away
                    Am                F
Tell yourself your pride is just the same
               C                   G                Am
Trying not to count the days 'til mine gets washed away
  F         C                 G
Carry your head up along the way


      Am                      F                        C    G                         Am
And you'll say you lack the courage and the guts of a hero even when they're on your side
                  F                        C
Let's watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone
       Am            F
I am selfish when I need you 
            C                    G                        Am
I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room
          F                    C                         G    Am F C 
I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine


 G                 Am        F                   C    G
Seems to me like everyone around here is just waiting


               Am                    F
I don't wanna move cause it's just enough
               C                   G
I don't wanna blink cause I might miss it
                 Am             F
Tell me when it gets to be too much
            C                 G
Carry your head up along the way



      Am                      F                        C           G                Am
And you'll say you lack the courage and the guts of a hero, and everybodys on your side
                  F                        C
We'll watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone
       Am            F
I am selfish when I need you 
            C                    G                        Am
I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room
          F                    C                         G
I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine


 C                G               Am
All we need is a place we can be alone
 C                     G                          Am                 F
Just with you and with me and without all this desperate weight that I have
 C                G        Am
All I want is to just be honest
 C                       G                    Am         F                   C G Am F    C G Am F C G x2
You're the piece that I just found out how to fit to and I don't see you anymore


       Am            F
I am selfish when I need you 
             C                   G                        Am
I am the blistering side of the wall in the back of your room
          F                    C                         G
I am the envy of what you're afraid to write and that's fine
Am              F                       C
You lack the courage and the guts of a hero
       G                 Am
And everybody's on your side
                  F                         C
We'll watch the middle fade away 'til it's all gone
G                   Am         F C G 
I just wanna waste your time