{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2112177,"song":"Selfishness In Man","artist":"George Jones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11458730-selfishness-in-man-chords-by-george-jones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2112177?type=chord","rating":4.62152,"votes":6,"content":"Selfishness In Man by George Jones\r\nKey of B, capo on 2nd fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI saw a little beam of sunlight steal across a purple sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd bend down to kiss a rosebud, oh, it made me wanna cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo think that I had been permitted to see a part of nature's plan[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, there's nothin' that stands out more than the selfishness in man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLittle children paintin' pictures of the birds and apple trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, why can't the grown-up people have the faith of one of these[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd to think those tiny fingers might become a killer's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, there's nothing that stands out more than the selfishness in man.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhy can't we see the folly and the uselessness of hate[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLove could lead to understanding maybe it's not too late[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThen perhaps through in His great wisdom, we might learn to understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen there'd be no shame or sorrow and no selfishness in man.[/tab]","plain_text":"Selfishness In Man by George Jones\nKey of B, capo on 2nd fret\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["B","A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}