Selah
Lauryn HillVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Nothing can be done against the truth
No matter how we remain in denial
Wasting time Replacing time With each empty excuse
But that'll only work a little while
Coping with despair
Knowing you're not there
Ashamed to just admit I've been a fool
So I blame it on the sun
Run away from everyone
Hoping to escape this ridicule
Trapped in misery
Wrapped so miserably
In this deception that I'm wearin' like a skin
Dying to maintain
Oh I keep trying to explain
A heart that never loved me to begin
Oh I'm such a mess
I have no choice but to confess
That I've been desperately trying to belong
Lying to myself
And everybody else
Refusing to admit my right was wrong
And then he came
Selah
And it means
Praise and Meditation
And then he came
Selah
And it means
Did ya think about that?
And then he came
Selah
Oh and it means
Praise and Meditation
And then he came
Selah
oh and it means
That it is seen
How beautiful is fruit still in denial of its roots?
My guilty heart behaved so foolishly
This treason from within
That reasons with my sin
Won't be happy till it sees the death of me
Selfishly addicted
To a life that I depicted
Conflicted cuz it's not reality
Oh what's left of me
I beg you desperately
Cause me to agree to what I know is
best for me
Please save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can
heal
The choices that I have made
Oh have been nothing but mistakes
What a wasted use of space
Should I die before I wake?
In all of my religion
I've fortified this prison
Obligated to obey
The demands of bad decisions
Please save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
Please save me from myself so I can
heal
And then he came Selah
And it means Praise and Meditation
And then he came Selah
And it means Did ya think about that?
And he came Selah
Oh and it means Meditation
And then he came Selah
Oh and it means That it is seen
And then he came
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Readable chord sheet for Selah by Lauryn Hill
[Amaj7]Nothing[F#m] can be done against the truth [Bm]No ma[E]tter[Amaj7] how we remain in denial [Amaj7]Wasting[F#m] time Replacing time With each empty excuse [Bm]But t[E]hat'l[Amaj7]l only work a little while [Bm]Coping[E] with despair [Amaj7]Knowing y[F#m]ou're not there [Bm]Ashame[E]d to[Amaj7] just admit I've been a fool [Bm]So I b[E]lame it on the sun [Amaj7]Run away [F#m]from everyone [Bm]Hoping[E] to [Amaj7]escape this ridicule [C#m]Trapped[F#m] in misery [C#m]Wrapped[F#m] so miserably [Bm]In this [E]dece[Amaj7]ption that I'm wearin' like a skin [C#m]Dying t[F#m]o maintain [C#m]Oh I ke[F#m]ep trying to explain [Bm]A heart [E]that[Amaj7] never loved me to begin [Bm]Oh I'm [E]such a mess [Amaj7]I have no[F#m] choice but to confess [Bm]That I[E]'ve [Amaj7]been desperately trying to belong [Bm]Lying t[E]o myself [Amaj7]And every[F#m]body else [Bm]Refusi[E]ng t[Amaj7]o admit my right was wrong [Amaj7]And then he came [F#m]Selah [Bm]And it means [C#m]Praise and Meditation [Amaj7]And then he came [F#m]Selah [Bm]And it means [C#m]Did ya think about that? [Amaj7]And then he came [F#m]Selah [Bm]Oh and it means [C#m]Praise and Meditation [Amaj7]And then he came [F#m]Selah o[Bm]h and it means [C#m]That it is seen How beautiful is fruit still in denial of its roots? My guilty heart behaved so foolishly This treason from within That reasons with my sin Won't be happy till it sees the death of me Selfishly addicted To a life that I depicted Conflicted cuz it's not reality Oh what's left of me I beg you desperately Cause me to agree to what I know is best for me Please save me from myself I need you to save me from myself Please save me from myself so I can heal The choices that I have made Oh have been nothing but mistakes What a wasted use of space Should I die before I wake? In all of my religion I've fortified this prison Obligated to obey The demands of bad decisions Please save me from myself I need you to save me from myself Please save me from myself so I can heal And then he came Selah And it means Praise and Meditation And then he came Selah And it means Did ya think about that? And he came Selah Oh and it means Meditation And then he came Selah Oh and it means That it is seen And then he came