Artist: Bruno Mars
Title: When I Was Your Man
Chords by: Tam Le
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Play style: finger pick style and L/O (lift off) on the end of each chord.
Capo – 2nd but it all depends on voice group
Intro
Am Dm G C(straight to)Em
Am Dm G C(straight to)Em
Verse 1
[Am] [Cadd9] [Dm7]
Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now
[G] [Cadd9] [Em]
Our song on the radio, but it don't sound the same
[Am] [Cadd9] [Dm7]
When our friends talk about you all it does is just tear me down
[G] [Cadd9]
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name
[Em] [Am] [Em]
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh
[Bb] [Cadd9]
Mmm too young, too dumb to realize
Chorus
[G] [F] [G] [Cadd9]
That I should've bought you flowers and held your hand
[F] [G] [Cadd9]
Shoulda gave you all my hours when I had the chance
[F] [G] [Am]
Take you to every party cause all you wanted to do was dance
[G] [F] [Fm] [Cadd9] [Em]
Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man
Verse 2
[Am] [Cadd9] [Dm]
My pride, my ego, my needs and selfish ways
[G] [Cadd9] [Em]
Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life
[Am] [Cadd9] [Dm]
Now I'll never, never get to clean up the mess I made ooh
[G] [Cadd9]
And that haunts me every time I close my eyes
[Em] [Am] [Em]
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh
[Bb] [Cadd9]
Mmm too young, too dumb to realize
Chorus
[G] [F] [G] [Cadd9]
That I should've bought you flowers and held your hand
[F] [G] [Cadd9]
Shoulda gave you all my hours when I had the chance
[F] [G] [Am]
Take you to every party cause all you wanted to do was dance
[G] [F] [Fm] [Cadd9] [Em]
Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man
Bridge
[F] [G] [C] [G] [Am] [Em]
Although it hurts I'll be the first to say that I was wrong
[G]
Oh, I know I'm probably much too late
[Dm]
To try and apologize for my mistakes
[G]
But I just want you to know
Chorus
[F] [G] [Cadd9]
I hope he buys you flowers, I hope he holds your hand
[F] [G] [Cadd9]
Give you all his hours when he has the chance
[F] [G] [Am]
Take you to every party cause I remember how much you love to dance
[G] [F] [Fm] [Cadd9]
Do all the things I should've done when I was your man
[G] [F] [Fm] [Cadd9]
Do all the things I should've done when I was your man