strumming patterns ( i don’t know if this the actual pattern but this is what i play and
it sounds fine to me ) :
verses & chorus : ddu udu x2
bridge :
G – ddu udu x2
Am – ddu udu
F – ddu udu
capo 4
verse 1 :
C
summer after high school when we first met
Em
we make out in your mustang to radiohead
Am F
and on my 18th birthday we got matching tattoos
C
used to steal your parent’s liquor and climb to the roof
Em
talk about our future like we had a clue
Am F
never planned that one day i’d be losing you
chorus :
C Em
in another life i would be your girl
Am F
we keep all our promises be us against the world
C Em
in another life i would make you stay
Am F
so i don’t have to say you were the one that got away
F
the one that got away .
verse 2 :
C
i was june and you were my johnny cash
Em
never one without the other we made a pact
Am F
sometimes when i miss you i put those records on . . . woe
C
someone said you had your tattoo removed
Em
saw you downtown singing the blues
Am F
it’s time to face the music i’m no longer your muse
chorus :
C Em
but in another life i would be your girl
Am F
we keep all our promises be us against the world
C Em
in another life i would make you stay
Am F
so i don’t have to say you were the one that got away
F
the one that got away .
the one the one the one
the one that got away .
bridge :
G Am F
all his money can’t buy me a time machine . no .
G Am F
can’t replace you with a million rings . no .
Em Am F
i shoulda told you what you meant to me . woe .
G
cause now i pay the price .
chorus :
C Em
in another life i would be your girl
Am F
we keep all our promises be us against the world
C Em
in another life i would make you stay
Am F
so i don’t have to say you were the one that got away
F
the one that got away .
the one the one the one
the one that got away .
C Em
in another life i would make you stay
Am F
so i don’t have to say you were the one that got away
F ( one strum )
the one that got away .
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