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When I Was Your Man

Bruno Mars song When I Was Your Man reflects on a past love and the regret of not treating the loved one better. Mars was inspired by his own missteps in past relationships.

difficulty
hard |||||

Key: C

Introduction: D7    Dm7    C    D7    Dm7    C    G/B    

Am                        C                                Dm  
  Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now
G                        G7                         C                    Em/B  
  Our song on the radio, but it don' t sound the same
Am                                C                                      Dm  
  When our friends talk about you all it does is just tear me down
G                                                     C  
  Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name
 !--Pre-chorus-- 
    Em/B                        Am                    Em  
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh
Bb                                        C/G  
Mmm too young, too dumb to realize
 !--Chorus-- 
      G                              F         G                    C  
That I should' ve bought you flowers and held your hand
                                F      G              C  
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
D7                 F                         Fm                          C        F  C     Em/B  
Now my baby' s dancing, but she' s dancing with another man
 !--Verse 2-- 
Am                  C                            Dm  
  My pride, my ego, my needs and my selfish ways
G                              G7                             C                Em/B  
  Caused a good strong woman like you to walk out my life
            Am        C                                  Dm  
Now I' ll never, never get to clean up the mess I made ooh
G                                                    C  
  And that haunts me every time I close my eyes
 !--Pre-chorus-- 
    Em/B                        Am                    Em  
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh
Bb                                        C/G  
Mmm too young, too dumb to realize
 !--Chorus-- 
      G                              F         G                    C  
That I should' ve bought you flowers and held your hand
                                F      G              C  
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
D7                 F                         Fm                          C  
Now my baby' s dancing, but she' s dancing with another man
 !--Bridge-- 
                F                        G                                C  G/B  Am  Em/G  
Although it hurts I' ll be the first to say that I was wrong
        D7  
Oh, I know I' m probably much too late
                Dm7  
To try and apologize for my mistakes
              G  
But I just want you to know
 !--Chorus-- 
                         F         G                              C  
I hope he buys you flowers, I hope he holds your hand
                      F      G                C  
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
D7                         F                  Fm                     C  
Do all the things I should' ve done when I was your man
D7                         F                  Fm                     C  
Do all the things I should' ve done when I was your man