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When I Was Your Man Feat. Fifth Harmony

Boyce Avenue

RockAdvanced for beginners15 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
C×
G5Diagram coming soon
E
BDiagram coming soon
D××
A×
F#Diagram coming soon
Em
Am×
A5Diagram coming soon
D9Diagram coming soon
C9Diagram coming soon
CmDiagram coming soon
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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    G/C   A4    G5 
E|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|4-----2-----0-------2/4---| 
D|5-----0-----0-----0-------| 
A|3-----0-------------------| 
E|------------3-------------| 
 
 
    G/C   A4    G5   D/F# 
E|--------------------------| 
B|--------------------------| 
G|4-----2-----0-----2-------| 
D|5-----0-----0-----0-------| 
A|3-----0-------------------| 
E|------------3-----2-------| 
 
 
Verso 1 
 
Em               G                       Am         A5/E 
Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now 
D               D9/F#               G              D9/F# 
Our song on the radio, but it don't sound the same 
Em                    G                             Am           A5/E 
When our friends talk about you all it does is just tear me down 
C9/F#                   Cm            G 
Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name 
 
   D9/F#                Em              Bm 
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh 
C                             G 
Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize 
 
 
                        C     D             G 
You should've bought me flowers and held my hand 
                        C    D           G 
Shoulda gave you all my hours when I had the chance 
                 C                 D                Em 
Take me to every party cause all I wanted to do was dance 
D             C                  Cm                   G    (Cm G C9/F#) 
Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man 
 
Verso 2 
 
Em               G                        Am           A5/E 
Your pride, your ego, your needs and your selfish ways 
D                    C9/F#                 G             C9/F# 
Caused a good strong woman like me to walk out your life 
           Em     G                         Am            A5/E 
Now you'll never, never get to clean up the mess you made ooh 
C9/F#                    Cm           G 
And that haunts me every time I close my eyes 
 
   C9/F#                Em              Bm 
It all just sounds like ooh, ooh, oooh, oooh 
C                             G 
Hmmm too young, too dumb to realize 
 
 
                             C     D          G 
That you should've bought me flowers and held my hand 
                        C    D           G 
Shoulda gave you all my hours when I had the chance 
                     C                 D                Em 
And take me to every party cause all I wanted to do was dance 
D             C                  Cm                   G 
Now my baby's dancing, but she's dancing with another man 
 
PONTE 
 
   D9       C                 D                        G D Em C9/F# G 
Although it hurts I'll be the first to say that I was wrong 
      Am 
Oh, I know it's probably much too late 
            Cm 
To try and apologize for your mistakes 
           D       D4 D 
So I just want to know 
 
 
 
                   C       D                  G 
I hope he buys me flowers, I hope he holds my hand 
                 C    D            G 
Gives me all his hours when he has the chance 
                  C               D                   Em 
Take you to every party cause I remember how much you love to dance 
C/E                C               Cm              G 
Do all the things you should've done when you were man 
C/E                C                  Cm               G 
Do all the things you should have done when you were my man 
C/E               C               Cm               G 
Do all the things I should've done when I was your man 
          
 

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Chord set

G · C · G5 · E · B · D · A · F# · Em · Am · A5 · D9 · C9 · Cm · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.