One Night Standards

Ashley McBryde

PopMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

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

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
Capo on 1st fret
               
 
Intro: C/G   F/C   C/G   F/C 
 
Verse 1:
              C/G 
I ain?t gonna stay for the weekend 
                 F/C 
Ain't gonna jump off the deep end 
                 C/G 
Ain't gonna ask where your ring is, 
          F/C 
thing is, we all got secrets 
C/G 
You don?t wanna to hear about my last breakup 
F/C 
I don't wanna worry about space you take up 
C/G 
I don?t even care if you?re here when I wake up 
F/C 
 
Bridge: 
            C/G 
It?s just a room key 
                    F/C 
You ain?t gotta lie to me, 
               C/G 
Can?t you just use me, 
               F/C 
Like I?m using you. 
 
 
C/G 
How it goes is, bar closes 
F/C 
There?s no king bed covered in roses 
C/G 
Just a room, 
F/C 
without a view 
G 
I don?t want a number you ain?t gonna answer 
C/G 
Let?s just stick to the one night standards. 
 
Verse 2: 
        C/G 
Well I Ain?t Cinderella, but who is? 
                 F/C 
Call me what you want if the shoe fits 
              C/G 
I ain?t gonna say I never do this, 
          F/C 
'cause truth is, lonely makes a heart ruthless 
C/G 
Ain?t nobody gonna to hurt nobody 
F/C 
Ain?t nothing wrong with needin' somebody, 
C/G 
you can leave all of that 
F/C 
down in the lobby 
 
Bridge: 
            C/G 
It?s just a room key 
                    F/C 
You ain?t gotta lie to me, 
               C/G 
Can?t you just use me, 
               F/C 
Like I?m using you. 
 
 
C/G 
How it goes is, bar closes 
F/C 
There?s no king bed covered in roses 
C/G 
Just a room, 
F/C 
without a view, Nooooo 
G 
I don?t want a number you ain?t gonna answer 
C/G 
Let?s just stick to the one night standards. 
 
 
C/G 
How it goes is, bar closes 
F/C 
There?s no king bed covered in roses 
C/G 
Just a room, 
F/C 
without a view 
G 
Noooo, I don't give a damn about the morning after 
C/G 
Bottles on the floor, don?t even matter 
G 
I don?t want a number you ain?t gonna answer 
 
Outro 
N.C. 
Let?s just stick to the one night standards 
N.C. 
The One Night Standards 
C/G 
The One Night Standards

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Chord set

C · G · F

Practice tip

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