When I Was Your Man chords

by Bruno Mars
  • When I Was Your Man was written by Bruno Mars, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Andrew Wyatt. The song was recorded in 2011 with the release of the single on January 15th, 2013 from the album Unorthodox Jukebox.
  • Music: Key of C Major in 4/4 time at 76 bpm - (♩)
  • Chords: C, Dm, Dm7, D7, Em/B, Em/G, F, Fm, G, G/B, Am, Bb
  • Em/B, Em/G - Em chords leading with the bass notes B and G respectively.
  • G/B - G chord leading with a B bass note... all charts below
Chord Chart Legend
C Major Dm Dm7 D7 Em/B Em/B F Major F Major Fm G Major G/B Am Bb Major Bb Major
C Major Dm Dm7 D7 Em/B Em/B F Major F Major Fm G Major G/B Am Bb Major Bb Major

When I Was Your Man

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
         D7     Dm7    C        D7   D7     Dm7    C        G/B 
Intro: | 1&2&   3&4& | 1&2&3&   4& | 1&2&   3&4& | 1&2&3&   4&   |     
Count:  

 Am                  C                      Dm 
1. Same bed but it feels just a lit-tle bit big-ger now
 G                                        C             Em/B   
   Our song on the ra-di-o but it don't | sound the same     |
 Am                         C                            Dm 
   When our friends talk a-bout you all it does is just tear me down
 G                                           C
  'Cause my heart breaks a lit-tle   When I hear your name
      Em/B                   Am            Em/B
   It all just sounds like   Oo-oo-oo-oo   Ooh
   Bb                               C/G
   Mmm   Too young too dumb to re-a-lize that

        G                       F       G                C
Chorus: I should've bought you flow-ers   And held your hand
                                    F      G                  C
        Should have gave you all my ho-urs   When I had the chance
                            F                      G                 Am
        Take you to ev-'ry par-ty   Cause all you want-ed to do was dance
        D7               F                    Fm                      C    C       G/B
        Now my ba-by is danc-ing   But she's danc-ing with a-no-ther man | 1&2&3&  4&  |

 Am              C                    Dm
2. My pride, my ego, my needs and my self-ish ways
 G                                                C          Em/B   
   Caused a good strong wo-man like you to walk | out my life     |
         Am       C                           Dm 
   Now I ne-ver   Ne-ver get to clean up the mess I made   Oh-oh...
 G                                     C
   And it haunts me ev-'ry time I close my eyes
      Em/B                   Am            Em/B
   It all just sounds like   Oo-oo-oo-oo   Ooh
   Bb                               C/G
   Mmm   Too young too dumb to re-a-lize that

        G                       F       G                C
Chorus: I should've bought you flow-ers   And held your hand
                                    F      G                  C
        Should have gave you all my ho-urs   When I had the chance
                            F                      G                 Am
        Take you to ev-'ry par-ty   Cause all you want-ed to do was dance
        D7               F                    Fm                      C
        Now my ba-by is danc-ing   But she's danc-ing with a-no-ther man

                       F                   G
Bridge: Al-though it hurts   I'll be the first to say
                    C      G     Am
        That I was wro  -  o  -  ong
    Em/G      D7
        Oh I know i'm prob-'bly much too late
                     Dm7
        To try and a-pol-o-gize for my mis-takes
                    G                  
        But I just want you to know  (N.C.)

                            F        G                       C
Chorus: I hope he buys you flo-wers    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 ev-'ry par-ty   'Cause I re-mem-ber how much you loved to dance
        D7                 F                 Fm                  C
        Do all the things I should have done    When I was your man
        D7                 F                 Fm                  C
        Do all the things I should have done    When I was your man     
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