When I Was Your Man Chords & Tabs

by Bruno Mars

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Basic Pattern:
BPM: 73
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 202, 1, 101, 1, 202, 1, 101]
Occasional Variation:
BPM: 73
Denominator: 16
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [1, 202, 202, 202, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 202, 1, 202, 101, 1, 202, 202]

[Intro]
D7  Dm7  C
D7  Dm7  C   G/B

[Verse 1]
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
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/BAm
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