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The One That Got Away Chords

Katy Perry Beginner Key of G 4 Chords 3 min read

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Capo

None

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.

Gtap to play

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

G-C-E-A

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.

Gtap to play

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Emtap to play

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Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Left Hand

Root notes

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.

Gtap to play

Dtap to play

Emtap to play

Ctap to play

Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

gDGBD (Open G)

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

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Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.

Gtap to play

Dtap to play

Emtap to play

Ctap to play

Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Tuning

G-D-A-E

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

123456

Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.

Gtap to play

Dtap to play

Emtap to play

Ctap to play

Key

G Major

Difficulty

Beginner

Harp Key

C Diatonic

Chords

G · D · Em · C

Katy Perry’s nostalgic pop hit about a lost teenage romance. Beginner difficulty in the key of G.

Pop Ballad Strum (4/4 Time)

↓↓↑↑↓↑

123456

Tip: Use a capo on the 2nd fret to match the original recording’s key of A, but these chords are written for open position in G.

Lyrics & Chords

Full Song

Verse 1

G

Summer after high school when we first met

C

We’d make out in your Mustang to Radiohead

G

And on my eighteenth birthday, we got matching tattoos

C

Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof

G

Talk about our future like we had a clue

C

Never planned that one day I’d be losing you

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Verse 2

G

I was June and you were my Johnny Cash

C

Never one without the other, we made a pact

G

Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records on

C

Someone said you had your tattoo removed

G

Saw you downtown singing the blues

C

It’s time to face the music, I’m no longer your muse

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

Bridge

C

All this money can’t buy me a time machine, no

G

Can’t replace you with a million rings, no

C

I should’ve told you what you meant to me, whoa

G

‘Cause now I pay the price

Chorus

G

In another life, I would be your girl

C

We’d keep all our promises, be us against the world

G

In another life, I would make you stay

C

So I don’t have to say you were the one that got away

G

The one that got away

C

The one that got away

G

The one that got away

Practice tip: The chord progression G – C repeats often; practice switching between these two chords cleanly before adding the strum pattern.