The One That Got Away Chords
by Boyce Avenue
The One That Got Away by Boyce Avenue is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords G, Bm, Em, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G
Summer after high school when we first met
Bm
We make out in my mustang to radio head
Em C
And on your 18th birthday we got matching tattoos
G
Used to steal your parent's liquor and climb to the roof
Bm
Talk about our future like we had a clue
Em C
Never planned that one day I'd be losing you
G Bm
In another life you would be my girl
Em C
We keep all our promises be us against the world
G Bm
In another life I would make you stay
Em C
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away
G
You were June and I was your johnny cash
Bm
Never one without the other we made a pact
Em C
Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on woah
G
Someone said you had your tattoo removed
Bm
Saw you down town singin’ the blues
Em C
It's time to face the music I’m no longer your muse
G Bm
In another life you would be my girl
Em C
We keep all our promises be us against the world
G Bm
In another life I would make you stay
Em C
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away
G Bm Em C
The one the one the one the one that got away
D Em C
All his money can't buy me a time machine no
D Em C
I can't replace you with a million rings no
D Em C
I should’ve told you what you meant to me woah
D
Cause now I pay the price
G Bm
In another life you would be my girl
Em C
We keep all our promises be us against the world
G Bm
In another life I would make you stay
Em C
So I don't have to say you were the one that got away
The one that got away
G Bm Em C
The one the one the one
The one that got away
G Bm Em C
The one the one the one
G
The one that got away