The Other Side Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays512

The Other Side by Bruno Mars is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, A, E, C and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em                           D 
Truth of the matter is I'm complicated 
A                          Em 
  You're as straight as they come 
                  D 
You go 'bout your day baby 
A                  Em     ( E  D  C ) 
  While I hide from the sun 

C                               B7 
  It's better if you don't understand 
          Em        D         C 
Cause you wont know what it's like 
B7       A 
Til you try 

        Em D          A                    Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other side 
       D         A                     Em 
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line 
               D 
I could wait a whole life time 
A                        Em 
  But you just gotta decide 
           D          A                                          Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other, waiting on the other side 

Em                 D 
We would live forever 
       A              Em 
Who could ask for more 
                         D 
You could die if you wanted 
         A                Em 
But baby what for 

C                               B7 
  It's better if you don't understand 
          Em        D         C 
Cause you wont know what it's like 
B7       A 
Til you try 

        Em D          A                    Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other side 
       D         A                     Em 
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line 
               D 
I could wait a whole life time 
A                        Em 
  But you just gotta decide 
           D          A                                          Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other, waiting on the other side 

  Em 
If they say life's a dream 
    D 
Call this insomnia 
   A 
Cause this ain't Wonderland 
    Em 
It damn sure ain't Narnia 

And once you cross the line 
  D 
You can't change your mind 
   A 
Yeah I'm a monster 
Em 
But I'm no Frankenstein 

( C  B7  Em  D  C  B7  A ) 
And quite frankly 
I've been feeling insane in between my eyes 
I really cant explain what I feel inside 
If you knew what I was you's would run and hide 
Many have tried to go into the night 
Cross over the line and come back alive 
But that's the price we pay when we living on the other side 

        Em D          A                    Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other side 
       D         A                     Em 
And you, all you gotta do is cross the line 
               D 
I could wait a whole life time 
A                        Em 
  But you just gotta decide 
           D          A                                          Em 
You know I, I've been waiting on the other, waiting on the other side 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante