The One That Got Away Chords
by Terri Clark
The One That Got Away by Terri Clark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F, G, Am7 and C9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
C Dm F G C
verse 1
C
We've all got that someone
Dm
Who slipped right through our hands
F C
An old t-shirt you still wear from time to time
It felt so right, on lonely nights
Dm
You wonder what could have been
G F C
A heart you can't believe you left behind
C Dm
I wish you were the one that got away
G
If you were a memory
F C
I might still be in love with you today
Dm
It wouldn't hurt this bad if I was looking back on an old heartache
F G C
Oh I wish you were the one that got away
verse 2
C Dm
You walk through the door and reach for that first beer
F C
Hit the couch and turn the TV on
C Dm
And I wake-up beside you and wonder why I'm still here
G F C
When everything we used to be is gone
C Dm
I wish you were the one that got away
G
If you were a memory
F C
I might still be in love with you today
Dm
It wouldn't hurt this bad if I was looking back on an old heartache
F G C
Oh I wish you were the one that got away
Bridge
F
If you were just a picture
I pulled out of my dresser
Am7
To look at every now and then
F
Something bittersweet
Dm G
Something I could keep and have fun remembering
Instr
C Dm F G C
C9 Am7 Dm
It wouldn't hurt this bad if I was looking back on an old heartache
F G C Dm
Oh I wish you were the one that got away
F G C
Yeah I wish you were the one that got away
Outro
C Dm F G C