5 Chords used in the song: C, G, Am, F, Em

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B
Summer after high school when we first metF#
We make out in you mustang to radio headG#m
E
And on my 18th birthday we bought matching tattoos
B
Used to steal your parent's liquor and climb to the roofF#
Talk about our future like we had a clueG#m
E
Never planned that one day i'd be losing you
B
F#
In another life I would be your girl
G#m
E
We keep all our promises be us against the world
B
F#
In another life I would make you stay
G#m
E
So I don't have to say you were the one that got awayE
The one that got away.B
I was June you were my johnny cash
F#
Never one without the other we made a pactG#m
E
Sometimes when I miss you I put those records onB
Someone said you had your tattoo removedF#
Saw you down town singin the bluesG#m
E
It's time to face the music i'm no longer your muse
B
F#
But in another life I would be your girl
G#m
E
We keep all our promises be us against the world
B
F#
In another life I would make you stay
G#m
E
So I don't have to say you were the one that got awayE
The one that got away.B
F#
G#m
The one the one the oneE
The one that got away.F#
G#m
E
All his money can't buy me a time machine. noF#
G#m
E
Ban't replace you with a million rings. noF#
G#m
E
I shoulda told you what you meant to me. woeF#(hold)
Cause now I pay the price.
B
F#
In another life I would be your girl
G#m
E
We keep all our promises be us against the world
B
F#
In another life I would make you stay
G#m
E
So I don't have to say you were the one that got awayE
The one that got awayD#m
G#m
E
The one, the one
B
F#
In another life I would make you stay
G#m
E
So I don't have to say you were the one that got awayB
The one that got away
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this is really good!! but does anyone know the strumming pattern
19 Jul 2018


If it sounds a little vanilla, try replacing the g's with E majors (Em's).
26 Dec 2013





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About this song: The One That Got Away
The The One That Go Away Songfacts says: The song was chosen to be the sixth single from Teenage Dream. "I'm so pleased to select 'The One That Got Away' as my sixth single because this song shows a very different side of me that I haven't shown with my past singles on this record," said Perry. "I think that everyone can relate to this song. I wrote (it) about when you promise someone forever, but you end up not being able to follow through. It's a bittersweet story. Hopefully, the listener learns from hearing it and never has to say they had 'The One' get away.