Verse
| E | E |Summer after high school when we first met | G#m | G#m |We make out in your Mustang to Radiohead | C#m | C#m | A | A |And on my 18th birthday we got matching tattoos | E | E |Used to steal your parents' liquor and climb to the roof| G#m | G#m |Talk about our future like we had a clue| C#m | C#m | A | A |Never planned that one day, I'd be losing you
Hook
| E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would be your girl | C#m | C#m | A | A |We keep all our promises Be us against the world | E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would make you stay | C#m | C#m | A | A |So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away
Instruments
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Verse
| E | E |I was June and you were my Johnny Cash | G#m | G#m |Never one without the other we made a pact| C#m | C#m | A | A |Sometimes when I miss you I put those records on| E | E |Someone said you had your tattoo removed| G#m | G#m |Saw you downtown singing the blues | C#m | C#m | A | A |Its time to face the music I'm no longer your muse
Hook
| E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would be your girl | C#m | C#m | A | A |We keep all our promises Be us against the world | E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would make you stay | C#m | C#m | A | A |So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away
Instruments
| E | E | G#m | G#m |The o-o-o-o-o-one The o-o-o-o-o-one| C#m | C#m | A | A |The o-o-o-o-o-one The one that got away
Bridge
| B | B | C#m | F#m | All this money can't buy me a time machine, no| B | B | C#m | F#m | Can't replace you with a million rings, no| B | B | C#m | F#m | I should've told you what you meant to me, whoa| B | B | B | [n.c.] | 'Cause now I pay the price
Hook
| E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would be your girl | C#m | C#m | A | A |We keep all our promises Be us against the world | E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would make you stay | C#m | C#m | A | A |So I don't have to say You were the one that got away The one that got away
Instruments
| E | E | G#m | G#m |The o-o-o-o-o-one The o-o-o-o-o-one| C#m | C#m | A | A |The o-o-o-o-o-one The one that got away
Hook Ending
| E | E | G#m | G#m |In another life I would make you stay | C#m | C#m | A | A |So I don't have to say You were the one that got away | E |The one that got away
