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Tate McRae - Dear Ex Best Friend Chords

Chord reference Am, F, C, G
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am] Yeah, I wonder [Am]if, my name has [F]ever crossed your mind Even for a [C]second, know it’s been a [G]second Since we last [Am]talked, or faced each [F]other eye to eye Know it’s been [C]hectic, ya, I shoulda [G]said this

It kinda [Am]hurts ’cause it’s insane, yeah we [F]walk by and it’s like I [F]don’t even [C]know you, like I’ve never [G]met you I see our [Am]pictures on my phone, and question [F]why we didn’t try But we were just [C]habits, thought we’d always [G]have it

So to my [Am]ex-best friend, I thought I’d [F]know til the end Sorry [C]I know things aren’t going as we [G]planned, to my once [Am]ride or die The one who [F]always knew me right, we would [C]swear it’d always end up you and [G]I We really messed up this [Am]time, [F]we really messed up this [C]time [G]

What about [Am]all the nights, where we’d [F]talked about our lives We were just [C]wishing, wish I would have [G]listened

It kinda [Am]hurts ’cause it’s insane, yeah we [F]walk by and it’s like I [F]don’t even [C]know you, like I’ve never [G]met you I see our [Am]pictures on my phone, and question [F]why we didn’t try But we were just [C]habits, thought we’d always [G]have it

So to my [Am]ex-best friend, I thought I’d [F]know til the end Sorry [C]I know things aren’t going as we [G]planned, to my once [Am]ride or die The one who [F]always knew me right, we would [C]swear it’d always end up you and [G]I We really messed up this time

Artist Tate McRae
Album Single
Genres Pop
Year 2019
Key Am

How to Play Dear Ex Best Friend on Guitar?

Tate McRae - Dear Ex Best Friend can be played in the key of Am using the Am, F, C, G chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Dear Ex Best Friend with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.