How to Play The One That Got Away on Guitar?

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away can be played in the key of Em using the Em, Am, F, G, C, Dm chords. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. 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 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. 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 Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play The One That Got Away with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away Chords

Chord reference Em, Am, F, G, C, Dm

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

The ooo[Em]one, the ooo[Am]one The ooo[F]one, the one that got [G]away

[C]Summer after high school when we first met We’d [G]make out in your Mustang to [Em]Radiohead And [Dm]on my 18th Birthday we [Am]got matching [F]tattoos

[C]Used to steal your parents’ liquor and climb to the roof We [G]talk about our future like [Em]we had a clue [Am]Never planned that one day I’d be losing [F]you

In another [C]life, I would be your [Em]girl We’d keep all our [Am]promises, be us against the [F]world In another [C]life, I would make you [Em]stay So I don’t have to [Am]say you were the one that got a[F]way The one that got [C]away [F]

[C]I was June and you were my Johnny Cash Never [Em]one without the other, we made a pact [Am]Sometimes when I miss you, I put those records [F]on (Whoa)

[C]Someone said you had your tattoo removed I [Em]saw you downtown singing the Blues It’s [Am]time to face the music, I’m no longer your [F]muse

But in another [C]life. I would be your [Em]girl We’d keep all our [Am]promises. be us against the [F]world In another [C]life. I would make you [Em]stay So I don’t have to [Am]say. You were the one that got a[F]way The one that got [C]away

The ooo[Em]one, the ooo[Am]one The ooo[F]one, the one that got [G]away

All this money can’t buy me a [C]time ma[F]chine [G]no Can’t replace you with a [C]million [F]rings [G]no I should’ve told you what you [C]meant to [F]me [G]Whoa ‘Cause now I pay the [F]price

The ooo[Em]one, the ooo[Am]one The ooo[F]one, the one that got [G]away

Artist Katy Perry

Album Teenage Dream

Genres Pop, Pop Rock, Rock

Year 2010

Key Em

Katy Perry - The One That Got Away can be played in the key of Em using the Em, Am, F, G, C, Dm chords.

For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
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 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.
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 Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.

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

You can play The One That Got Away with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.