Piano Notes for When I Was Your Man
This post provides the melody notes (right hand letter notes) and chords (left hand notes) for the song When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars.
Key Information for the Song When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars
Key Signature: Blank (No flats, No sharps)
Scale: C major (All Natural Notes, All white keys)
C Major Scale Notes: C, D, E, F, G, A, B
The relative minor of C major is A minor (same notes but arranged in a different order).
A minor Scale Notes: A, B, C, D, E, F, G
Tempo: 72 bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Difficulty Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
When I Was Your Man Piano Tutorial
Piano Keys Layout
Symbols Used in the Song
Asterisk: star symbol (*): Indicates an octave.
Notes in Brackets: (): Play quickly or fast (16th note of sheet music).
Wavy Lines: Tilde (~): Sustained Notes (quarter note, half note, or a whole note of sheet music).
Vertical Bar: Pipe Symbol (|): Indicates a chord change.
Asterisk after a note (e.g., C*): Indicates a higher octave note.
Asterisk before a note (e.g., *C): Indicates a lower octave note.
When I Was Your Man Piano Notes
Intro Chords
D7 Dm7 C
D7 Dm7 C G
Verse 1
Same bed, but it feels just a little bit bigger now
Our song on the radio, but it don’t sound the same
When our friends talk about you, all it does is just tear me down
‘Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear your name
E* E* E* (E* D*)
| Same bed but it
| Am
| E* (E* D* E* D*) C* | E*~ (F*) F*~~~
| feels just a little bit | bigger now
| C | Dm | Dm
| D* D* (D* C*) | (D* C*) D* (D* C*) A
| Our song on the | radio but it don’t
| G | G7
| D* (E*) E*~~~
| sound the same
| C | Em
| (D*) E* E* (E* D*)
| When our friends talk
| Am
| (E* D* E* D* E* D*) C*
| about you, all it does is just
| C
| E* (F* G*)~ F*~ (E*) D*~~~
tear me down
| Dm | Dm
| (C*) D* D* (D* C* | D*) C*~ (D* C*) D*~ E* C*~
| Cause my heart breaks a little when I hear | your name
| G | G | C
Pre-Chorus
It all just sounds like (Ooh, ooh)
Mm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should’ve bought you flowers
(B) | C* D* A B | C**~ B*~ A* G*~ B*~~~
It | all just sounds like | ooh, ooh ooh | hoo hoo
| Em | Am | Em
F*~ |~ F* F* F* F* F* (F* E* F*) E*~| ~~
Mm, | too young, too dumb to realize
| Bb | C
C* | A* (G* E*) G* A* (E*) D*~~~~
That | I should have bought you flo | we | rs
| G | F | G
Chorus
And held your hand
Shoulda gave you all my hours
When I had the chance
Take you to every party
‘Cause all you wanted to do was dance
Now my baby’s dancin’
But she’s dancin’ with another man
G A C* | E*~~~
And held your hand |
| C
A*~ | (A* G* E*) G* A* | (E*) D*~~~
Sho | uld have gave you all my | hours
| C | F
G A D*~ E* | C*~~
When I had the | chance
| G | C
| A* (G* G*) G* C** | A*
| Take you to every par | ty
| C | F
(G* G*) G* E* | A* (G* G*) G* F* | (E* D* E*) G*~ A*~|~
’cause all you w | anted to do was d | anc | e
| G | Am | D7
G* (G*) A*~ | E* C*~
Now my baby’s danc | ing
| F
(A C*) | D* (E* D* C* D* C*) C*~|~~
But she’s | dancing with another m | an |
| Fm | C | F | C | Em
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Verse 2
Uh, my pride, my ego, my needs, and my selfish ways
Caused a good, strong woman like you to walk out my life
Now I’ll never, never get to clean up the mess I made, oh
And that haunts me every time I close my eyes
Pre-Chorus
It all just sounds like (Ooh, ooh)
Mm, too young, too dumb to realize
That I should’ve bought you flowers
(B) | C* D* A B | C**~ B*~ A* G*~ B*~~~
It | all just sounds like | ooh, ooh ooh | hoo hoo
| Em | Am | Em
F*~ |~ F* F* F* F* F* (F* E* F*) E*~| ~~
Mm, | too young, too dumb to realize
| Bb | C
C* | A* (G* E*) G* A* (E*) D*~~~~
That | I should have bought you flo | we | rs
| G | F | G
Chorus
G A C* | E*~~~
And held your hand |
| C
A*~ | (A* G* E*) G* A* | (E*) D*~~~
Sho | uld have gave you all my | hours
| C | F
G A D*~ E* | C*~~
When I had the | chance
| G | C
| A* (G* G*) G* C** | A*
| Take you to every par | ty
| C | F
(G* G*) G* E* | A* (G* G*) G* F* | (E* D* E*) G*~ A*~|~
’cause all you w | anted to do was d | anc | e
| G | Am | D7
G* (G*) A*~ | E* C*~
Now my baby’s danc | ing
| F
(A C*) | D* (E* D* C* D* C*) C*~|~~
But she’s | dancing with another m | an |
| Fm | C | F | C | Em
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