Payphone Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

Author pacorapvalle [a] 61.

2 contributors total, last edit on Apr 14, 2022

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[Chorus]
         F                  C
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
          Am                G
All of my change I spent on you
               F
Where have the times gone
          C                        Am                G
Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?
 
[Verse]
      F
Yeah, I, I know it’s hard to remember
C
   The people we used to be
Am
   It’s even harder to picture
G
   That you’re not here next to me
F
   You say it’s too late to make it
C
   But is it too late to try?
Am
   And in our time that you wasted
G
   All of our bridges burned down
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F               C
I’ve wasted my nights
                   Am
You turned out the lights
              G
Now I’m paralyzed
                    F                      C
Still stuck in that time when we called it love
             Am              G
But even the sun sets in paradise
 
[Chorus]
         F                  C
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
          Am                G
All of my change I spent on you
               F
Where have the times gone
          C                        Am                G
Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?
 
              F           C
If happy ever after did exist
                 Am               G
I would still be holding you like this
                F                 C
All those fairy tales are full of sh*t
                Am                G
One more stupid love song I’ll be sick
 
[Verse]
F
   You turned your back on tomorrow
C
   Cause you forgot yesterday
Am
   I gave you my love to borrow
G
   But just gave it away
F
   You can’t expect me to be fine
C
   I don’t expect you to care
Am
   I know I’ve said it before
G
   But all of our bridges burned down
 
[Pre-Chorus]
F               C
I’ve wasted my nights
                   Am
You turned out the lights
              G
Now I’m paralyzed
                    F                      C
Still stuck in that time when we called it love
             Am              G
But even the sun sets in paradise
 
[Chorus]
         F                  C
I’m at a payphone trying to call home
          Am                G
All of my change I spent on you
               F
Where have the times gone
          C                        Am                G
Baby it’s all wrong, where are the plans we made for two?
 
              F           C
If happy ever after did exist
                 Am               G
I would still be holding you like this
                F                 C
All those fairy tales are full of sh*t
                Am                G
One more stupid love song I’ll be sick
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9 comments

It's not "wrong wrong wrong" - The chord structure is basically correct except Maroon 5 play the song a half-step lower in the key of B: E B G#m7 F#. Just hit transpose -1 at the bottom of the chart and you're there. Also, yeah I think the third chord is a minor 7.

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-3 capo 2