When I Was Your Man By Bruno Mars Chords And Melody

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Verse

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Pre-Chorus

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Chorus

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Bridge

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Chord And Melody Metrics For When I Was Your Man

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Chord Complexity

36

Melodic Complexity

60

Chord-Melody Tension

74

Chord Progression Novelty

47

Chord Bass Melody

56

When I Was Your Man has higher complexity than the average song in terms Chord-Melody Tension.

About The Key Of C Major

When I Was Your Man is written in the key of C Major. According to the Theorytab database, it is the most common key in all of popular music. See the C Major Cheat Sheet for popular chords, chord progressions, downloadable midi files and more!

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