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Bebe Rexha & Nick Jonas – When I Broke Up With You Chord on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Cm 
Cm

[Verse 1]
Cm                 Ab         
When we said, "Goodbye", spent 
   Eb                Bb
a hundred different nights
       Cm              Ab     
Cryin' hopeless on the floor, 
          Eb           Bb
turned my record collection
     Cm               Ab     
Even though it wasn’t pretty, 
        Eb             Bb
had to get you off my chest
      Cm          Ab     Eb
For a while I was such a mess

[Chorus]
                     Cm   Ab  
When I broke up with you, you, 
 Eb
you, ooh, ooh, ooh
     Bb              Cm   Ab  
When I broke up with you, you, 
 Eb                      Bb
you, ooh, ooh, ooh (Yeah)

[Verse 2]
Cm                 Ab           
Said, "I need some time", drink 
     Eb               Bb
some whiskey and some gin
       Cm           Ab         
Took myself on vacation, tryna 
       Eb               Bb
figure out the mess I'm in
                Cm        
I've been goin’ out every 
    Ab
weekend,
               Eb         
spendin' every night with 
       Bb
all my friends
           Cm          
Anything I can to fill 
    Ab           Eb
the spacе you're in

[Chorus]
                     Cm  
When I broke up with you,
 Ab   Eb
 you, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
     Bb              Cm   
Whеn I broke up with you, 
Ab        Eb
you, you, yeah
          Bb           
Now I got better things 
    Cm  Ab   Eb
to do, ooh, ooh
 Cm   Ab   Eb
Since I broke up with 
you, ooh, ooh
Since I broke up with you

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[Post-Chorus]
Cm                     Ab       Eb 
  With a little bit of heartache, 
            Bb
  you can't go far
Cm                     Ab      
  Make a little bit of mistakes,
 Eb             Bb
   it's not your fault
Cm                     Ab     
  Gettin' better every day now,
 Eb          Bb
   it says it all, all,
Cm           Ab
  it says it all, all
Eb    Bb
  Yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]
Cm          Ab           Eb     
Now I got a man, who can really 
     Bb
understand me
       Cm            Ab      
And he gives me recognition, 
           Eb
knows more than one position
              Cm         
Now we don't, even really 
       Ab
gotta try
       Eb               
And we hardly ever have 
   Bb
to fight
      Cm              Ab       
Now I know that I did something
 Bb
 right
Best thing I ever did, man

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[Chorus]
                     Cm 
When I broke up with you 
       Ab
(When I broke up with you),
          Eb
you, you, you-oh, ooh, ooh
     Bb              Cm
When I broke up with you
      Ab              Eb
(When I broke up with you), 
you (Yeah)
          Bb               
Now I got better things to 
Cm       Ab   Eb
do, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
       Bb            Cm
ince I broke up with you
               Ab           
(Since I broke up with you), 
           Eb
ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
Since I broke up

[Post-Chorus]
Cm                     Ab        
  With a little bit of heartache 
            Eb             Bb
  (Yeah, yeah), you can't go far
Cm                     Ab       
  Make a little bit of mistakes, 
 Eb            Bb
  it’s not your fault
Cm                     Ab      
  Gettin’ better every day now,
Eb          Bb
it says it all
                  Cm      
(It says it all), it says 
   Ab              Eb
it all (It says it all)
Yeah, oh no-no

[Outro]
                     Cm  
When I broke up with you 
        Ab
(Yeah), you (Yeah)
Eb
You, you, ooh, ooh, ooh 
(Yeah)
     Bb              Cm  
When I broke up with you 
        Ab
(Yeah), you (Yeah)
Eb
You, you, ooh, ooh, ooh
     Bb
When I broke up with you

How to play When I Broke Up With You: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of When I Broke Up With You by Bebe Rexha feat. Nick Jonas on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

When I Broke Up With You by Bebe Rexha & Nick Jonas sits in C minor (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭), and you need 4 chords to play it: Cm, Ab, Eb and Bb.

Listen for Cm – Ab – Eb – Bb (i – VI – III – VII in C minor), the epic minor progression (i–VI–III–VII) used in many anthems: the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes Bm, G, D, A (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 0% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.