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Ashley McBryde – One Night Standards Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression

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This is the chords of One Night Standards by Ashley McBryde on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C/G F/C C/G F/C

[Verse 1]
C/G
I ain’t gonna stay for the weekend
F/C
Ain’t gonna jump off the deep end
C/G
Ain’t gonna ask where your ring is,
F/C
thing is, we all got secrets
C/G
You don’t wanna to hear about my last breakup
F/C
I don’t wanna worry about space you take up
C/G
I don’t even care if you’re here when I wake up
F/C

[Bridge]
C/G
It’s just a room key
F/C
You ain’t gotta lie to me,
C/G
Can’t you just use me,
F/C
Like I’m using you.

[Chorus]
C/G
How it goes is, bar closes
F/C
There’s no king bed covered in roses
C/G
Just a room,
F/C
without a view
G
I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer
C/G
Let’s just stick to the one night standards.

[Verse 2]
C/G
Well I Ain’t Cinderella, but who is?
F/C
Call me what you want if the shoe fits
C/G
I ain’t gonna say I never do this,
F/C
’cause truth is, lonely makes a heart ruthless
C/G
Ain’t nobody gonna to hurt nobody
F/C
Ain’t nothing wrong with needin’ somebody,
C/G
you can leave all of that
F/C
down in the lobby

[Bridge]
C/G
It’s just a room key
F/C
You ain’t gotta lie to me,
C/G
Can’t you just use me,
F/C
Like I’m using you.

[Chorus]
C/G
How it goes is, bar closes
F/C
There’s no king bed covered in roses
C/G
Just a room,
F/C
without a view, Nooooo
G
I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer
C/G
Let’s just stick to the one night standards.

[Chorus]
C/G
How it goes is, bar closes
F/C
There’s no king bed covered in roses
C/G
Just a room,
F/C
without a view
G
Noooo, I don’t give a damn about the morning after
C/G
Bottles on the floor, don’t even matter
G
I don’t want a number you ain’t gonna answer

[Outro]
Let’s just stick to the one night standards
The One Night Standards
C/G
The One Night Standards

How to play One Night Standards: key, chords and progression

One Night Standards by Ashley McBryde is centred on C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 3 chords: C/G, F/C and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is F/C – C/G – F/C – G (IV – I – IV – V in C major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 3rd fret and play the shapes A, D, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 67% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.