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CMAT – Peter Bogdanovich Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsBb F C Dm

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These are the chords for Peter Bogdanovich by CMAT on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

[Intro]
Bb F C (x2)

[Verse 1]
Bb
Everything is boring, every day,
                           F C
there's more nothing to do
   Bb
My daddy didn't love me,
                             F C
so I guess I moved on to you
    Bb
Now everything is better
since you came around
        Dm
I found someone fun that
        C
won't let me down
    Bb
The only thing separating
               F
you from me is screen
         C
And some wedding ring

[Chorus]
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F
I wish you were a wife-leaver,
  C
a wife-leaver
            Bb
I'm sure you need her
                    F
But you could make a right cheater,
  C
a right cheatеr
    Bb
Oh, barriers and levels
couldn't box mе in
          Dm   C
I get the 1960 cut of your jib
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F           C
I wish you were a wife-leaver

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[Verse 2]
Bb
We could go to dinner and
pretend to
             F             C
not see that ball and chain
       Bb
She'll slip under the table when
she hears I'm in the paper
   F               C
Or sound of my name
       Bb
'Cause she has everything
I never got
      Dm
A big sense of self,
       C
a good stack of odds
    Bb
And when she combs my hair,
                             Dm
it feels like I can't breathe
         C
I wonder what it means

[Chorus]
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F
I wish you were a wife-leaver,
  C
a wife-leaver
            Bb
I'm sure you need her
                    F
But you could make a right cheater,
  C
a right cheatеr
    Bb
Oh, barriers and levels
couldn't box mе in
          Dm   C
I get the 1960 cut of your jib
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F           C
I wish you were a wife-leaver
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F           C
I wish you were a wife-leaver

[Post-Chorus]
Bb
(Peter, Peter, Peter, ah)
                      F
(Peter, Peter, Peter, ah)
                      C
(Peter, Peter, Peter, ah)
                      Bb
(Peter, Peter, Peter, ah)

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[Bridge]

I like you, Peter
                    F       C
I wish that you were a wife-leaver
        Bb
Oh, I'm sure you need her
                        F
But I bet you could make
        C
a right cheater
    Bb
And girls never get credit
for what they do
      Dm                C
Baby, good or bad, it's all on you
   Bb
If I wasn't in need of
                        Dm
a pawn to take the world
             C
I'd probably be with her

[Chorus]
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F
I wish you were a wife-leaver,
  C
a wife-leaver
            Bb
I'm sure you need her
                    F
But you could make a right
           C
cheater, a right cheatеr
    Bb
Oh, barriers and levels
couldn't box mе in
          Dm   C
I get the 1960 cut of your jib
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F           C
I wish you were a wife-leaver
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 Dm          C
I wish you were a wife-leaver
          Bb
I like you, Peter
                 F
I wish you were a wife-leaver,
  C
a wife-leaver

How to play Peter Bogdanovich: key, chords and progression

Peter Bogdanovich by CMAT is in the key of F major (one flat: B♭). The song uses 4 chords: Bb, F, C and Dm.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Bb – F – C – Bb (IV – I – V – IV in F major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. 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 G, D, A, Bm (75% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 50% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.