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Old Dominion – I Should Have Married You Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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These are I Should Have Married You chords by Old Dominion on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Verse 1]
G                        D
We were walkin' down the boardwalk
                          Em
Watchin' stars out on the ocean
                 Bm
We were drunk on margaritas
                          C
And that might've been my moment
                      D
But we stood there in silence
                      G
And watched the waves crash

[Verse 2]
                   D
Vacation with your family
                       Em
After midnight, in the kitchen
                        Bm
I was hangin' with your dad
                         C
I coulda asked him but I didn't
I don't know why,
         D
 I guess I thought
 I had more time

[Pre-Chorus]
            G
If I hadn't been
                     D
so young and stupid
                Em
Yeah, I let somebody
               Bm
beat me to it
                    C
Don't know what you got
 until you lose it
        D
Guess I blew it, baby
D
I should have married you

[Chorus]
C
That's just the way it goes
D
I should've seen it through
G
I should've let you know
Em
I should've said, "I do"
C
Back when I still
         D
 had the chance, yeah
I should have married you

[Verse 3]
G                        D
Maybe I thought I needed freedom
                         Em
Maybe it's all about the timing
                        Bm
Maybe I wouldn't let my ego
                    C
Let somebody tie me down
Aw, but I can't blame
          D
you for not waitin' around

[Pre-Chorus]
            G
If I hadn't been so young and
                           D
 stupid (I wish I would've known,
wish I would've known)
                Em
Yeah, I let somebody
                    Bm
beat me to it (Whoa, yeah)
                    C
Don't know what you got
 until you lose it
        D
Guess I blew it, baby
D
I should have married you

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[Chorus]
C
That's just the way it goes
(Way it goes)
D
I should've seen it through
(Seen it through)
G
I should've let you know
 (Let you know)
Em
I should've said,
"I do" (Said, "I do")
C
Back when I still
         D
had the chance, yeah
D
I should have married you

[Bridge]
G D         Em
  Whoa-oh, oh
Bm        C  D
Whoa-oh, oh

[Pre-Chorus]
            G
If I hadn't been so young
and stupid (I wish I would've
  D
 known, wish I would've known)
                Em
Yeah, I let somebody
                    Bm
beat me to it (Whoa, yeah)
                    C
Don't know what you got
 until you lose it
        D
Guess I blew it, baby
D
I should have married you

[Out-Chorus]
C
That's just the way it goes
 (Way it goes)
D
I should've seen it through
(Seen it through)
G
I should've let you know
 (Let you know)
Em
I should've said, "I do"
 (Said, "I do")
C
Back when I still
         D
had the chance, yeah
D
I should have married you
C
Back when I still had
             D
 the chance, yeah
D
I should have married you

How to play I Should Have Married You: key, chords and progression

I Should Have Married You by Old Dominion is in the key of G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 5 chords: G, D, Em, Bm and C.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – D – Em – Bm (I – V – vi – iii in G major). In solfa, that is doh – soh – lah – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.