Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Original song: Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
🌸 Instrument: 17-key kalimba
🎼 Tuning: C Major
✨ Difficulty: Easy
🌐 Discover more kalimba songs and tabs on our website: kalimbacademy.com
📖 How to Read the Kalimba Tabs
1–7 = Notes in the main octave
1'–7' = Notes in the higher octave
1''–7'' = Notes in the second higher octave
Number notation:
1 = C (Do)
2 = D (Re)
3 = E (Mi)
4 = F (Fa)
5 = G (Sol)
6 = A (La)
7 = B (Si)
📝 KALIMBA TABS
5' 3' 1' 3' 5' 3' 1' 3'
5' 3' 7 3' 5' 3' 7 3'
6' 3' 1' 3' 6' 3' 1' 3'
6' 4' 1' 4' 6' 4' 1' 4'
5' 3' 1' 3' 5' 3' 1' 3'
5' 3' 7 3' 5'
Summer after high school,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
when we first met
5 1' 2' 2'
We'd make out in your Mustang
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
to Radiohead
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
And on my eighteenth birthday,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
we got matching tattoos
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
Used to steal your parents' liquor
5 5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
and climb to the roof
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Talked about our future
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
like we had a clue
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Never planned that one day,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I'd be losing you
3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
I was June, and you were
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
my Johnny Cash
5 1' 2' 2'
Never one without the other,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
we made a pact
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Sometimes when I miss you,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I put those records on
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
Someone said you had your
5 5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
tattoo removed
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Saw you downtown,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
singing the blues
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
It's time to face the music,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I'm no longer your muse
3' 2' 1' 7 6
But in another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
All this money can't buy me a time machine,
2' 1' 2' 1' 2' 2' 1' 2' 3' 1' 6
no
3' 2' 3'
Can't replace you with a million rings,
2' 1' 2' 2' 1' 2' 3' 1' 6
no
5' 4' 3' 2' 3'
I should've told you what you meant to me,
2' 5' 5' 4' 3' 2' 3' 4' 3' 1'
woah
1' 2' 3' 2'
'Cause now I pay the price
7 2' 2' 2' 1' 7
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
3' 3' 2' 2' 1' 1'
📝 END OF TABS
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Original song: Katy Perry - The One That Got Away
🌸 Instrument: 17-key kalimba
🎼 Tuning: C Major
✨ Difficulty: Easy
🌐 Discover more kalimba songs and tabs on our website: kalimbacademy.com
📖 How to Read the Kalimba Tabs
1–7 = Notes in the main octave
1'–7' = Notes in the higher octave
1''–7'' = Notes in the second higher octave
Number notation:
1 = C (Do)
2 = D (Re)
3 = E (Mi)
4 = F (Fa)
5 = G (Sol)
6 = A (La)
7 = B (Si)
📝 KALIMBA TABS
5' 3' 1' 3' 5' 3' 1' 3'
5' 3' 7 3' 5' 3' 7 3'
6' 3' 1' 3' 6' 3' 1' 3'
6' 4' 1' 4' 6' 4' 1' 4'
5' 3' 1' 3' 5' 3' 1' 3'
5' 3' 7 3' 5'
Summer after high school,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
when we first met
5 1' 2' 2'
We'd make out in your Mustang
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
to Radiohead
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
And on my eighteenth birthday,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
we got matching tattoos
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
Used to steal your parents' liquor
5 5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
and climb to the roof
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Talked about our future
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
like we had a clue
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Never planned that one day,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I'd be losing you
3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
I was June, and you were
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
my Johnny Cash
5 1' 2' 2'
Never one without the other,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
we made a pact
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Sometimes when I miss you,
5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I put those records on
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
Someone said you had your
5 5 1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
tattoo removed
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
Saw you downtown,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
singing the blues
5 1' 2' 2' 2'
It's time to face the music,
1' 2' 2' 2' 2' 1'
I'm no longer your muse
3' 2' 1' 7 6
But in another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
All this money can't buy me a time machine,
2' 1' 2' 1' 2' 2' 1' 2' 3' 1' 6
no
3' 2' 3'
Can't replace you with a million rings,
2' 1' 2' 2' 1' 2' 3' 1' 6
no
5' 4' 3' 2' 3'
I should've told you what you meant to me,
2' 5' 5' 4' 3' 2' 3' 4' 3' 1'
woah
1' 2' 3' 2'
'Cause now I pay the price
7 2' 2' 2' 1' 7
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would be your girl
4' 4' 4' 3' 2'
We'd keep all our promises
4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
Be us against the world
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
5 6 6 6 5 5
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
The one
1' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3' 5' 3'
In another life
4' 4' 4' 3' 3'
I would make you stay
5' 5' 5' 3' 2'
So I don't have to say you were
2' 4' 4' 4' 3' 3' 2' 1'
The one that got away
2' 3' 2' 1' 7 6
The one that got away
3' 3' 2' 2' 1' 1'
📝 END OF TABS
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