The A Team chords
by Ed SheeranSong Key: A Major
Key Signature: 3 sharps (F#, C#, G#)
Time Signature: 4/4 (♩)
Tempo: 84 bpm (Moderately)
Vocal Range: A3 - A5
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Intermediate
Guitar Chords: A, Amaj7, A/E, F#m, F#m7, F#m9, D, Dmaj7, Bm7, E, EaddG#
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The A Team
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other keyCount: 1&2&3&4& 1&2&3& 4& 1&2&3& 4& 1&2&3&4& A E F#m7 D A Intro: | | | | | A E F#m 1. White lips, pale face Breath-ing in snow-flakes D A Burnt lungs, sour taste A E F#m Light's gone, day's end Strug-gling to pay rent D A Long nights, strange men Bm7 D ** And they say She's in the Class A Team A E Stuck in her day-dream Been this way since eigh-teen Bm7 D But late-ly her face seems Slowly sink-ing, wast-ing A Crumbl-ing like past-ries And they scream E The worst things in life come free to us F#m D 'Cause we're just un-der the up-per hand A And go mad for a couple grams F#m D A And she don't want to go out-side To-night F#m D And in a pipe she flies to the Mo-ther-land A Or sells love to a-no-ther man F#m D A It's too co-o-old out-si-i-ide A F#m7 D A For an-gels to fly - | | F#m7 D A An-gels to fly - | | A E F#m 2. Ripped gloves, rain-coat Tried to swim and stay a-float D A Dry house, wet clothes A E F#m Loose change, bank notes Wea-ry-eyed, dry throat D A Call girl, no phone Bm7 D ** And they say She's in the Class A Team A E Stuck in her day-dream Been this way since eigh-teen Bm7 D But late-ly her face seems Slowly sink-ing, wast-ing A Crumbl-ing like past-ries And they scream E The worst things in life come free to us F#m D 'Cause we're just un-der the up-per hand A And go mad for a couple grams F#m D A But she don't want to go out-side To-night F#m D And in a pipe she flies to the Mo-ther-land A Sells love to a-no-ther man F#m D A It's too co-o-old out-si-i-ide Bm7 D For an-gels to fly An an-gel will die F#m Covered in white A Closed eye And hop-ing for a bet-ter life Bm7 D This time, we'll fade out to-night Straight down the line... F#m9 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Amaj7 F#m9 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Amaj7 Instr: | - | - | - | - | Bm7 D ** And they say She's in the Class A Team A E Stuck in her day-dream Been this way since eigh-teen Bm7 D But late-ly her face seems Slowly sink-ing, wast-ing A Crumbl-ing like past-ries They scream E The worst things in life come free to us F#m D And we're all un-der the up-per hand A And go mad for a couple grams F#m D A And we don't want to go-o-o out-side To-night F#m D And in the pipe she flies to the Mo-ther-land A Or sell love to a-no-ther man F#m D A It's too co-o-old out-si-i-ide F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 For an-gels to fly - | | F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 An-gels to fly - | | F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 Fly... - fly... y... A F#m7 Dmaj7 Amaj7 For an-gels to fly to fly to fly A/E A For An-gels to die 𝄑
Beginners: You can replace all extended chords with simpler versions, i.e., A instead of Amaj7; D instead of Dmaj7; F#m or F#m7 instead of F#m9; E instead of E/G# etc. They all sound fine.
Song Details:
- Songwriter: Ed Sheeran
- Lyrics Begin: White lips, pale face, breathing in snowflakes, burnt lungs, sour taste.
- Performing Artist: Ed Sheeran
- Single Release: 10 June 2011
- Genre: Folk-pop
- Album: +
- Recorded: January–March 2011
- Released: 9 September 2011
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