Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran

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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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(For acoustic picking pattern, scroll to bottom)

            Ma
          
e|------------
B|----3-----7-
G|----4-----6-
D|----4-----7-
A|----2-----5-
E|------------

in chords     
      
---2----------
---2-----3----
or-2-----2----
---0-----0----
---------x----
---------3----

           Ext
            
------|-------
-2----|----8--
-2----|----7-o
-2----|----9--
-0----|----7--
------|-------

ra Chorus chor
           
--------------
--0------12---
r-0------12-or
--0------12---
--2------10---
--0-----------

ds      Extra 
             
------|-------
-3----|----7--
-0----|----7-o
-0----|----7--
-2----|----5--
-3----|-------

Bridge chords
       
-------------|
--3-----2----|
r-2-----2----|
--0-----4----|
--------4----|
--------2----|

Lead melody:
e|------------
B|--3----3----
G|---------4--
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

----2--|------
--3----|--2---
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------

----------2--|
-2------2----|
---2---------|
-------------|
-------------|
-------------|

--------------
--------------
--4----4------
---------5----
--------------
--------------

------|-------
--2---|-------
4-----|--4----
------|-------
------|-------
------|-------

-------------|
---------2---|
4------4-----|
--5----------|
-------------|
-------------|


No capo (for easier chords, transpose -2 and capo 2nd fret)


[Intro]
            
   Ooh-ooh-ooh

         
-ooooh, ooh-oo

            
h-ooh ooh-oooo

   
h


[Verse 1]
            
Every time you

          
 come around, 

             
you know I can

        
't say no
            
Every time the

            
 sun goes down

           
, I let you ta

        
ke control
            
I can feel the

         
 paradise befo

              
re my world im

   
plodes
            
And tonight ha

         
d something wo

   (
nderful


[Chorus 1]
              
My bad habits 

            
lead to late n

              
ights endin' a

    
lone
              
Conversations 

       
with a strange

r I barely kno

w
             
Swearin' this 

            
will be the la

              
st but it prob

          
ably won't
              
I got nothin' 

           
left to lose, 

           
or use, or do

              
My bad habits 

            
lead to wide e

              
yes starin' at

      
 space
              
And I know I'l

          
l lose control


 of the things

 that I say
             
Yeah I was loo

            
kin' for a way

              
 out, now I ca

          
n't escape
              
Nothin' happen

        
s after two, i

t's true
             
It's true my b

              
ad habits lead

    
 to you


[Post-Chorus 1
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

]
           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

     
oh-ooooh
             
My bad habits 

        
lead to you
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

          
oh ooh-oooh
             
My bad habits 

        
lead to you


[Verse 2]
            
Evеry pure int

         
ention ends wh

              
en the good ti

      
mes start
            
Fallin' over e

         
verything to r

              
each the first

          
 time's spark
            
It started und

          
er neon lights

             
 and then it a

         
ll got dark
         
I only know ho

          
w to go too fa


r


[Chorus 2]
              
My bad habits 

            
lead to late n

              
ights, endin' 

     
alone
              
Conversations 

       
with a strange

r I barely kno

w
             
Swearin' this 

            
will be the la

              
st but it prob

          
ably won't
              
I got nothin' 

           
left to lose, 

           
or use, or do

              
My bad habits 

            
lead to wide e

              
yes starin' at

      
 space
              
And I know I'l

          
l lose control


 of the things

 that I say
             
Yeah I was loo

            
kin' for a way

              
 out, now I ca

          
n't escape
              
Nothin' happen

        
s after two, i

t's true
             
It's true my b

              
ad habits lead

    
 to you


[Post-Chorus 2
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

]
           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

     
oh-ooooh
             
My bad habits 

        
lead to you
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

          
oh ooh-oooh


[Bridge]
          
We took the lo

       
ng   way 'roun

   
d
            
And burned 'ti

        
l the fun    r

#  
an  out, now


[Chorus 3]
              
My bad habits 

            
lead to late n

              
ights, endin' 

     
alone
              
Conversations 

       
with a strange

r I barely kno

w
             
Swearin' this 

            
will be the la

              
st but it prob

          
ably won't
              
I got nothin' 

           
left to lose, 

           
or use, or do

              
My bad habits 

            
lead to wide e

              
yes starin' at

      
 space
              
And I know I'l

          
l lose control


 of the things

 that I say
             
Yeah I was loo

            
kin' for a way

              
 out, now I ca

          
n't escape
              
Nothin' happen

        
s after two, i

t's true
             
It's true my b

              
ad habits lead

    
 to you


[Post-Chorus 3
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

]
           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

     
oh-ooooh
             
My bad habits 

        
lead to you
            
Ooh-ooh-ooh-oo

           
ooh, ooh-ooh-o

          
oh ooh-oooh
             
My bad habits 

        
lead to you


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                              Acoustic Picking Pattern
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Main riff from Ed's acoustic version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhII3j6OGWw
- Detune guitar slightly (~1/4 step) to match tuning in the above video.

            
e|------------
B|----3-x-----
G|----4-x-----
D|----4-x---4-
A|--2---x-2---
E|------------

         
-----|--------
3-x--|----7-x-
4-x--|----6-x-
--x--|----7-x-
--x--|--5-----
-----|--------

            
---------|----
----7-x--|----
----6-x--|----
--7---x--|----
5-----x--|----
---------|--3-

           
-------------|
3-x-----3-x--|
2-x-----2-x--|
0-x---0---x--|
-------------|
----3--------|

          
--------------
------3-x-----
------2-x-----
----0---x---2-
----------0---
--3-----------

-----|
2-x--|
2-x--|
--x--|
--x--|
-----|

            
e|------------
B|----3-x-----
G|----4-x-----
D|----4-x---4-
A|--2---x-2---
E|------------
x = percussive

         
-----|--------
3-x--|----7-x-
4-x--|----6-x-
--x--|----7-x-
--x--|--5-----
-----|--------
 slap to mute 

                           
---------|-----------------|-------------------|
----7-x--|----8-x-----8-x--|-----12-x----12----|
----6-x--|----7-x-----7-x--|-----12-x----12----|
--7---x--|----9-x---9------|-----12-x----12----|
5-----x--|--7-----7--------|--10------10-------|
---------|-----------------|-------------------|
strings