This tab follows the piano chords on the album recording. To match how
Ed plays this on guitar, search for "Supermarket Flowers Acoustic".


Verse + Chorus    Pre-Chorus   
--------------    ----------   
    x3201x         xx0231       Note for ease of reading:                               
   x22010          13321x       - Em shown for C/B
    x33210          x32010       - F shown for Fmaj7/C
   x02210          32003x   
    32003x                    
  xx021x


Capo 6th fret


[Intro]
    
    


[Verse 1]
             
I took the sup

            
ermarket flowe

              
rs from the wi

    
ndowsill
             
I threw the da

            
y old tea from

         
 the cup
            
   Packed up t

             
he photo album

          
 Matthew had m

    
ade
             
Memories of a 

             
life that’s be

         
en loved

             
Took the get w

            
ell soon cards

             
 and stuffed a

nimals
             
Poured the old

            
 ginger beer d

             
own the sink
            
   Dad always 

             
told me don’t 

            
you cry when y

         
ou’re down
              
But mum there’

             
s a tear every

             
 time that I b

     
link


[Pre-Chorus 1]
            
   Oh I’m in p

             
ieces, it’s te

          
aring me up bu

t I know
            
   A heart tha

             
t’s broke is a

             
 heart that’s 

           
been loved


[Chorus 1]
             
So I’ll sing H

             
allelujah 
             
You were an an

             
gel in the sha

                
pe of my mum
            
When I fell do

wn you’d be th

ere
            
Holding me up,

             
 spread your w

             
ings as you go


 
            
And when God t

              
akes you back,

            
 he’ll say Hal

             
lelujah, you’r

      
e home
       
    


[Verse 2]
              
I fluffed the 

             
pillows, made 

            
the beds, stac

              
ked the chairs


 up
             
Folded your ni

            
ghtgowns neatl

            
y in a case
           
     John said

             
 he’d drive th

             
en put his han

              
d on my cheek
             
And wiped a te

             
ar from the si

          
de of my face


[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
   And I hope 

             
that I see the

             
 world as you 

   
did cause I kn

ow
            
   A life with

            
 love is a lif

              
e that’s been 

      
lived


[Chorus 2]
             
So I’ll sing H

             
allelujah 
             
You were an an

             
gel in the sha

                
pe of my mum
            
When I fell do

wn you’d be th

ere
            
Holding me up,

             
 spread your w

             
ings as you go


 
            
And when God t

              
akes you back,

            
 he’ll say Hal

             
lelujah, you’r

      
e home


[Bridge]
     
Ooh ooh ooh
     
Ooh ooh ooh
     
Ooh ooh ooh
      
Ooh ooh ooh


[Chorus 3]

(C  = x32010)
(Em = x22003)
(Fadd9 = xx3213)

           
Hallelujah 

  
              
You were an an

             
gel in the sha

                
pe of my mum
              
You got to see

            
 the person I 

             
have become, s

             
pread your win

             
gs and I know 

that when
            
God took you b

             
ack, he said H

            
allelujah, you

         
’re home



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