The A Team - Ed Sheeran

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Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Capo on 2nd fret, standard tuning
Chord listing at end.


[Verse]

             
White lips, pa

              
le face, breat

         
hing in snowfl


akes
            
Burnt lungs, s

our taste
             
Light's gone, 

              
day's end, str

           
uggling to pay

#                                   
 rent
            
Long nights, s

trange men

*Strum G/F# once in pattern on way to Em.
 

[Pre-Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

            
ass A Team, st

             
uck in her day

   
dream
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

              
e seems, slowl

           
y sinking, was

ting
              
Crumbling like

             
 pastries, and

              
 they scream t

      
he worst thing

s in life come

 free to us


[Chorus]

            
Cause we're ju

             
st under the u

          
pperhand, and 

go mad for a c

ouple grams
            
And she don't 

          
want to go out

side tonight
            
And in a pipe 

              
she flies to t

             
he Motherland,

    
 or sells love

 to another ma

n
           
It's too cold 

             
outside for an

            
gels to fly   

 
       
          
Angels to fly

          

      


[Verse]

             
Ripped gloves,

              
 raincoat, tri

         
ed to swim and


 stay afloat
            
Dry house, wet

 clothes
             
Loose change, 

              
bank notes, we

           
ary-eyed, dry 

#                
throat
            
Call girl, no 

phone


[Pre-Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

            
ass A Team, st

             
uck in her day

   
dream
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

              
e seems, slowl

           
y sinking, was

ting
              
Crumbling like

             
 pastries, and

              
 they scream t

      
he worst thing

s in life come

 free to us


[Chorus]

            
Cause we're ju

             
st under the u

          
pperhand, and 

go mad for a c

ouple grams
            
And she don't 

          
want to go out

side tonight
            
And in a pipe 

              
she flies to t

             
he Motherland,

    
 or sells love

 to another ma

n
           
It's too cold 

             
outside for an

            
gels to fly   

 
       
          
Angels to fly

          

      


[Bridge]

           
An angel will 

            
die, covered i

  
n white
            
Closed eye and

 
 hoping for a 

better life
           
This time, we'

            
ll fade out to

              
night, straigh

           
t down the lin

e
              
Straight down 

    
the line


[Pre-Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

            
ass A Team, st

             
uck in her day

   
dream
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

              
e seems, slowl

           
y sinking, was

ting
              
Crumbling like

             
 pastries, and

              
 they scream t

      
he worst thing

s in life come

 free to us


[Chorus]

            
Cause we're al

             
l under the up

          
perhand, and g

o mad for a co

uple grams
            
And she don't 

          
want to go out

side tonight
            
And in a pipe 

              
she flies to t

             
he Motherland,

    
 or sells love

 to another ma

n
           
It's too cold 

             
outside for an

             
gels to fly 
          
Angels to fly

       
          
To fly, fly

       
          
Or angels to d

       
ie


End

Chords:
G: 320033  G/F#: 220033  Em: 022000  C: 032003  C2: 032010  Am7:002010

D/F#: 200232*

*On the D/F#, play a D and hook your thumb around to 
play the E string, 2nd fret.