The A Team - Ed Sheeran

Version 7 of 17
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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The C chords throughout the song can be played as normal C's (X-3-2-0-1-0), C (let's call it C*) with an added 
G note by playing the 3rd fret of the E string (X-3-2-0-1-3), or as Cadd9's (X-3-2-0-3-3). You can also mix 
it up and play C through the verse, C* in the chorus (You can also try keeping 3rd fret on the E string pinned
on all the chords throughout the chorus) and Cadd9 in the bridge. Have fun with it, it's a fun song to play 
anyway.....about a seriously hard life but still a fun song, musically, to play around with.

Capo 2

[Intro]

          


[Verse 1]


White lips, pa

le face,
             
Breathing in s

/     
nowflakes,
             
Burnt lungs, s

    
our taste.

Light's gone, 

day's end,
              
Struggling to 

    
pay rent,
             
Long nights, s

       
trange men.


[Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

    
ass A Team,
             
Stuck in her d

aydream,
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

e seems
              
Slowly sinking

  
, wasting,
              
Crumbling like

 
 pastries,

And they scream,
    
The worst thin

gs in life com

e free to us,
            
Cos we're just

             
 under the upp

     
erhand,

And go mad for

 a couple gram

s,
            
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 man

,
           
It's too cold 

       
outside,
          
For angels to 

    
fly,
            
Angels to fly,

  


[Verse 2]


Ripped gloves,

 raincoat,
              
Tried to swim 

          
and stay afloa


t,
             
Dry house, wet

   
 clothes.

Loose change, bank notes,
            
Weary-eyed, dr

     
y throat,
             
Call girl, no 

  
phone.


[Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

    
ass A Team,
             
Stuck in her d

aydream,
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

e seems
              
Slowly sinking

  
, wasting,
              
Crumbling like

 
 pastries,

And they scream,
    
The worst thin

gs in life com

e free to us,
            
Cos we're just

             
 under the upp

     
erhand,

And go mad for

 a couple gram

s,
            
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 man

,
           
It's too cold 

       
outside,
          
For angels to 


fly,
              
An angel will 


die.


[Bridge]

           
Covered in whi

te,

Closed eye,
             
And hoping for

   
 a better life

,
           
This time, we'

            
ll fade out to

night,
              
Straight down 

             
the line.

      


[Chorus]

           
And they say s

              
he's in the Cl

    
ass A Team,
             
Stuck in her d

aydream,
              
Been this way 

          
since 18, but 

           
lately her fac

e seems
              
Slowly sinking

  
, wasting,
              
Crumbling like

 
 pastries,

And they scream,
    
The worst thin

gs in life com

e free to us,
            
Cos we're just

             
 under the upp

     
erhand,

And go mad for

 a couple gram

s,
            
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 man

,
           
It's too cold 

      
outside,
             
For angels to 

    
fly,
           
Angels to fly,

  
           
To fly,     fl

 
y,
           
Angels to fly,

           
 to fly, to fl

y,
      
Angels to die.