Ed Sheeran – Take It Back chords

Chords:
Transpose:
As played at Royal Albert Hall (24/3/2014)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WJNZB0Dyuw

Basically you can repeat the following nearly through the whole song:
Dm // Dm // Bb // C  A7/C#

Dm Bb C A7/C# A A *E----(5)----(1)----(3)------0--------0--------x---5----------------|B-----6------3------5------(5)------(5)-------x---5----------------|G-----7------3------5-------5---or---6--------2---6----------------|D-----7------3------5-------5--------5--------2---7----------------|A-----5------1------3-------4--------4--------0---7----------------|E-----x------x------x-------x--------x--------0---5----------------|
I think when Ed Sheeran strums he mostly uses the A,D,G strings only and when he picks the A,G,B strings. [Verse 1]
DmI'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flow
I've got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know
BbYou found me ripping the writtens
out of the pages they sit in
CAnd never once I get bitten,
A7/C#cause plagiarism is hidden
DmWhich I would sit on the rhythm,
prisoner with a vision Signs of a label, but didn't listen to any criticism
BbThought you knew but you didn't
Perk your ears up and listen
CStudio with a system
A7/C# And you could say that I'm driven
DmAnd now it's on to the next saga,
we drink the best lager I never tried to win you over like your stepfather
BbI do my own thing now, and get respect after
C A7/C#And I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter
DmFor four years I never had a place to stay
but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight
BbAt 16 years old yeah I moved out of my home
C A7/C#I was Macy Gray I tried to say goodbye and
I choked
DmAnd we've been sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population
BbNot my imagination, I don't want to relax
ABut would it hurt your reputation,
A *if I put it on wax?
I take it back now [Chorus]
DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh
BbCome on and take it back now
C A7/C# DmCome on and take it back for us
Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love,
C A7/C#nooooohh
[Verse 2]
DmTake it back with the rhythm and blues
and my rap pack I'll be singing the news, trying to act like Jack Black when I repeat the school
BbI'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop,
C A7/C#bringing the lyrics to prove that I can fit in these shoes
DmAnd keeping the truth through the vocal booth,
stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit,
Bbthey try to take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot,
Cbut then again that's what they're supposed to do,
A7/C#and I'm supposed to be calm,
DmI tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything that happens is from now on,
BbI'll be willing to start again by the end of the song,
C A7/C#still they're claiming that I handled it wrong,
Dmbut then I never had an enemy, except the NME,
but I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be,
Bbwith only spectacles ahead of me on festival fees,
C A7/C#healthier than a Dalmatian, no pedigree,
Dmsinging for the masses,
rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit and keep on passioning magic,
BbI'm battling with respect,
CI don't know if I'll have it,
Athis songs from the heart,
cover the plaque I'll take it back now [Chorus]
DmMmh Mmh
BbCome on and take it back now
C A7/C# DmCome on and take it back for us
Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love,
C A7/C#nooooohh
[Verse 3] (Pick here! Use A,G,B strings and second version of A/C#) Take it back now
DmI don't ever wanna be perfect,
Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless
BbI accept the fact that someone's got to win worst-dressed,
C A7/C#Taking my first steps into the scene,
giving me focus
DmPutting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton
Considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless
BbRhyming over recordings,
avoiding tradition
C Cause everyday some lyrics
A7/C#and a melody can be written
DmNow absence can make your heart break
But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be
BbAnd I say it again,
CLiving life on the edge,
A7/C#with a closed hand full of friends
Is good advice from a man
Dmwho took his life on the road with me
and I hope to see him blowing up globally
BbCause that's how it's supposed to be
screaming out vocally
CIt might seem totally impossible
A7/C#achieving life's dreams
DmBut, but I just write schemes
I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans
BbMadison Square Garden is where I might be
But more likely,
CYou'll find me in the back
A7/C#room of a dive bar with my mates
DmHaving a pint with McDaid
Discussing records we made And every single second knowing that we'll never betray
BbThe way we were raised
Remembering our background Sat down
CThat's how we put it out
A7/C#It's time to take it back now
[Chorus]
DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh
BbCome on and take it back now
C A7/C# DmCome on and take it back for us
Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love,
C A7/C#nooooohh uuuuuuuhh
DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh
BbCome on and take it back now
C A7/C# DmCome on and take it back for us
Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love,
C A7/C#nooooohh
[Verse 4] (Strum every chord only once here!)
DmMy dreams keep me awake at night
Dmwritten in rhymes, and I, deliver the hype am I
just living the lie
Bbwith this you must know that the number's just sold woah
C A7/C#Will keep me going through the tough times, dream with me
DmWe forget 90 percent of it when we wake
DmBut the other 10 per cent it never fades
BbDreaming dreams, day to day goals,
CStay awake loads, try to make the cut like the
A7/C#paper or razor blade, oh, never give up
DmAnd just remember just to hold out more
DmCouple years ago
I couldn't just control that thought
BbYou'd find me buskin' on the street
When it was cold outdoors
CAnd now I'm sweating on the stage
A7/C# of a sold out tour
Dm Writing love songs for the sake of it,
never to make a hit
DmYou can't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick
BbI'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and
C A7/C#Most the other guys are kids that pose his little sister
Dmhas to babysit, that's just a way it is
DmDreams you own, just set your goals
and have the utmost faith in it
BbTread your own path, you'll never make it as a follower,
C A7/C#you'll never know where you will go or where you'll be tomorrow
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