ED SHEERAN The A-Team

(lead guitar)
0:17 - 0:36
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1:35 - 1:56
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1:57 - 2:20
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2:20 - 2:53
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2:54 - 3:10
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3:11 - END
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(strumming)
G
C1 G
C1 G
C1
G
G/F#
G
G/f#
Em
White lips, pale face, breathing in snowflakes
C2
G
C1
Burnt lungs, sour taste
G
G/f# Em
Lights gone, days end, struggling to pay rent
C2
G
Long nights, strange men
Am7
C3
G
And they say shes in the Class A Team, stuck in her daydream
D/F#
Am7
C3
Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems, slowly sinking, wasting
G
D/F#
Crumbling like pastries, and they scream the worst things in life come free to us
Em
C2
G
Cos she's just under the upper hand, and go mad for a couple of grams
Em
C2
G
And she dont want to go outside tonight
Em
C2
G
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, or sells love to another man
Em
C2
G
D/F#
Em
C2 G
Its too cold outside for angels to fly,
Em
C2
G
G/f#
for angels to fly
(repeat chords from top)
Ripped gloves, raincoat, tried to swim and stay afloat
Dry house, wet clothes
Loose change, bank notes, weary-eyed, dry throat
Call girl, no phone
And they say shes in the Class A Team, stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems, slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries, and they scream the worst things in life come free to us
Cos she's just under the upper hand, and go mad for a couple of grams
And she dont want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, or sells love to another man
Its too cold outside for angels to fly, angels to fly
Am7
C3
Em
An angel will die, covered in white
G/f#
G
Closed eye and hoping for a better life
Am7
C3 slide-D
Em
C3
G D/F#
This time, well fade out tonight, straight down the line
Em
C3 G D/F#
Straight down the line
And they say shes in the Class A Team, stuck in her daydream
Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems, slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries, and they scream the worst things in life come free to us
Cos were all under the upper hand, and go mad for a couple of grams
And she dont want to go outside tonight
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, or sells love to another man
D/F#
Its too cold outside for angels to fly, angels to fly. To fly, fly
D/F#
G
Or angels to die