The A Team Uke tab by Ed Sheeran

8 Chords used in the song: A, E, F#m, D, Bm7, Dmaj9, F#m7, Amaj7

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Artist: 
Album: 
Year:  2011
Difficulty: 
4.88
(Intermediate)
Key: A, F#mChords
NO CAPO

[Intro]

A chordA E chordE F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA

[Verse]

A chordA
White lips, pale face
E chordE
Breathing in snowflakes
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
Burnt lungs, sour taste
A chordA
Light's gone, day's end
E chordE
Struggling to pay rent
D chordD A chordA
Long nights, strange men



[Pre-chorus]

Bm7 chordBm7
And they say
D chordD
She's in the Class A chordA Team
A chordA
Stuck in her daydream
E chordE
Been this way since eighteen
Bm7 chordBm7
But lately her face seems
D chordD
Slowly sinking, wasting
A chordA
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
E chordE
The worst things in life come free to us



[Chorus]

F#m chordF#m D chordD
'Cause we're just under the upper hand
A chordA
And go mad for a couple grams
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
And she don't want to go outside tonight
F#m chordF#m D chordD
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
A chordA
Or sells love to another man
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
It's too cold outside
E chordE F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
For angels to fly
F#m chordF#m D chordD
For angels to fly


[Verse]

A chordA
Ripped gloves, raincoat
E chordE
Tried to swim and stay afloat
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
Dry house, wet clothes
A chordA
Loose change, bank notes
E chordE
Weary-eyed, dry throat
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
Call girl, no phone


[Pre-chorus]

Bm7 chordBm7
And they say
D chordD
She's in the Class A chordA Team
A chordA
Stuck in her daydream
E chordE
Been this way since eighteen
Bm7 chordBm7
But lately her face seems
D chordD
Slowly sinking, wasting
A chordA
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
E chordE
The worst things in life come free to us


[Chorus]

F#m chordF#m D chordD
'Cause we're just under the upper hand
A chordA
And go mad for a couple grams
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
And she don't want to go outside tonight
F#m chordF#m D chordD
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
A chordA
Or sells love to another man
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
It's too cold outside
E chordE F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
For angels to fly
F#m chordF#m D chordD
For angels to fly


[Bridge]

Bm7 chordBm7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9
An angel will die
F#m7 chordF#m7
Covered in white
Closed eye
A chordA
And hoping for a better life
Bm7 chordBm7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9
This time, we'll fade out tonight
Straight down the line


F#m7 chordF#m7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9 Amaj7 chordAmaj7 F#m7 chordF#m7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9 Amaj7 chordAmaj7


[Pre-chorus]

Bm7 chordBm7
And they say
D chordD
She's in the Class A chordA Team
A chordA
Stuck in her daydream
E chordE
Been this way since eighteen
Bm7 chordBm7
But lately her face seems
D chordD
Slowly sinking, wasting
A chordA
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
E chordE
The worst things in life come free to us


[Chorus]

F#m chordF#m D chordD
'Cause we're just under the upper hand
A chordA
And go mad for a couple grams
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
And she don't want to go outside tonight
F#m chordF#m D chordD
And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland
A chordA
Or sells love to another man
F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
It's too cold outside
E chordE F#m chordF#m D chordD A chordA
For angels to fly
F#m chordF#m D chordD
For angels to fly


Amaj7 chordAmaj7 F#m7 chordF#m7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9 Amaj7 chordAmaj7
To fly, fly
F#m7 chordF#m7 Dmaj9 chordDmaj9 Amaj7 chordAmaj7
For angels to fly, to fly, to fly
E chordE A chordA
Angels to die

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The "E"s in the verses could be replaced by an A/G# chord, that is an A chord with a G# in the bass [speaking more as a guitarist than a uke player...]

Some of the chords are misaligned, but that could be partly due to the way ukulele-tabs.com processes what we enter...

17 Jun 2016
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About this song: The A Team

The A Team Songfacts explains the song is a true story and was written by Sheeran after meeting a homeless prostitute called Angel, whilst volunteering at a Crisis homeless shelter. The song became the highest selling debut single on the UK singles charts in the first half of 2011.'The A Team' was the debut single release from twenty-year-old singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran and is a story about a girl he met whilst volunteering at a homeless shelter – it soared into the top three on its release in June 2011. Read more on Last.fm.

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