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] Dm I'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know Bb You found me ripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in C And never once I get bitten, A7/C# cause plagiarism is hidden Dm Which I would sit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signs of a label, but didn't listen to any criticism Bb Thought you knew but you didn't Perk your ears up and listen C Studio with a system A7/C# And you could say that I'm driven Dm And now it's on to the next saga, we drink the best lager I never tried to win you over like your stepfather Bb I do my own thing now, and get respect after C A7/C# And I'm avoiding cocaine like it was Get Carter Dm For four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight Bb At 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 Dm And we've been sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population Bb Not my imagination, I don't want to relax A But would it hurt your reputation, A * if I put it on wax? I take it back now [Chorus] Dm Mmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Bb Come on and take it back now C A7/C# Dm Come on and take it back for us Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love, C A7/C# nooooohh [Verse 2] Dm Take 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 Bb I'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 Dm And keeping the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit, Bb they try to take aim like beckham when he goes to shoot, C but then again that's what they're supposed to do, A7/C# and I'm supposed to be calm, Dm I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything that happens is from now on, Bb I'll be willing to start again by the end of the song, C A7/C# still they're claiming that I handled it wrong, Dm but then I never had an enemy, except the NME, but I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be, Bb with only spectacles ahead of me on festival fees, C A7/C# healthier than a Dalmatian, no pedigree, Dm singing for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit and keep on passioning magic, Bb I'm battling with respect, C I don't know if I'll have it, A this songs from the heart, cover the plaque I'll take it back now [Chorus] Dm Mmh Mmh Bb Come on and take it back now C A7/C# Dm Come 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 Dm I don't ever wanna be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless Bb I accept the fact that someone's got to win worst-dressed, C A7/C# Taking my first steps into the scene, giving me focus Dm Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton Considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless Bb Rhyming over recordings, avoiding tradition C Cause everyday some lyrics A7/C# and a melody can be written Dm Now absence can make your heart break But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be Bb And I say it again, C Living life on the edge, A7/C# with a closed hand full of friends Is good advice from a man Dm who took his life on the road with me and I hope to see him blowing up globally Bb Cause that's how it's supposed to be screaming out vocally C It might seem totally impossible A7/C# achieving life's dreams Dm But, but I just write schemes I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans Bb Madison Square Garden is where I might be But more likely, C You'll find me in the back A7/C# room of a dive bar with my mates Dm Having a pint with McDaid Discussing records we made And every single second knowing that we'll never betray Bb The way we were raised Remembering our background Sat down C That's how we put it out A7/C# It's time to take it back now [Chorus] Dm Mmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Bb Come on and take it back now C A7/C# Dm Come on and take it back for us Dm Bb Don't you fade into the back love, C A7/C# nooooohh uuuuuuuhh Dm Mmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Bb Come on and take it back now C A7/C# Dm Come 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!) Dm My dreams keep me awake at night Dm written in rhymes, and I, deliver the hype am I just living the lie Bb with 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 Dm We forget 90 percent of it when we wake Dm But the other 10 per cent it never fades Bb Dreaming dreams, day to day goals, C Stay awake loads, try to make the cut like the A7/C# paper or razor blade, oh, never give up Dm And just remember just to hold out more Dm Couple years ago I couldn't just control that thought Bb You'd find me buskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors C And 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 Dm You can't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick Bb I'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 Dm has to babysit, that's just a way it is Dm Dreams you own, just set your goals and have the utmost faith in it Bb Tread 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
