Picking pattern for Intro shown below. For all picking patterns, see tab version:
https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/ed_sheeran/supermarket_flowers_tabs_1974049
Verse + Chorus Pre-Chorus
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[G] 32003x [Am7] x0201x
[G/B] x2003x [C] x3201x
[Cadd9] x3203x [G] 32003x
[Em] 02200x [D] xx023x
[D] xx023x
Capo 2nd fret
Intro
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------3----------3-----------3-----------3------|
G|------0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
D|---------------------------------------------------| x2
A|---------------2----------3-----------3------------|
E|---3-----------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
I took the supermarket flowers from the windowsill
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
I threw the day old tea from the cup
[Em] [D] [G] [Cadd9]
Packed up the photo albums Matthew had made
[Cadd9] [D] [G]
Memories of a life that’s been loved
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
I took the get well soon cards and stuffed animals
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
I poured the old ginger beer down the sink
[Em] [D] [G] [Cadd9]
Dad always told me don’t you cry when you’re down
[Cadd9] [D] [G]
But mum there’s a tear every time that I blink
Pre-Chorus 1
[Am7] [C] [G] [D]
Oh I’m in pieces it’s tearing me up but I know
[Am7] [C] [G] [D]
A heart that’s broke is a heart that’s been loved
Chorus 1
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
So I’ll sing Hallelujah
[D] [G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
[D]
When I fell down you’d be there
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
Holding me up, spread your wings as you go
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
And when God takes you back, he’ll say Hallelujah, you’re home
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9] [D]
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
Verse 2
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
I fluffed the pillows, made the beds, stacked the chairs up
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
Folded your nightgowns neatly in a case
[Em] [D] [G] [Cadd9]
John said he’d drive then put his hand on my cheek
[Cadd9] [D] [G]
And wiped a tear from the side of my face
Pre-Chorus 2
[Am7] [C] [G] [D]
And I hope that I see the world as you did cause I know
[Am7] [C] [G] [D]
A life with love is a life that’s been lived
Chorus 2
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
So I’ll sing Hallelujah
[D] [G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
[D]
When I fell down you’d be there
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
Holding me up, spread your wings as you go
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
And when God takes you back, he’ll say Hallelujah, you’re home
[G] [G/B] [Cadd9]
Chorus 3
(G = 32000x)
(Bm = x2020x)
(Cmaj7 = x3200x)
[G] [Bm] [Cmaj7]
Hallelujah
[G] [Bm] [Cmaj7]
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
You got to see the person I have become, spread your wings and I know that when
[Em] [C] [G] [D] [G]
God took you back, he said Hallelujah, you’re home
