Artist: Ed Sheeran
Song: Thinking Out Loud (acoustic)
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIvxGkqzNh8
Transcription: SCA, kostya.levin.sca@gmail.com
Note:
Watch the video in the link above!
VERSION 1 (as in the video)
Tuning: 1 step down!!! (D-G-C-F-A-D)
Capo: NO capo
Chords used:
[D]: x.x.0.2.3.x (hammer x.x.0.0.3.x to x.x.0.2.3.x)
[D/F#]: 2.x.0.2.3.x
[G]: 3.x.0.0.0.x
[A]: x.0.2.2.2.x
[Em]: 0.2.2.0.0.0
[A7]: x.0.2.0.2.0
[D]*: x.x.0.2.3.2
[D4]: x.x.0.2.3.3
[Bm7]: x.2.4.2.3.2
[G9]: 3.x.0.0.3.3
[A4]: x.0.2.2.3.3
[D/F#]*: 2.x.0.2.3.3
Riff1:
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-----2h4p2-----|
D|------------4--|
A|--0------------|
E|---------------|
Verse
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1
When your legs don't work like they used to before
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks
Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70
Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
[G] [A]
And I'm thinking 'bout how
Pre-Chorus
[Em] [A7] [D]* [D4]
People fall in love in mysterious ways
[Em] [A7]
Maybe just the touch of a hand
[Em] [A7] [Bm7]
Oh me I fall in love with you every single day
[Em] [A7]
And I just wanna tell you I am
Chorus
[D] [D/F#] [G]
So honey now
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G]
Take me into your loving arms
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
Place your head on my beating heart
[G] [A]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Bm7] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A7] [D]
Maybe we found love right where we are
Verse
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
And the crowds don't remember my name
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
When my hands don't play the strings the same way, mm
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
I know you will still love me the same
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] [D] [D/F#] [G] [A]
'Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] [D] [D/F#] [G]
Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory
[A]
I'm thinking 'bout how
Pre-Chorus
[Em] [A7] [D]* [D4]
People fall in love in mysterious ways
[Em] [A7]
Maybe it's all part of a plan
[Em] [A7] [Bm7]
I just keep on making the same mistakes
[Em] [A7]
Hoping that you'll understand
Chorus
[D] [D/F#] [G]
But baby now
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G]
Take me into your loving arms
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#] [G]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
Place your head on my beating heart
[G] [A]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Bm7] [A] [G] [D/F#] [Em] [A7] [D]
That maybe we found love right where we are
Break
[D] [D/F#] [G] [A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
[G] [A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
Ah la la, la la la
[G] [A] Riff1 [D] [D/F#]
Mmmm mmmm mmmmmm
[Bridge (start strumming)]
[D]* [D]*/[F#] [G9] [A4]
[End]
[D]* [D]*/[F#] [G9]
So honey now
[A4] [D]* [D]*/[F#] [G9]
Take me into your loving arms
[A4] [D]* [D]*/[F#] [G9]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[A4] [D]* [D]*/[F#]
Place your head on my beating heart
[G9] [A4]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Bm7] [A] [G9] [D/F#] [Em] [A] [D]
Maybe we found love right where we are
[Bm7] [A] [G9] [D/F#] [Em] [A] [D]
Baby we found love right where we are
[Bm7] [A] [G9] [D/F#] [Em] [A] [D]
And we found love right where we are
VERSION 2 (for standard tuning)
Tuning: standard (E-A-D-G-B-e)
Capo: NO capo
Chords used:
Riff1
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|-----0h2p0-----|
D|------------2--|
A|---------------|
E|--3------------|
Verse
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
When your legs don't work like they used to before
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
And I can't sweep you off of your feet
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love
[C] [C/E] [F] [G]
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks
Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F] [G]
And darling I will be loving you 'til we're 70
Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
And baby my heart could still fall as hard at 23
[F] [G]
And I'm thinking 'bout how
Pre-chorus
[Dm] [G7] [C] [Csus4]
People fall in love in mysterious ways
[Dm] [G7]
Maybe just the touch of a hand
[Dm] [G7] [Am7]
Oh me I fall in love with you every single day
[Dm] [G7]
And I just wanna tell you I am
Chorus
[C] [C/E] [F]
So honey now
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F]
Take me into your loving arms
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Place your head on my beating heart
[F] [G]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Am7] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [G7] [C]
Maybe we found love right where we are
Verse
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
When my hair's all but gone and my memory fades
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
And the crowds don't remember my name
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1
When my hands don't play the strings the same way, mm
[C] [C/E] [F] [G]
I know you will still love me the same
Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F] [G] [C] [C/E] [F] [G]
'Cause honey your soul can never grow old, it's evergreen
Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Baby your smile's forever in my mind and memory
[F] [G]
I'm thinking 'bout how
Pre-chorus
[Dm] [G7] [C] [Csus4]
People fall in love in mysterious ways
[Dm] [G7]
Maybe it's all part of a plan
[Dm] [G7] [Am7]
I just keep on making the same mistakes
[Dm] [G7]
Hoping that you'll understand
Chorus
[C] [C/E] [F]
But baby now
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F]
Take me into your loving arms
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E] [F]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Place your head on my beating heart
[F] [G]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Am7] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [G7] [C]
That maybe we found love right where we are
Break
[C] [C/E] [F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh
[F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Ah la la, la la la
[F] [G] Riff1 [C] [C/E]
Mmmm mmmm mmmmmm
[Bridge (start strumming)]
[C] [C/E] [F] [G]
[End]
[C] [C/E] [F]
So honey now
[G] [C] [C/E] [F]
Take me into your loving arms
[G] [C] [C/E] [F]
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
[G] [C] [C/E]
Place your head on my beating heart
[F] [G]
I'm thinking out loud
Riff1 [Am7] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [G] [C]
Maybe we found love right where we are
[Am7] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [G] [C]
Baby we found love right where we are
[Am7] [G] [F] [C/E] [Dm] [G] [C]
And we found love right where we are
Note II:
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