Take it back - Ed Sheeran This is based on the album version of this song. He plays two bass notes before most chords and you could easily figure out the strumming pattern by simply listening to the song. Note: He plays only the bass notes of the chords in the first half of the third verse. Dm7 e|---8-----| Bb e|---1-----| C e|---3-----| C#dim e|---0-----| B|---6-----| B|---3-----| B|---5-----| B|---5-----| G|---5-----| G|---3-----| G|---5-----| G|---6-----| D|---7-----| D|---3-----| D|---5-----| D|---5-----| A|---5-----| A|---1-----| A|---3-----| A|---4-----| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| D5 e|---------| Bb5 e|---------| C5 e|---------| C#dim e|---------| B|---------| B|---------| B|---------| B|---------| G|---------| G|---------| G|---------| G|---------| D|---7-----| D|---3-----| D|---5-----| D|---5-----| A|---5-----| A|---1-----| A|---3-----| A|---4-----| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| E|---------| Verse 1:

^Dm7I'm not a rapper; I'm a singer with the flow. I've got a habit for spitting quicker lyrics, you know. You found me r^Bbipping the writtens out of the pages they sit in. I never w^Cant to get bitten 'Cause plagiari^C#dimsm is hidden. Watch how I ^Dm7sit on the rhythm. Prisoner with a vision. Signs of a label, but didn't listen to any criticism. Thought you ^Bbknew but you didn't So perk your ears up and listen. Studi^Co is a system, and you could ^C#dimsay that I'm driven ^Dm7And 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 ^CAnd I'm avoiding the ^C#dim'caine like it was Get Carter ^Dm7For four years I never had a place to stay, but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight ^BbAt 16 years old, yeah I moved out of my home. I was M^Cacy Gray I tried to say go^C#dimodbye and I choked ^D5I went from sleeping at the subway station to sleeping with a Movie star and adding to the population Not my ^Bb5imagination, I don't wanna relax. Would it hurt your^C5 reputation if I put it on^C#dim wax? I'll take it back now...

Chorus:

^Dm7Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,^Bb ^CC'mon and take it ^C#dimback for us^Dm7 Don't you fade into the back love.^Bb ^CNoooh

Verse 2:

^C#dimI take it back with the ^Dm7rhythm and blues. With my rap pack I'll be singing the news, Trying to act like Jack Black when I bring 'em to school ^BbI'll make a beat with my feet by just hitting a loop ^CBringing the lyrics to prove^C#dim that I can fit in these shoes, ^Dm7I give you the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit, They ^Bbtry to take aim like Beckham when he goes to shoot, but then a^Cgain that's what they're s^C#dimupposed to do, ^Dm7And I'm supposed to be calm, I tattooed the lyrics onto my arm, Whispering everything that happens is from now on. ^BbI'll be ready to start again by the end of the song, Still they're ^Cclaiming that I handled it ^C#dimwrong, ^D5But then I never had an enemy, except the NME, But I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be, ^Bb5With only spectacles ahead of me and festival f^C5ees, are healthier than a D^C#5almatian on Pedigree, ^D5Singing for the masses, Rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit, And keep on fashioning magic, ^Bb5I'm battling for respect, I don't know if I'll have it^C, This songs from the h^C#dimeart, Cover the planet I'll take it back now

Chorus:

^Dm7Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,^Bb ^CC'mon and take it ^C#dimback for us^Dm7 Don't you fade into the back love.^Bb ^CNoooh ^C#dimI take it back now

Verse 3:

^Dm7Now I don't ever want to be perfect, cause I'm a singer that you never want to see shirtless. And I ^Bbaccept the fact that someone's gotta win worst-dressed, taking my ^Cfirst steps into the sc^C#ene, Giving me focus. ^Dm7Putting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton. Considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless. ^BbRhyming over recordings. Avoiding tradition. Cause every ^Cday some lyrics and a ^C#dimmelody can be written ^Dm7Now absence can make your heart ache. But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be. ^BbAnd I say it again, living life on the ^Cedge, With a closed ha^C#dimnd full of friends ^Dm7Is good advice from a man who took his life on the road with me. And I hope to see him blowing up globally Cause that's how it's ^Bbsupposed to be. I'm screaming out vocally It might seem ^Ctotally impossible achieving life's dreams but, ^Dm7but I just write schemes. I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans. Madison Square ^BbGarden is where I might be But more likely, You'll fin^Cd me in the back room of a dive ^C#dimbar with my mates ^Dm7Having a pint with McDaid. Discussing records we made And every single second knowing that we'll never betray The way we ^Bbwere raised. Remembering our background. S^Cat down. That's how we plan it ^C#dimout; It's time to take it back now

Chorus:

^Dm7Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,^Bb ^CC'mon and take it ^C#dimback for us^Dm7 Don't you fade into the back love.^Bb ^CNoooo ^C#dim ^Dm7Mmmm c'mon and take it back love,^Bb ^CC'mon and take it ^C#dimback for us^Dm7 Don't you fade into the back love.^Bb ^CNoo^C#dimoo ^Dm7

Ed Sheeran - Take it back