Intro: A Gbm D A Verse: A White lips, pale face, Gbm Breathing in snowflakes, D A Burnt lungs, sour taste. A Light's gone, day's end, Gbm Struggling to pay rent, D A Long nights, strange men. Chorus: Bm7 D And they say she's in the Class a Team, A Stuck in her daydream, E Bm7 Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems D Slowly sinking, wasting, A Crumbling like pastries, And they scream, E The worst things in life come free to us, Gbm D Cos we're just under the upperhand, A And go mad for a couple of grams, Gbm D A And she don't want to go outside tonight, Gbm D And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, A Or sells love to another man, Gbm D It's too cold outside, A Gbm For angels to fly, E Gbm Angels to fly, Verse: A Ripped gloves, raincoat, Gbm Tried to swim and stay afloat, D A Dry house, wet clothes. Loose change, bank notes, Gbm Weary-eyed, dry throat, D A Call girl, no phone. Chorus: Bm7 D And they say she's in the Class a Team, A Stuck in her daydream, E Bm7 Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems D Slowly sinking, wasting, A Crumbling like pastries, And they scream, E The worst things in life come free to us, Gbm D Cos we're just under the upperhand, A And go mad for a couple of grams, Gbm D A And she don't want to go outside tonight, Gbm D And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, A Or sells love to another man, Gbm D It's too cold outside, A Gbm For angels to fly, E Gbm Angels to fly, Bm7 D An angel will die. Bridge: A E Covered in white, Gbm Closed eye, D A And hoping for a better life, Bm D This time, we'll fade out tonight, A Gbm Straight down the line. Chorus: Bm7 D And they say she's in the Class a Team, A Stuck in her daydream, E Bm7 Been this way since 18, but lately her face seems D Slowly sinking, wasting, A Crumbling like pastries, And they scream, E The worst things in life come free to us, Gbm D Cos we're just under the upperhand, A And go mad for a couple of grams, Gbm D A And she don't want to go outside tonight, Gbm D And in a pipe she flies to the Motherland, A Or sells love to another man, Gbm D It's too cold outside, A Gbm For angels to fly, E Gbm Angels to fly, D Gbm To fly, fly, A Gbm E Gbm Angels to fly, to fly, to fly, A Gbm Angels to die. This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
6 ukulele chords used in "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran: A, Bm, Bm7, D, E and Gbm
















If u r struggling with the E, strum the chord E7 but lightly place your middle finger on the string instead of pressing down. This still plays an E chord exactly how it’s supposed to sound as it has all the correct notes in it still. 🙂
Am i the only one who didnt know the meaning of this song until about a year ago when my brother sang it in front of my dad and he yelled at him…?
-2 with a capo on 2nd fret
I use A7 instead of E and it sounds pretty good if you can’t get E.
Strumming pattern?
Bm7 can be switched with Bm and it sounds better in my opinion
Hey Alex I usually just play G,Em,C, G twice before starting
Bm sounds better than Bm7
Not sure about the chord phrasings in the angels to fly/die parts but otherwise a good tab
DDUDU is the strumming pattern I use. Note: the lyrics aren’t exactly the same from the song.
if you’re struggling to play E, i play it a different way and it sounds the exact same:
put your forefinger on the third fret of the A string, your middle finger on the fifth fret of the G string and your ring finger on the fifth fret of the C string. (i would do a diagram but it kept getting messed up lol)
hope this helps!
For a female voice, use +5. It sounds much better
transpose to +3 it so much easier, Am, C, Dm, Dm7, F, G
+3 bit if to low capo on first fret
+1 sounds the best in my opinion
For the strumming, I use either single down strums or softly strumming “DD- light chuck/mute DDU- light chuck/mute” once or twice on every chord, depending on how fast or slow a sentence is played.
its easier for me to use +3 and capo on the first fret
I use Em instead of E. It just sounds better in my opinion, plus it’s easier!! 🙂 Hope this helps.
wow a year ago today
Instead of A then Gbm as the last notes I used E then A and it sounded way better 🙂