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Hard to hear if it's Dadd4 or Dadd4add9 (whatever that is) or what, but
Standard tuning
Capo on fourth fret!
         G= 320033        C= x32010    Emadd9= 024000
 Dadd4add9 = x54030    Dadd4= x54032        Em= 022000
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[INTRO]
  GDadd4add9    CDadd4add9
  G    Dadd4    CDadd4add9
[VERSE I]
                      GDadd4add9           CDadd4add9
This is the start of something  beautiful
GThis is the start of sometDadd4hing  nCewDadd4  
GYou are the one that will make Dadd4me   lCose it allDadd4  
GYou are the start of sometDadd4hing   Cnew, oh
[CHORUS]
(Dadd4add9)   Emadd9  
     And I'll throw it all away
   CAnd watch yGou fall       Emadd9into my Carms aGgain
And I'll Emadd9throw it all away
             C         G      CDadd4add9
   And watch you fall,     now
[VERSE II]
GYou are the earth that I Dadd4will staCnd uponDadd4  
                         GDadd4add9  C  
You are the words that I will         sing, hmmm
[CHORUS]
(Dadd4add9)    Emadd9  
      And I've thrown it all away
   CAnd watched yGou fall       Emadd9into his Carms aGgain
And I've Emadd9thrown it all away
   CAnd watched yGou fallC,    nDadd4ow, whoa-oh-oh
[BRIDGE]
                   CDadd4add9
   And take me back,       take me home
   EmWatch me fall    Gdown to earth
   CTake me back,       Dadd4for
[VERSE III]
GThis is the start of someDadd4thing beCautifulDadd4  
GYou are the start of sometDadd4hing  nCew.

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by Ed Sheeran

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Emadd9

Dadd4

-------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hard to hear if it's Dadd4 or Dadd4add9 (whatever that is) or what, but

Standard tuning

Capo on fourth fret!

G C Emadd9

= 320033 = x32010 = 024000

Dadd4 Em

Dadd4add9 = x54030 = x54032 = 022000

*************************************************************************

[INTRO]

G C

Dadd4add9 Dadd4add9

G Dadd4 C

Dadd4add9

[VERSE I]

G C

Dadd4add9 Dadd4add9

This is the start of something beautiful

G Dadd4 C Dadd4

This is the start of something new

G Dadd4 C Dadd4

You are the one that will make me lose it all

G Dadd4 C

You are the start of something new, oh

[CHORUS]

Emadd9

(Dadd4add9)

And I'll throw it all away

C G Emadd9 C G

And watch you fall into my arms again

Emadd9

And I'll throw it all away

C G C

Dadd4add9

And watch you fall, now

[VERSE II]

G Dadd4 C Dadd4

You are the earth that I will stand upon

G C

Dadd4add9

You are the words that I will sing, hmmm

[CHORUS]

Emadd9

(Dadd4add9)

And I've thrown it all away

C G Emadd9 C G

And watched you fall into his arms again

Emadd9

And I've thrown it all away

C G C Dadd4

And watched you fall, now, whoa-oh-oh

[BRIDGE]

Dadd4add9

And take me back, take me home

Em G

Watch me fall down to earth

C Dadd4

Take me back, for

[VERSE III]

G Dadd4 C Dadd4

This is the start of something beautiful

G Dadd4 C

You are the start of something new.

About This Chords by Ed Sheeran

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