Photograph tab by Ed Sheeran
The guitar tabs and chords below are for the song “Photograph” by Ed Sheeran which you can find on his second album simply called “X”. The album got good reviews and includes many catchy songs, so this is the fifth single of five. The promotional video to the song is old home taped video of Ed recorded during his childhood. It is fun and personal to see.
Photograph starts with strums of the acoustic guitar, the guitar chord progression, as you can see below, is very common in modern pop music. The lyrics deals with a long-distance relationship Sheeran once had with a Scottish singer called Nina Nesbitt.
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Capo on 4th
Intro:
try to make the first notes of each group of 7 notes ring for the whole section
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-0-1-----------1-0-1----------1-0-1----------1-0-1----------1-0-1--------|
G|-----------0---------------0--------------0--------------0--------------0-----|
D|-------------3-2-------------3-2------------3-2------------3-2------------3-2-|
A|-3----------------3--------------0--------------0-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------3--------------|
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|---1-0-1----------1-0-1-----------------------|
G|----------0--------------0--------------------|
D|------------3-2------------3-2----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|-3--------------1--------------1--------------|
(Chords palm muted)
Verse:
CC 
AmAm
Loving can hurt, loving can hurt sometimes
GG 
FF
But it's the only thing that I know
CC AmAm
When it gets hard, you know it can get hard sometimes
GG FF
It is the only thing that makes us feel alive
Pre Chorus:
AmAm FF
We keep this love in a photograph
CC GG
We made these memories for ourselves
AmAm FF
Where our eyes are never closing, hearts are never broken
CC GG
And time's forever frozen still
Chorus:
CC
So you can keep me
GG
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
AmAm
Holding me closer 'til our eyes meet
FF
You won't ever be alone, wait for me to come home
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B|----1-0-1-----------1-0-1-|
G|-----------0--------------|
D|-------------3-2----------|
A|-3----------------3-------|
E|--------------------------|
Verse:
CC AmAm
Loving can heal, loving can mend your soul
GG FF
And it's the only thing that I know, know
CC AmAm
I swear it will get easier, remember that with every piece of you
GG FF
And it's the only thing we take with us when we die
Pre Chorus:
AmAm FF
We keep this love in this photograph
CC GG
We made these memories for ourselves
AmAm FF
Where our eyes are never closing, hearts are never broken
CC GG
And time's forever frozen still
Chorus:
CC
So you can keep me
GG
Inside the pocket of your ripped jeans
AmAm
Holding me closer ’til our eyes meet
FF
You won’t ever be alone
CC
And if you hurt me
GG
That’s okay baby, only words bleed
AmAm
Inside these pages you just hold me
FF
And I won’t ever let you go
AmAm
Wait for me to come home
FF
Wait for me to come home
CC
Wait for me to come home
Gsus4Gsus4
Wait for me to come home
CC
You can fit me
GG
Inside the necklace you got when you were sixteen
AmAm
Next to your heartbeat where I should be
FF
Keep it deep within your soul
CC
And if you hurt me
GG
Well, that’s okay baby, only words bleed
AmAm
Inside these pages you just hold me
FF
And I won’t ever let you go
CC single chord
When I’m away, I will remember how you kissed me
Under the lamppost back on Sixth street
Hearing you whisper through the phone,
"Wait for me to come home."
Other versions of Photograph
