Remember The Name chords by Ed Sheeran

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Main Verse riff:     Chorus chords – open position:
   Em*  D MajorD         E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
e|----7-----5----|    e|----0----0----2----|
BB|----8-----7----|    BB|----0----0----3----|
G+G|----9-----7----|    G+G|----0----0----2----|
D MajorD|---------------|    D MajorD|----2----2----4----|
A augmentedA|---------------|    A augmentedA|----2----3----2----|
E MajorE|---------------|    E MajorE|----0--------------|

* If desired during verses, can play E minorEm as shown instead of Cmaj7Cmaj7

Verse 1:
E minorEm
  Yeah I was born a misfit, grew up ten miles from the town of Ipswich
             D MajorD
Wanted to make it big, I wished it to existence
 E minorEm
I never was a sick kid, always dismissed quick
            D MajorD
“Stick to singing, stop rappin’ like it’s Christmas”

  E minorEm
And if you’re talkin’ money then my conversation’s shiftin’
Cmaj7Cmaj7               D MajorD
 My dreams are bigger than just bein’ on the rich list
E minorEm
  Might be insanity but people call it gifted
  Cmaj7Cmaj7            D MajorD
My face is goin’ numb from the shit this stuff is mixed with

E minorEm
  Watch how the lyrics in the songs might get twisted
  Cmaj7Cmaj7           D MajorD
My wife wears red but looks better without the lipstick
  E minorEm
I’m a private guy and you know nothin’ ’bout my business
  Cmaj7Cmaj7         D MajorD
And if I had my fifteen minutes, I must’ve missed them

E minorEm
  Twenty years old is when I came in the game
       Cmaj7Cmaj7          D MajorD
And now it’s eight years on and you remember the name
      E minorEm
And if you thought I was good, well then I’m better today
     Cmaj7Cmaj7              D MajorD
But it’s ironic how you people thought I’d never be great

     E minorEm
I like my shows open air, Tokyo to Delaware
     Cmaj7Cmaj7          D MajorD
Put your phones in the air if you wanna be rocked
      E minorEm
You know I want way more than I’ve already got
     N.C.
Give me a song with Eminem and 50 Cent in the club

Chorus 1:
      E minorEm
You know it ain’t my time to call it a day
    Cmaj7Cmaj7      Bm7Bm7
I wanna crack on and I wanna be paid
    E minorEm
But it’s ’bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay

      E minorEm
You know it ain’t my time to call it a day
    Cmaj7Cmaj7      Bm7Bm7
I wanna crack on and I wanna be paid
    E minorEm
But it’s ’bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay (hey, hey, hey)


Verse 2:
E minorEm
  I can still remember (what) tryna shop a deal (ah-huh)
          D MajorD
From Taco Bell to T-R-L
        E minorEm
I climb the Billboard charts to the top until as fate would have it (yeah)
          D MajorD
Became an addict, funny ‘cause I had pop appeal

E minorEm
  But they said time would tell (what?)
        Cmaj7Cmaj7          D MajorD
If I'd prevail (huh?) and all I did was (what?)
           E minorEm
Put nine inch nails (where?), in my eyelids now (what?)
             N.C.
I'm seein' diamond sales, like I'm in Zales

          E minorEm
Without a doubt by any means, if rap was skinny jeans
            Cmaj7Cmaj7               D MajorD
I couldn't do anything in 'em, I'd be splitting seams of denim when I'm spitting schemes
   E minorEm
Which really means no ifs, ands or buts are squeezin' in between
  Cmaj7Cmaj7             D MajorD
You sleep on me 'cause you're only fuckin’ with me in your dreams

E minorEm
  Not even when I’m even on my deathbed
      Cmaj7Cmaj7           D MajorD
Man I feel like Ed, it isn't time to drop the mic yet
    E minorEm
So why would I quit, the thought that I would stop when I'm dead
       Cmaj7Cmaj7            D MajorD
Just popped in my head, I said it then forgot what I said


Chorus 2:
    E minorEm
It isn't my time to call it a day
   Cmaj7Cmaj7        Bm7Bm7
I got rap blocked and I’m already paid
    E minorEm
But it’s ’bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay

    E minorEm
You know it ain’t my time to call it a day
   Cmaj7Cmaj7        Bm7Bm7
I got rap blocked and I’m already paid
    E minorEm
But it’s ’bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay


Verse 3:
E minorEm                      D MajorD
Ain’t nobody cold as me, I dress so fresh, so clean
        E minorEm
You can find me in my whip, rockin’ my Fendi drip
             D MajorD
Man you know just what I mean

    E minorEm
Shinin’ wrist with the rocks on it, Buscemis with locks on it
   Cmaj7Cmaj7       D MajorD
Everything my voice on, this shit knock, don't it?
 E minorEm
Balenciaga saga, I'm in Bergdorf ballin'
   Cmaj7Cmaj7          D MajorD
It’s just another episode, my hoes, I spoil ‘em

E minorEm
She like the fly shit and I like to buy shit
   Cmaj7Cmaj7             D MajorD
Shit I’m gettin’ stupid money, what else we gon’ do with money?
E minorEm
Bitch we be ballin’ now, the king bring you 50 bottles
 Cmaj7Cmaj7            D MajorD
Tonight we gon’ blow a check, worry ’bout your shit tomorrow

  E minorEm
The turn up be so real, we ’bout to be super lit
Cmaj7Cmaj7                 D MajorD
Boy I’m kickin’ straight facts, that’s just how we do this shit
 E minorEm
Tomorrow we hangin’ over ’til we start feelin’ sober
   Cmaj7Cmaj7            N.C.
Then it’s time to start it over, here we go again


Chorus 3:
      E minorEm
You know it ain’t my time to call it a day
   Cmaj7Cmaj7        Bm7Bm7
I got rap blocked and I’m already paid
     E minorEm
But it’s a-bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay

      E minorEm
You know it ain’t my time to call it a day
   Cmaj7Cmaj7        Bm7Bm7
I got rap blocked and I’m already paid
    E minorEm
But it’s ’bout time you remember the name
  Cmaj7Cmaj7 Bm7Bm7
Eh-ay, eh-ay

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