Ed Sheeran - Lego House - Chord

Key B major – G# minor Chords Gb4, B5, Abm7, Gb/E, E9, Gb4/C#, F#4, G#m7 … Easy key G (capo 4)

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Capo 0

  B5  F#4  G#m7  F#/E
  B5  Gb4
  Abm7  Gb/E

B5                     Gb4  Abm7
   I'm gonna pick up the   pieces
             Gb/E
And build a Lego house
B5                Gb4
   If things go wrong 
        Abm7         Gb/E
We can knock it down

B5                       Gb4  Abm7
   My three words have two   meanings
                      Gb/E   B5
But there's one thing on my mind
          Gb4  Abm7     Gb/E
It's all for        you

Pré refrão   dedilhado padrão:

B5
   And it's dark in a cold December
                     Gb4     Abm7  Gb/E
But I've got you to keep me warm
B5
   If you're broken I will mend ya
                    Gb4
And I'll keep you sheltered 
       Abm7              Gb/E
From the storm that's raging on, now


B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
Abm7
     I'll pick you up
             B5      Gb4
When you're getting down
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
Abm7                        B5  Gb4
     I'll do it all for you in time
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now


B5                      Gb4  Abm7
   I'm gonna paint you by   numbers
            Gb/E
And colour you in
B5               Gb4           Abm7
   If things go right we can frame it

                  Gb/E
And put you on a wall

B5                   Gb4  Abm7
   And it's so hard to   say it
                      Gb/E  B5
But I've been here before
                   Gb4    Abm7
Now I'll surrender up my heart
                 Gb/E
And swap it for yours


B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
Abm7
     I'll pick you up
             B5      Gb4
When you're getting down
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
Abm7                        B5  Gb4
     I'll do it all for you in time
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now


Abm7        Gb4     E9
     Don't hold me down
             Gb4
I think my braces are breaking
          E9              Gb4
And it's more than I can take


B5
   And it's dark in a cold December
                     Gb4     Abm7  Gb/E
But I've got you to keep me warm
B5
   If you're broken I will mend ya
                    Gb4
And I'll keep you sheltered 
       Abm7              Gb/E
From the storm that's raging on, now


B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
Abm7
     I'll pick you up
             B5      Gb4
When you're getting down
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
Abm7                        B5  Gb4
     I'll do it all for you in time
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
Abm7
     I'll pick you up
             B5      Gb4
When you're getting down
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of sight, I'm out of mind
Abm7                        B5  Gb4
     I'll do it all for you in time
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                    Gb4
I think I love you better now

B5                       Gb4/C#
   I'm out of touch, I'm out of love
Abm7
     I'll pick you up
             B5      Gb4
When you're getting down
                       Abm7  E9
And out of all these things  I've done
                 Gb4    B5
I will love you better now

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Ed Sheeran - Lego House Tabs

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Harmony analysis

Ed Sheeran – Lego House: key and chord analysis

The song opens on B5 and ends on B5. Its chords belong to both B major and G#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

B major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = A# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = E (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

G# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = E (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = F# (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the B major side because it both starts and finishes on B. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from G# minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to B or to G#m; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from B major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	B5	Tonic — home	B · F#	33×
I	B	Tonic — home	B · D# · F#	—
ii	C#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G#	—
iii	D#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	D# · F# · A#	—
V/vi	D#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to G#msecondary dominant	D# · G · A#	—
IV7	E9	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B · D · F#	11×
V	Gb4	Dominant — strongest pull home	Gb · Bb · Db	34×
V	Gb/E	Dominant — strongest pull home	Gb · Bb · Db	13×
V	Gb4/C#	Dominant — strongest pull home	Gb · Bb · Db	9×
V	F#4	Dominant — strongest pull home	F# · A# · C#	1×
V	F#/E	Dominant — strongest pull home	F# · A# · C#	1×
vi7	Abm7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	32×
vi7	G#m7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	G# · B · D# · F#	1×
vii°	A#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	A# · C# · E	—

Seen from G# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Abm7	Tonic — home	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	32×
i7	G#m7	Tonic — home	G# · B · D# · F#	1×
ii°	A#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A# · C# · E	—
III	B5	Relative major — the bright side	B · F#	33×
III	B	Relative major — the bright side	B · D# · F#	—
iv	C#m	Subdominant — moves away from home	C# · E · G#	—
v	D#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	D# · F# · A#	—
V	D#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	D# · G · A#	—
VI7	E9	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B · D · F#	11×
VII	Gb4	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Gb · Bb · Db	34×
VII	Gb/E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Gb · Bb · Db	13×
VII	Gb4/C#	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Gb · Bb · Db	9×
VII	F#4	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	F# · A# · C#	1×
VII	F#/E	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	F# · A# · C#	1×

Analysis

The key pair is B major and its relative G# minor (5 sharps). 9 different chords appear 135 times in total; 8 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. E9 step outside the scale as colour chords.

Chord movement

Gb4 Abm7 BV → vi7deceptive cadence G#mVII → i7Aeolian arrival ×23
Gb/E B5 BV → Iauthentic cadence G#mVII → III ×13
E9 Gb4 BIV7 → VIV → V G#mVI7 → VIIVI → VII ×11
Gb4 B5 BV → Iauthentic cadence G#mVII → III ×9
Gb4/C# Abm7 BV → vi7deceptive cadence G#mVII → i7Aeolian arrival ×9
F#/E B5 BV → Iauthentic cadence G#mVII → III ×1

The move to watch is Gb4 → Abm7, heard 23 times. From the B side it reads V → vi7 (deceptive cadence: expected B, lands on G#m); from the G#m side it is VII → i7 (Aeolian arrival: rises a whole tone into home). Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

B major pentatonic and G# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (B – C# – D# – F# – G#): start from B for a brighter phrase, from G# for a bluesier one.
Over Gb4, land on Gb, Bb, Db — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over B5, land on B, F# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Abm7, land on Ab, Cb, Eb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With B major shapes

Capo 2 + A shapes
Capo 4 + G shapes
Capo 7 + E shapes

With G# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Em shapes
Capo 6 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

4 semitones down · capo 4 keeps the original pitch
1 semitone up

The song's harmonic story

The first chord is B5; the ear learns where home is within a second. The chords that keep coming back are Gb4, B5, Abm7, Gb/E; read them as V–I–vi7–V in B or VII–III–i7–VII in G#m. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Gb4 → Abm7 (V → vi7 in B, VII → i7 in G#m): deceptive cadence — expected B, lands on G#m. Ending on B5, the song seals B as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.