Ed Sheeran - Sing - Chord

Key E major – C# minor Chords Abm, Dbm7 Easy key F

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Abm

      Abm
It's late in the evening

Glass on the side

I've been sat with you

For most of the night
         Dbm7
Ignoring everybody here

We wish they would disappear

So maybe we could get down now
Abm
I don't wanna know

If you're getting 

Ahead of the program

I want you to be mine, lady
    Dbm7
To hold your body close

Take another step 

Into the no man's land

For the longest time, lady

   Abm
I need you darling

Come on set the tone

If you feel you're falling

Won't you let me know

             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Abm
If you love me, come on, get involved

Feel it rushing through you 

From your head to toe
             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Abm
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Dbm7
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

                 Abm
This love is a blaze

I saw flames 

From the side of the stage

And the fire brigade 

Comes in a couple of days
   
Until then, we got nothing to say

And nothing to know

But something to drink

And maybe something to smoke
Dbm7
  Let it go until our roads are changed

Singing "We Found Love" 

In a local rave, no

I don't really know 

What I'm supposed to say

But I can just figure it out

Then hope and pray
   Abm
I told her my name and said 

It's nice to meet ya

And then she handed me

A bottle of water filled with tequila

I already know that she's a keeper

Just from this one small
                        Dbm7
Act of kindness, I'm in      deep

If anybody find out

I'm meant to drive home

But I've drank all of it now

Not sobering up 

we just sit on the couch

One thing led to another

Now she's kissing my mouth

   Abm
I need you darling

Come on set the tone

If you feel you're falling

Won't you let me know

             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Abm
If you love me, come on, get involved

Feel it rushing through you 

From your head to toe
             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Abm
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Dbm7
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh

         Abm
Can you feel it

All the guys in here

Don't even wanna dance
  
Can you feel it

All that I can hear

Is music from the back
         Dbm7
Can you feel it

Found you hiding here

So won't you take my hand, darling

Before the beat kicks in again
         Abm
Can you feel it

         Dbm7
Can you feel it? Oh no

   Abm
I need you darling
Come on set the tone
If you feel you're falling
Won't you let me know 
             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

Abm
If you love me, come on, get involved
Feel it rushing through you 
From your head to toe 
             Dbm7
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh
Oh oh oh, oh oh oh

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Harmony analysis

Ed Sheeran – Sing: key and chord analysis

The song opens on Abm and ends on Dbm7. Its chords belong to both E major and C#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

E major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

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

Minor view

C# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = A (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = B (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the C# minor side because it comes to rest on C#m and C#m is heard 14 times while E never appears. That is an interpretation, not a rule — the same chords are just as valid seen from E major, and switching between the two views is exactly where the practice value lies.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to E or to C#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 E major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	E	Tonic — home	E · G# · B	—
ii	F#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	F# · A · C#	—
iii	Abm	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	Ab · Cb · Eb	15×
V/vi	G#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Dbmsecondary dominant	G# · B# · D#	—
IV	A	Subdominant — moves away from home	A · C# · E	—
V	B	Dominant — strongest pull home	B · D# · F#	—
vi7	Dbm7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Db · Fb · Ab · Cb	14×
vii°	D#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	D# · F# · A	—

Seen from C# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Dbm7	Tonic — home	Db · Fb · Ab · Cb	14×
ii°	D#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	D# · F# · A	—
III	E	Relative major — the bright side	E · G# · B	—
iv	F#m	Subdominant — moves away from home	F# · A · C#	—
v	Abm	Minor dominant — soft pull	Ab · Cb · Eb	15×
V	G#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	G# · B# · D#	—
VI	A	Submediant — warm colour	A · C# · E	—
VII	B	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	B · D# · F#	—

Analysis

The key pair is E major and its relative C# minor (4 sharps). 2 different chords appear 29 times in total; 2 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. Everything stays inside one scale, which is why the song is easy to follow by ear.

Chord movement

Abm Dbm7 Eiii → vi7 C#mv → i7natural-minor cadence ×14

The move to watch is Abm → Dbm7, heard 14 times. From the C#m side it is v → i7 (natural-minor cadence: gentle, modal arrival); from the E side it reads iii → vi7. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

E major pentatonic and C# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (E – F# – G# – B – C#): start from E for a brighter phrase, from C# for a bluesier one.
Over Abm, land on Ab, Cb, Eb — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Dbm7, land on Db, Fb, Ab — 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 E major shapes

No capo — open E shapes
Capo 2 + D shapes
Capo 4 + C shapes

With C# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Am shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

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

The song's harmonic story

The opening Abm lays a solid floor for everything that follows. The chords that keep coming back are Abm, Dbm7; read them as iii–vi7 in E or v–i7 in C#m. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on Abm → Dbm7 (iii → vi7 in E, v → i7 in C#m): natural-minor cadence — gentle, modal arrival. It closes on Dbm7, letting the C#m side have the last word.

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.