Shape of You (Ed Sheeran) Guitar Lesson with TAB

In this guitar lesson, you get a chord progression analysis and several TAB examples for how to play the chord riff!

Shape of You | TAB

Ed’s greatest-selling tune, Shape of You is based around a four-chord progression and the rhythm 123, 123, 12, accenting the first rhythm of that pattern.

Here are the common tones using TAB, play this first.

Do ensure you can clearly see the 123, 123, 12 rhythm (16th notes) and all intervals in relation to the chords before you move on.

Here’s a guitar part that simply keeps the rhythm, the Bsus4 is ignored as the rhythm falls on the part where we play the bass note.

Finally, let’s go further and extend the chords, play around with it a bit, and include that Bsus4.

Here we go from C#m to C#m7, F#m to F#m7. For the A, we just stay put, then change the pattern so we start with the chord, not the bass.

This way we can include the sus4 extension. It is a bit tricky to get right, especially if you’re going to sing at the same time!

After seeing Shape of You’s chords like above, maybe you can come up with your own guitar part?

Shape of You TAB | Related Pages

Shape of You | Chords + Lyrics

You can learn how to play Shape of You by Ed Sheeran using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, TAB, and the original recording.

| C#m F#m7 | A (Bsus4) B |
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Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for Shape Of You, try these five tunes from the songbook.

Ed Sheeran tunes

Best known for his relentless work ethic and ability to get in with everyone in the business, Ed Sheeran has been one of the best-selling artists since 2011.

His best tunes include The A Team, Thinking Out Loud, Perfect, Bad Habits, Sing, and Shape of You.

Ed Sheeran on the web

About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Shape Of You.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm features TAB and covers Shape Of You. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

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