Ed Sheeran – Sapphire (Guitar)

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ The PUNJABI VERSION is officially out since July 24, 2025. Check my chords page at: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/ed-sheeran/sapphire-punjabi-version-chords-5888327 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ [Chords] C: x32013 Dm7: xx0211 Am7: x02013 Fsus2: xx3013 ♦ FOR EASIER CHORDS: 1) Select the "Simplify" button or/and 2) Transpose -5; Capo on 6th fret G: 320003 Am7: x02013 or Am: x02213 Em7: 010003 or Em: 022003 Csus2: x30013 or C: x32013 ♦ Ed Sheeran leaves his picky finger on the 3rd fret of the low e string for the C, Am7 and Fsus2 chords. ♦ He slides up from C to what looks like a Dsus4 chord shape (x50035) during the Pre-Chorus, Chorus and Bridge sections. See example below:
  _C_______Dsus4____Am7______Fsus2__
e|-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
B|-1-1-1-1/3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
G|-0-0-0-0/0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
D|-2-2-2-2/0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2--3-3-3-3-|
A|-3-3-3-3/5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0----------|
E|-----------------------------------|
♦ But you can play Dm7 (or Dm) instead of Dsus4. ♦ In the lyrics "Cham cham chamke sitare wargi" is a punjabi phrase meaning "They sparkle just like stars" ♦ N.C. = No chords played ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ [Verse 1]
       C
You're glowing

C
You colour and fracture the light

C
You can't help but shine

C
And I know that you carry the world on your back

C
But look at you tonight
[Pre-Chorus]
    C            Dm7        Am7
The lights, your face, your eyes

     Fsus2     C         Dm7    Fsus2  N.C.
Exploding like fireworks in the sky... (Sapphire)
[Chorus]
C
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me

C
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week

C
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep

C
Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)

C                                  Dm7
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me

Am7                              Fsus2
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week

         C                               Dm7
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep

Am7                Fsus2
Cham cham chamke sitare wargi
[Verse 2]
C
Look what we found, Karma reached out

C
Into our hearts and pulled us to our feet now

C
You know the truth is we could disappear

C         N.C.
Anywhere, as long as I got you there

C
When the sun dies, till the day shines

C
When I'm with you, there's not enough time

C
You are my spring flower, watching you bloom, wow

C
We are surrounded but I can only see
[Pre-Chorus]
    C            Dm7        Am7
The lights, your face, your eyes

     Fsus2     C         Dm7    Fsus2  N.C.
Exploding like fireworks in the sky... (Sapphire)
[Chorus]
C
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me

C
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week

C
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep

C
Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)

C                                  Dm7
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me

Am7                              Fsus2
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week

         C                               Dm7
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep

Am7                Fsus2
Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)
[Bridge]
Am7 Fsus2        C  Dm7 Fsus2
          You're glowing_____

       Am7
You're glowing

Fsus2                       C
You colour and fracture the light

        Dm7   Fsus2    N.C.
Look at you tonight... (Sapphire)

C
Palakāṁ uṭhāvatē hanērē ghaṭadē
(When you raise your eyelashes, darkness disappears)
C
Uṅgalā’ca pākē tū dhanaka phiradī
(With rainbows wrapped around your fingers, you move like magic)
C
Kivē raba nē dō nainā uṭhē nīlama jāṛē?
(How did God embed sapphires in those eyes?) N.C. Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire) [Chorus]
C                                  Dm7
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me

Am7                              Fsus2
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week

         C                               Dm7
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep

Am7                Fsus2
Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)

C                                  Dm7
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me (The lights, your face)

Am7                              Fsus2
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week (Your eyes exploding)

         C                               Dm7
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep (Like fireworks in...)

          Am7                Fsus2
(the sky) Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)

C                                  Dm7
Touching on your body while you're pushing on me (The lights, your face)

Am7                              Fsus2
Don't you end the party, I could do this all week (Your eyes exploding)

         C                               Dm7
We'll be dancing till the morning, go to bed, we won't sleep (Like fireworks in...)

          Am7                Fsus2
(the sky) Cham cham chamke sitare wargi... (Sapphire)
[Outro]
    C            Dm7        Am7
The lights, your face, your eyes

     Fsus2     C         Dm7    Fsus2
Exploding like fireworks in the sky... (Sapphire)
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