Ed Sheeran – Shape Of You (Guitar Live Tab)

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This tab of Shape of You by Ed Sheeran follows his acoustic live Capital FM performance. For a video tutorial on this tab, visit the link below: Main rhythm (repeats through every part of the song except for sections specified below):
                G#m             C#m               E               F#
                1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
              e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
              b-----------------------5-x-------|---------------------------------|
              G-------4-x-------------6-x-------|-------1-x-------------3-x-------|
              D-------6-x---------6-----x-------|-------2-x-------------4-x-------|
              A---6-----x-----------4---x-------|---2-----x---------4-----x-------|
              E-4---4---x-----------------------|-0---0---x-----------2---x-------|
picking hand: T P T R Slap P T R Slap T P T R Slap P T R Slap M M M M Punch Variation (end of "girl you know I want your love" part on "come on now, follow my lead, come, come on now follow my lead" lyric):
                G#m             C#m               E               F#
                1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
              e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
              b-----------------------5-x-------|---------------------------------|
              G-------4-x-------------6-x-------|-1---------------3-------x-------|
              D-------6-x---------6-----x-------|-2---------------4-------x-------|
              A---6-----x-----------4---x-------|-2---------------4-------x-------|
              E-4---4---x-----------------------|-0---------------2-------x-------|
picking hand: T P T R Slap P T R Slap R R Slap M M M M P P T T Breakdown Variation (repeats through "come on be my baby come on" section, starting on "everyday discovering something brand new" lyric):
                G#m             C#m               E               F#
                1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
              e---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
              b-------------------------x-------|---------------------------------|
              G---------x---------------x-------|---------x---------------x-------|
              D---------x---------------x-------|---------x---------------x-------|
              A---------x-----------4---x-------|---------x---------------x-------|
              E-4-------x-----------------------|-0-------x-----------2---x-------|
picking hand: T Slap T Slap T Slap T Slap Legend x = muted slap T = thumb (picking hand) P = pointer (picking hand) M = middle (picking hand) R = ring (picking hand)