Learn how to play Ed Sheeran’s ‘Thinking Out Loud Chords with this quick and easy guitar lesson. Focus on the plucked ‘claw’ approach where you assign your fingers and thumb to the strings and pluck for a softer sound, instead of standard strumming with a pick. For more help on the chords, check out my guide on easy guitar song chords. The chords below are not directly over the word that the chord lands on, so you will learn to improve your listening skills by working out when exactly to play the chords.
Capo 2nd fret
C Am7 F G
When your legs don’t work like they used to before
C Am7 F G
And I can’t sweep you off of your feet
C Am7 F G
Will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?
C Am7 F G
Will your eyes still smile from your cheeks?
C Am7 F G C Am7 F G
And, darling, I will be loving you ’til we’re 70
C Am7 F G C Am7
And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard at 23
F G Dm G C
And I’m thinking ’bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Dm G
Maybe just the touch of a hand
Dm G Am
Well, me—I fall in love with you every single day
Dm G G G G (sudden stop)
And I just wanna tell you I am
C Am7 F
So honey now
G C Am7 F
Take me into your loving arms
G C Am7 F
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
G C Am7
Place your head on my beating heart
F G
I’m thinking out loud
Am7 C/B F C F G C
That maybe we found love right where we are
Now why not try I See Fire by Ed Sheeran…