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Ed Sheeran – Afterglow Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
N.C.
One, two

[Verse 1]
G
  Stop the clocks, it's amazing
Csus2
  You should see the way the 
  light dances off your head
D                      Em7    
  A million colours of hazel, 
              Csus2
  golden and red
G
  Saturday morning is fading
Csus2
  The sun's reflected by the 
  coffee in your hand
D                       
  My eyes are caught in 
       Em7            Csus2
  your gaze all over again

[Pre-Chorus]
        Csus2
We were love drunk, 
waiting on a miracle
         G              
Tryna to find ourselves 
       D
in the winter snow
    Csus2                 
So alone in love like the 
                     G  D
world had disappeared
      Csus2
Oh, I won't be silent and 
I won't let go
       G               
I will hold on tighter 
         D
'til the afterglow
          Csus2               
And we'll burn so bright 'til 
                          G  D
the darkness softly clears

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[Chorus]
           Csus2      
Oh, I will hold on to 
             G  D
the afterglow
           Csus2      
Oh, I will hold on to 
             G
the afterglow

[Verse 2]
G
  The weather outside's changing
Csus2
  The leaves are buried under 
  six inches of white
D                  Em7         Csus2
  The radio is playing Iron & Wine
G
  This is a new dimension
Csus2
  This is a level where we're 
  losing track of time
D                       Em7       
  I'm holding nothing against it, 
                 Csus2
  except you and I

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[Pre-Chorus]
        Csus2
We were love drunk, 
waiting on a miracle
          G              
Trying to find ourselves 
       D
in the winter snow
    Csus2                 
So alone in love like the 
                     G  D
world had disappeared
      Csus2
Oh, I won't be silent and 
I won't let go
       G               
I will hold on tighter 
         D
'til the afterglow
          Csus2               
And we'll burn so bright 'til 
                          G  D
the darkness softly clears

[Chorus]
           Csus2      
Oh, I will hold on to 
             G   D
the afterglow
           Csus2      
Oh, I will hold on to 
             G   D
the afterglow
           Csus2   N.C.
Oh, I will hold on to 
the afterglow

How to play Afterglow: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Afterglow by Ed Sheeran on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Afterglow by Ed Sheeran is written in G major (one sharp: F♯) and moves through 4 chords: G, Csus2, D and Em7.

Listen for Csus2 – G – D – Csus2 (IVsus2 – I – V – IVsus2 in G major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – doh – soh – fah. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Good to know: on guitar, Csus2 needs a barre or movable shape. Take the change into it slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.