Ed Sheeran – England Chords on Piano & Ukulele

[Intro]
D

[Verse 1]
      D
It is opening day and
    G     A
 a brand new start
    D
The stones have been cleared
            G     A
around the fisherman's hut
        D
And the air bites,
                    G     A
then leaves almost invisible
              G     A
 cuts on the skin
  D
A lighthouse retired,
        G       A
but a new one was hired
      D
About twenty foot taller
         G        A
painted in black and white
       D
Twenty million steps with
    G    A
 a computer inside instead
         G A
of him

[Chorus]
     G   D    A
Only one road sign,
         D       A    Bm
telling cars to slow down
      G         A            D
And a long drop in the ocean
       G      D   A
Beware of the rip tide,
         D         A     Bm
 broken glass and train lines
       G            A
It's a new day, and this
            D
is England

[Verse 2]
            D
Next to the pub with the flag
                G  A
 that's workin' flexible hours
          D
There's a mismatch of carriages,
           G        A
soil in a boat for some flowers
      D
Fairy lights on a building
        G         A
that's supplying us
                   G A
power from the sea
    D
Electricity lines flow
      G     A
like veins to the town
     D
In-between there is nothing
           G    A
but grass and pebbles
on the ground
       D
Do not enter the wild here
    G           A
 if you want to be found
             G A
 for the free

[Chorus]
         G        D  A
View the flame of sunrise
       D       A   Bm
cut in half by the sky
        G     A            D
And the empty of the desert
        G          D      A
Team of birds that swerve by
          D       A    Bm
 and then land on the wires
       G            A
It's a new day, and this
             D
 is England

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[Bridge]
          Em
When it's time to escape
          G
 from the heavy of this
         D
There is nothing like
         A
washing away
            Em
I find this country of mine
          G
get some bad reputation
   D              A
Of being cold and grey
           Em
But on the coast of the
              G
south to the east
 followed round
         D
I find serenity
            A
I've never felt
          Em
There's a peace and a quiet
         G
in this island of ours
              D
That can't be mirrored by
           A
 anywhere else

[Verse 3]
         D
Homes protruding from stones
             G    A
with their wood-coloured black
          D
Scattered cars in a line,
 G       G
steam risin' out the shack
    D
One door at the front and
       G    A
then just glass at the back
                G A
 for the view

[Chorus]
        G       D  A
And the blue is so bright,
             D
you'll need shades
       A    Bm
for your eyes
        G     A            D
And the cable to pull over
       G        D    A
Take a walk and feel like,
      D          A  Bm
everything will be fine
       G           A
It's a new day, and this
          D
 is England