Mar102023

Ed Sheeran – Eyes Closed Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsBB/A#G#m E

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[Intro]
B B/A# G#m E

[Verse 1]
B
I know it's a bad idea
B/A#
But how can I help myself
G#m
Been inside the most this year
E
And I thought a few drinks,
 they might help
B
It's been a while my dear
B/A#
Dealing with the cards life dealt
G#m
I'm still holding back these tears
E
While my friends are somewhere else

[Pre-chorus 1]
B
I pictured this year a
            B/A#
little bit different,
when it hit February
G#m
I step in the bar,
                 E
it hit me so hard,
how can it be this heavy
B                            B/A#
Every song reminds me you're gone,
and I feel the lump
               G#m
 growing in my throat
                  E
Cause I'm here alone


[Chorus]
                     B          B/A#
Just dancin' with my eyes closed
                     G#m
'Cause everywhere I look,
              E
I still see you
               B        B/A#
Time is movin' so slow
                      G#m
And I don't know what else that
        E
 I can do, so I'll
keep dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye-eye-eyes
 closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh I'll
 keep dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye-eye-eyes
 closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh I'll keep
dancin' with my

[Verse 2]
B
Delusion is here again
B/A#
And I think you'll come home soon
G#m
A word brings me right back in
E
Then it's only me that's
 in this room
B
I guess I could just pretend
B/A#
The colours are more than blue
G#m
But I lost more than my friend
E
I can't help but missing you

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[Pre-chorus 2]
B
I pictured this month a little
     B/A#
 bit different,
 no one is ever ready
G#m
When it unfolds,
              E
you get in a hole,
how can it be this heavy
B
Everything changes, nothing's the
 B/A#
 same, except the truth
                G#m
is now you're gone
                   E
And life just goes on

[Chorus]
So I'm dancin' with my
 B          B/A#
eyes closed
                     G#m
'Cause everywhere I look,
              E
 I still see you
               B        B/A#
Time is movin' so slow
                      G#m
And I don't know what else that
        E
 I can do, so I'll keep
 dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye
eye-eyes closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh
I'll keep dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye-eye-eyes
 closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh I'll
keep dancin' with my

[Pre-chorus 3]
B
They're shutting the bar,
                      B/A#
they're cleaning the floor
                        G#m
And everyone is already home,
                E
 but I'm on my own

[Chorus]
                     B
Just dancin' with my eyes
       B/A#
 closed
                     G#m
'Cause everywhere I look,
              E
 I still see you
               B        B/A#
Time is movin' so slow
                      G#m
And I don't know what else that
        E
 I can do, so I'll keep
dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye
eye-eyes closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh
I'll keep dancin' with my
B               B/A#
Eye-ye-eye-eye, eye-ye-eye-eyes
 closed
G#m               E
Eye-ye-eye-eyes, oh I'll
keep dancin' with my

How to play Eyes Closed: key, chords and progression

These are Eyes Closed chords by Ed Sheeran on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Eyes Closed by Ed Sheeran keeps coming home to E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). You need 4 chords: B, B/A#, G#m and E.

The backbone of the song is B – B/A# – G#m – E (V – V – iii – I in E major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – mi – doh. Practise these 4 changes until they feel natural and you can play most of it.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 4th fret and play the shapes G, Em, C (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 33% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.