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Ed Sheeran – Moving Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
G
 This is the last song
                   Em
 I'm writing about you
Up to now, well,
         Am
I never tried to

You don't feel any kind
              C
 of pain like I do
So let's forget it
                G
even happened, baby
You're all I think
                  Em
 about whenever I walk
And all I talk about
             Am
whenever I spoke
All I'd sing when
                 C
I would hit the high
notes but now it doesn't
 even matter

[Pre-Chorus]
       G
If you come back
                        Em
It's like we never even had that
                      Am
Every moment when you took
 my joy away
                      C
All the memories mean nothing
 from today
                  G
Up to now I nevеr hold back
                     Em
True emotion made mе feel sad
                  Am
But I never wanna hear
your name again
                      F
And go back to how it was
before you came

[Chorus]
N.C.         G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
            G
I feel all alone since
 Em          C   D
 you've been gone
             G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
          Cadd9
Out of my life, life
           G   Em   Am   C
Where you belong

[Verse 2]
G
 This is the last time
                    Em
 I'm thinking about you
I used to cry but then
                Am
was it a crime too?
I spent a lifetime tryna
                C
 make the right moves
And got myself caught
                   G
in a patterned day
You take a smile and
                  Em
then you turn it to dust
You take what's golden and
         Am
 somehow make it worse

Every lie, it made it harder
    C
 to trust but now
 it doesn't even matter

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[Pre-Chorus]
       G
If you come back
It's like we never
      Em
even had that
                      Am
Every moment when you took
 my joy away
All the memories mean
 C
nothing from today
                  G
Up to now I nevеr hold back
                     Em
True emotion made mе feel sad
                  Am
But I never wanna hear
your name again
                      F
And go back to how it was
 before you came

[Chorus]
            G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
            G
I feel all alone since
  Em          C   D
 you've been gone
             G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
          Cadd9
Out of my life, life
          G
Where you belong

[Bridge]
Em7         Am            F
Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
G    Em7         Am            F
Hey, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
        G
Doo-doo-doo,
 Em7         Am            F
 do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
G     Em7         C             D
Yeah, do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do

[Chorus]
             G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
            G
I feel all alone since
  Em          C   D
 you've been gone
             G   Em     C   D
Start moving on, moving on
          Cadd9
Out of my life, life
N.C.
Where you belong

How to play Moving: key, chords and progression

These are Moving chords by Ed Sheeran on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

Moving by Ed Sheeran is centred on G major (one sharp: F♯). The song uses 8 chords: G, Em, Am, C, F, D, Cadd9 and Em7.

Most of the song cycles through G – Em – C – D (I – vi – IV – V in G major), the classic 1950s “doo-wop” progression. In solfa, that is doh – lah – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.