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Ed Sheeran – Punchline Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Verse 1]
C
 I can't help but be
    Am
destructive right now
C
 It's been weeks since
   G
I saw your outline
C
 In my room, there's a
 Am
silence so loud
C                    G
 This is what losin' hope
 might sound like

[Chorus]
Em       G
  Put me down so
          D
I'm in my place
         C
Say it's over for breathin'
 space
Em      G
  All I was was a route
       D
to change
             C
Is this just growin' up?

[Verse 2]
C                    Am
 I might seem too distracted
right now
C                        G
 It's been so long, I've been
the punchline
C                    Am
 I stand naked while these
clothes dry out
C                     G
 Leave me drowning to edit
the runtime

[Chorus]
Em       G                 D
  Put me down so I'm in my place
         C
Say it's over for breathin' space
Em      G                     D
  All I was was a route to change
             C
Is this just growin' up?
Em          G
  All this love cannot
             D
seal my fate
            C
Though it's all that
 I've been of late
Em          G
  Caught in webs I've
                D
wove with my mistakes
            C
But this is growin' up

Feel free to use our free Chord Shape Generator to see every chord in this song on guitar, ukulele and piano.

[Outro]
Dm
  I can't help it,
       F
but I love you so
                  C
I can't take this lettin' go
                  G
I still feel that we could
work it out or somethin'
Dm                 F
  All I am is only flesh
 and bone
                    C
Why's your heart so freezin'
 cold?
                     G
Don't you leave your weight
 on me, on me (Hey)
Dm
  I can't help it,
       F
 but I love you so
                  C
I can't take this lettin' go
                  G
I still feel that we could
work it out or somethin'
Dm                 F
  All I am is only flesh
 and bone
                    C
Why's your heart so freezin'
cold?
                     G
Don't you leave your weight on me,
                     Dm
 on me (No, I can't help it, no)
                       C
I can't help it, but I love
 you so
(No, I can't help it, no)
                  G
I can't take this lettin' go
(I will never let you go)
                           G
I still feel that we could work
 it out or somethin'
(I will never let you go;
             Dm
No, I can't help it, no)
                 F
All I am is only flesh
 and bone
 (No, I can't help it, no)
                    C
Why's your heart so freezin'
cold?
(I will never let you go)
                     G
Don't you leave your weight
on me, on me
(I will never let you go)

How to play Punchline: key, chords and progression

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

To play Punchline by Ed Sheeran, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 7 chords: C, Am, G, Em, D, Dm and F.

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

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.