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Contents
The A Team
Words and Music by Ed Sheeran
After meeting a girl called Angel when he played a Christmasgig for the homelesscharity Crisis, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran was inspired to write this song, based on her story.Released as the lead single from his first album +, it entered the charts at No. 3, becoming thehighest-selling debut UK single in the first half of 2011.
Hints & Tips: While this is a fairly slow song, the melody is quite tricky inplaces.
Play through the right hand a few times before putting it together with the left.
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Afire Love
Words and Music by Ed Sheeran, John McDaid, Christophe Beck and Foy Vance
'Afire Love' is the closing track to the standard edition of EdSheeran's second studioalbum x and was co-written and produced by Johnny McDaid of Snow Patrol. The song is about Ed's lategrandfather who suffered from Alzheimer's disease and sadly died just a few weeks after work beganon writing the track.
Hints & Tips: Watch out for the tricky conflicting right and left-hand rhythms inbar11, practicing each part separately until you're confident.
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All Along The Watchtower
Words and Music by Bob Dylan, James Devlin and Ed Sheeran
Combining influences from the original Bob Dylan tune and JimiHendrix's version,Sheeran and Devlin collaborated on this track, released in 2013. Dylan included the original song onhis 1967 album, John Wesley Harding, which Hendrix managed to grab a copy of before its officialrelease, as he was such a big fan of the singer-songwriter. Devlin and Sheeran's version appears onDevlin's second album, A Moving Picture, two years after the release of Sheeran's first album, +, in2011, which soared to the No. 1 spot in the UK charts.
Hints & Tips: Try the left hand on its own first, to get the hang of the repeatedeighth note pattern.
In the rap the left hand keeps the pulse. Once you get to the chorus the left hand canbequite heavy.
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All Of The Stars
Words and Music by Ed Sheeran and Johnny McDaid
This song was commissioned for the book-turned-film, The FaultIn Our Stars, starringactress Shailene Woodley who plays the part of a terminally ill teenager who finds love. This isn'tthe only instance of Sheeran writing songs for film - he also wrote 'I See Fire' for the end creditsof the movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, plus one of his most famous love songs, 'ThinkingOut Loud', appears in 2016 film, Me Before You.
Hints & Tips: There are 'double notes' throughout most of the left-hand part.
Ensure that both notes sound at exactly the same time.
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Bloodstream
Words and Music by Ed Sheeran, Amir Izadkhah, Kesi Dryden, Piers Aggett, John McDaidand Gary Lightbody
Never one to shy away from therealities of modern life, in 'Bloodstream' Sheeranexplores the escape routes taken by some people to try and flee loneliness through substance abuse.Musically, the song is a tension builder that uses the contrast of the sparse acoustic guitar linesof the verse to make the choruses feel tight and restrained.
Hints & Tips: Once you get the hang of those quarter notes in the left hand, itshould make it easier to place the trickier rhythms in the right hand.