Ed Sheeran - Take it back

^DmI'm not a rapper, I'm a singer with a flow I've got a habit of spitting quicker lyrics you know You found me ^Bbripping the writtens out of the pages they sit in And never ^Conce I get bitten, cause plagi^A7/C#arism is hidden Which I would ^Dmsit on the rhythm, prisoner with a vision Signs of a label, but didn't listen to any criticism Thought you ^Bbknew but you didn't Perk your ears up and listen ^CStudio with a system And you could say that I'm^A7/C# driven And now it's ^Dmon to the next saga, we drink the best lager I never tried to win you over like your stepfather ^BbI do my own thing now, and get respect after ^CAnd I'm avoiding cocain^A7/C#e like it was Get Carter ^DmFor four years I never had a place to stay but it's safe to say that it kept me grounded like a paperweight At ^Bb16 years old yeah I moved out of my home I was ^CMacy Gray I tried to say g^A7/C#oodbye and I choked And we've b^Dmeen sleeping at the subway station, sleeping with a movie star and adding to the population Not my imagin^Bbation, I don't want to relax But would it hurt your reput^Aation, A * if I put it on wax? I take it back now

^DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Come on and take it back now^Bb Come ^Con and take it ^A7/C#back for us ^{Dm Dm}Don't you fade into the back lov^Bbe, no^Cooooh^A7/C#h

Take it back with the rh^Dmythm and blues and my rap pack I'll be singing the news, trying to act like Jack Black when I repeat the school ^BbI'll make a beat with my feet by just singing a loop, ^Cbringing the lyrics to pr^A7/C#ove that I can fit in these shoes ^DmAnd keeping the truth through the vocal booth, stars burst out on the scene like an opal fruit, they try to ^Bbtake aim like beckham when he goes to shoot, but then ^Cagain that's what they're supposed to do, ^A7/C#and I'm supposed to be calm, I tatt^Dmooed the lyrics onto my arm, whispering everything that happens is from now on, I'll be ^Bbwilling to start again by the end of the song, still they're ^Cclaiming that I handled it w^A7/C#rong, but then I never had an e^Dmnemy, except the NME, but I'll be selling twice as many copies as the magazines will ever be, ^Bbwith only spectacles ahead of me on festival fees, ^Chealthier than a Dalm^A7/C#atian, no pedigree, ^Dmsinging for the masses, rubber dinghy rapids, I keep this rapping a habit and keep on passioning magic, ^BbI'm battling with respect, I don't know if I'll hav^Ce it, this songs from the he^Aart, cover the plaque I'll take it back now

^DmMmh Mmh Come on and take it back no^Bbw Come ^Con and take it ^A7/C#back for us ^{Dm Dm}Don't you fade into the back love^Bb, no^Cooooh^A7/C#h

^DmI don't ever wanna be perfect, Cause I'm a singer that you never wanna see shirtless I ac^Bbcept the fact that someone's got to win worst-dressed, Taking my f^Cirst steps into the sc^A7/C#ene, giving me focus ^DmPutting on a brave face, like Timothy Dalton Considering a name change, thinking it was hopeless Rh^Bbyming over recordings, avoiding tradition Cause everyd^Cay some lyrics and a melo^A7/C#dy can be written Now^Dm absence can make your heart break But drinking absinthe can change your mind-state, vividly, I need to let my liver be ^BbAnd I say it again, Living life on the ed^Cge, with a closed han^A7/C#d full of friends Is good advice from a man ^Dmwho took his life on the road with me and I hope to see him blowing up globally Cause that's how it's supp^Bbosed to be screaming out vocally It might seem ^Ctotally impossible ach^A7/C#ieving life's dreams But,^Dm but I just write schemes I'm never having a stylist, giving me tight jeans Madison Square Garde^Bbn is where I might be But more likely, You'll find ^Cme in the back room of a ^A7/C#dive bar with my mates Having a ^Dmpint with McDaid Discussing records we made And every single second knowing that we'll never betray The way we were r^Bbaised Remembering our background Sat down ^CThat's how we put it out It's ^A7/C#time to take it back now

^DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Come on and take it back now ^Bb Come ^Con and take it ^A7/C#back for us ^{Dm Dm}Don't you fade into the back lov^Bbe, noooo^Cohh ^A7/C# uuuuuuuhh

^DmMmh Mmh Mmh Mmh Come on and take it back now ^Bb Come ^Con and take it b^A7/C#ack for us ^{Dm Dm}Don't you fade into the back love,^Bb noo^Cooohh^A7/C#

My dreams ^Dmkeep me awake at night written in rhymes, and I^Dm, deliver the hype am I just living the lie with th^Bbis you must know that the number's just sold woah ^CWill keep me going through the to^A7/C#ugh times, dream with me ^DmWe forget 90 percent of it when we wake But the o^Dmther 10 per cent it never fades Dreaming dreams, ^Bbday to day goals, Stay awake loads, try to make the c^Cut like the paper or razor bl^A7/C#ade, oh, never give up ^DmAnd just remember just to hold out more ^DmCouple years ago I couldn't just control that thought You'd find me b^Bbuskin' on the street When it was cold outdoors And now I'm sw^Ceating on the stage of a ^A7/C#sold out tour Writing ^Dmlove songs for the sake of it, never to make a hit You c^Dman't fake talent and work ethic just to make it quick ^BbI'm not a rapper I'm a singer, I just take the piss and ^CMost the other guys are kids that p^A7/C#ose his little sister has to ba^Dmbysit, that's just a way it is Dreams you o^Dmwn, just set your goals and have the utmost faith in it ^BbTread your own path, you'll never make it as a follower, ^Cyou'll never know where you will go or w^A7/C#here you'll be tomorrow