A well crafted and well written pop ballad, Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” is an ideal guitar song for both beginners and intermediate guitar players to learn. Those just starting out on guitar will appreciate the manageable tempo and use of basic open chords throughout, whilst those advancing on the instrument will find the swung 12/8 guitar part useful to add to their expanding repertoire of material. In today’s guitar lesson, I will show you the chords, harmonic analysis, structure and tab for how to play “Perfect” by Ed Sheeran.
Released in 2017 from his hugely successful “Divide” album, “Perfect” was written by Ed Sheeran, and produced by both Sheeran and Will Hicks. The single was re-released later in the year as a duet with Beyonce, which is perhaps the better known version of the song. In today’s lesson, we will focus on the original version that appears on the “Divide” album, and we will start by looking at the chords that make up this song.
“Perfect” is actually played with a capo on the first fret, giving it an unusual key of Ab major. However, Ed Sheeran is playing the basic open chords shapes outlined below, so all you have to do is move each shape up one fret in relation to the capo:
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Let’s now take a look at the chord chart for the song, as it is important to know what order we will be playing the chords. As you will see with the rest of the material for this lesson, I have written the chart out in the key of G Major, as these are the shapes you will be playing in relation to the capo, even though the chords will be sounding out in the key of Ab Major. Funnily enough, there are live performances by Sheeran of this tune in the key of G Major, so it is clear that this was his thinking with “Perfect.”
As you can see from the chart above, “Perfect” is written and performed with a swung 12/8 feel. The best way to count a 12/8 time signature is to count all the eighth notes in the bar, like this “1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3″ This will become easier once we look at the guitar part later on in the lesson.
Harmonically, “Perfect” is a fairly simple pop song. That is by no means a bad thing, as a lot of the time, keeping it simple is the best choice when writing radio friendly music. “Perfect” remains diatonic throughout, which means that it sticks to the key signature, and contains no sharps or flats. The main chord progression is G, Em, C & D, which is a I VI IV V in the key of G. The I VI IV V chord progression is actually one of the most common chord progressions in music, and can be found in a whole list of different songs – just Google “50’s chord progression” if you’re interested in finding out more.
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Notice how there are subtle variations in the chord progression in each section. The pre chorus first goes back to a G in the 4th bar before going to the D, before playing the standard verse progression from bar 5 of the pre chorus until the chorus. Speaking of the chorus, it is the same four chords mentioned above, but in the slightly different order of Em, C, G & D, which is a VI, IV, I, V in the key of G. You may prefer to see this section as having modulated to the key of E Minor, which is the relative minor of G Major, in which case the chords would be numbered I, VI, III, VII.
The link section of “Perfect” is probably the most interesting harmonic part of the song, as it contains a D/F# chord. This is simply a normal D Major chord with the 3rd, F#, in the bass instead of the root note, D. Sheeran has chosen to voice the D Major in this way because it gives the bass a flowing, descending movement down the G Major scale, playing G, F#, E, D, C and then back to D. This is a very common device in not just pop music, but in all kinds of music, even more advanced styles such as classical and jazz.
Here is a tab, or transcription of the main guitar part heard in the verse of this song. I have included it because it is a good part to learn in order to practice playing in 12/8 time. This part should be performed with a swung, slightly “lazy” feel, rather than totally straight and robotic. It sounds like the part was fingerpicked on the original recording, however it could be performed with either fingerstyle or with a plectrum. Remember that this part was performed with a capo on the 1st fret of the guitar, and that the notes on this tab are in relation to the capo.
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Again, if you are struggling with the triplet feel of this song, then try counting the eighth notes as each group of three, like this “”1 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 3 4 2 3″
“Perfect” by Ed Sheeran is a great guitar song to learn, it charted highly when it was released and is known by many people. It contains an interesting guitar part throughout the verse, and if you are unfamiliar with the D/F# chord that crops up in this tune, now is the time to learn it, as it appears in many more of Ed Sheeran’s songs, as well as other music in general. I hope you enjoy learning this piece and, as ever, I will see you next time.Welcome to my Perfect chord chart by Ed Sheeran. I really like this guy as he has some pretty cool tunes and this one if no exception. What great about this song is it uses my 4 simple chords!!!!!
Now something important to mention about this song is that the timing is in 6/8. This means we are going to count to 6 instead of 4 when we are strumming. This also gives the song a swaying waltz feel to it.
Ed Sheeran: Perfect Chords With Capo & Strumming
Strumming is going to be kept super simple on this. All downs. You could do a little bit of finger picking if you know how to do block picking. If not, you can check it out in my online guitar course.
PERFECT CHORD CHART BY ED SHEERAN, CAPO ON 1ST FRET EACH CHORD IS TWO MEASURES UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED (1) FOR 1 MEASURE
We do not distribute printable chord and lyrics charts. These charts are here only to support online learning. We highly recommend buying music from Hal Leonard or a reputable online sheet music store. Intro: G Verse: G Em I found a love for me C D Darling, just dive right in, and follow my lead
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G Em Well, I found a girl beautiful and sweet C D (1) D (strum and cut) I never knew you were the someone waiting for me
Pre-Chorus: G Cause we were just kids when we fell in love Em C G (1) D(1) Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-----ime G Em Darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own CD(1) D (1 strum cut) And in your eyes you're holding mine
Pre-Chorus: G Em We are still kids, but we're so in love, fighting against all odds C G(1) D(1) I know we'll be alright this ti-----ime G Em Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I'll be your man C D D (1 strum and cut) I see my future in your eyes
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Chorus: Chords 1 Measure Each Em C G D Em Baby, I'm dancing in the dark, with you between my arms C G D Em Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song C GD Em I have faith in what I see, now I know I have met an angel C G D In person, and she looks perfect
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.Ed Sheeran is the popstar who can do it all: prolific songwriter, accomplished vocalist, and unique and dynamic guitar player. Other than perhaps John Mayer, in terms of sheer raw talent Sheeran all but eclipses his pop companions. Here is a man who sells out stadiums; with just his guitar and loop pedal. And not only that, he does it multiple nights in a row, all over the world. Take Wembley Stadium in the UK as an example. It seats around 60, 000 people, and he sold it out three nights in a row. Alone. That’s a staggering 180, 000 people in three days. There aren’t many other examples of pop artists who can come close to doing something like that, especially not
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