Tenerife Sea Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | Gb |
Capo: | 4th fret |
Chords
Strumming
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Almost Standard Tuning:
E-A-D-E-B-E (Just tune the G down to an E)
Capo 4
[Chords]
E 022000
F#m 244000
A x02000
B x24000
C#m x46000
http://youtu.be/-_Hqn2uJALk?t=1m1s
On the A chord, he hammers the B string (2nd from highest), second fret - x02020
Technique stuff:
The F#m chord may sound a bit off, but it's the bass note that you should listen for.
Also, think of this song as 4 beats per line, but then subdivide every beat into 6
mini beats. That's how he plucks. For example, say "Cheerio Cheerio" for each
beat.
He likes to hit the bass note on the first beat of every chord, the G string on
the 2nd triplet (or the Chee of the second Cheerio), then the B string on the "a"
of the 2nd triplet (1+a2+a) (or the "O" of the second Cheerio).
In the album version of this song, in the bridge (Lumière darling) the chords are C#m A E B.
[Verse]
E F#m A
You look so wonderful in your dress
E F#m A
I love your hair like that
E F#m A
The way it falls on the side of your neck
C#m B A
Down your shoulders and back
E F#m A
We are surrounded by all of these lies
E F#m A
And people who talk too much
E F#m A
You've got the kind of look in your eyes
C#m B A
As if no one knows anything but us
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B
And should this be the last thing I see
A E B
I want you to know it's enough for me
A E B
'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need
[Chorus]
E F#m A
I'm so in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
[Verse]
E F#m A
You look so beautiful in this light
E F#m A
Your silhouette over me
E F#m A
The way it brings out the blue in your eyes
C#m B A
is the Tenerife Sea
E F#m A
And all of the voices surrounding us here
E F#m A
They just fade out when you take a breath
E F#m A
Just say the word and I will disappear
C#m B A
into the wilderness
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B
And should this be the last thing I see
A E B
I want you to know it's enough for me
A E B
'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need
[Chorus]
E F#m A
I'm so in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
[Bridge]
C#m A E B
Lumière, darling
C#m A B
Lumière over me
(He loops this 6 times, I sing it 2 times normal, 2 with the first harmony he uses)
[Pre-Chorus]
A E B
And should this be the last thing I see
A E B
I want you to know it's enough for me
A E B
'Cause all that you are is all that I'll ever need
[Outro]
E F#m A
I'm so in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
E F#m A
So in love
[Outro]
E F#m A
You look so wonderful in your dress
E F#m A
I loved your hair like that
E F#m A
And in the moment I knew you Beth
(on the last chord just play the bass string)
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Tenerife Sea – Ed Sheeran
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50 comments

This is just brilliant. Good work!
+30

It's actually 'Beth', not 'back' at the very last part. Just saying./.
+7

i +3 and then played easier chords on CAPO 1 and it sounded just as good, but with chords like Em C G Am etc, don't be afraid to do that
+7