Chords for Ed Sheeran “Eyes Closed” Live on the Stern Show
Tempo:
112.5 bpm
Chords used:
C
F#
A#
C#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When I first heard Eyes Closed, I didn't know what you had written about.
I didn't know it was about this friend of yours, Jamal.
He was like your everything.
He believed in you when no one else did.
[E] That's the impression I got.
We sort of met late teens.
And I was a struggling singer-songwriter and he had this online YouTube platform.
I met my manager through that.
I met the guy that signed me to the record label through that.
[G#] And it just started this wave.
But at the same time, I was living with him.
He'd become my best friend and we were having this sort of rise together.
I just remember waking up in the morning and getting a call and just being like, he's dead.
I'd been speaking to him like four hours before that.
I know that's the thing that everyone says when people pass away.
Like, oh, I just spoke to them.
But he was my best mate, so I was in constant conversation with him.
And I just didn't believe it for ages.
The guy was 31 years old.
You didn't expect him to die.
Do you feel like, oh, why wasn't he more responsible?
Why didn't he take care of himself?
He's such a great guy.
He's a great human being.
I think there's many more layers to that, man.
I don't want to go into it, but there's [E] more layers to it than just what the media have reported, basically.
It's a shame that all of that stuff came out in the press.
I find press with people of note that have passed away very disrespectful.
I had another friend that passed away and they released his biopsy afterwards.
I just find that weird.
Who reads that apart from the family and goes, [G#m] why is this out there?
Why do you need to put that out there?
Why can't it just be, this guy passed away and let's all be sad?
I don't understand why you have to talk about the way.
That made me really angry when that came out.
It's just not nice for his family and friends.
When someone's taken away like that, it's even more of a shock.
He's young, he's vital, he's healthy, he's your best friend, and then he's gone.
At what point can you even write a song about him?
In the month between him passing away and the funeral, we lived in West London, both of us.
We used to go to all these different places.
I would go to the places in that month to remember him and think that he was going to walk in.
Obviously, he didn't.
That's what the inspiration behind the song basically was.
It's a real personal song.
This is about Jamal, your friend, and a beautiful song called Eyes Closed.
Thank you.
[C#] [C]
[A#] [F#]
[C#m] I know it's a bad idea, [C] but how can I help myself?
[A#m] Been inside for most this year, [F#] and I thought a few drinks, they [C#] might help.
It's been a while, my [C] dear, dealing with the cards life dealt.
[F#] I'm still holding back these tears, while my friends are somewhere else.
[C#] I pictured this year a [C] little bit different when it hit [A#m] February.
I step in the bar, [F#] it hit me so hard, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Every song [C] reminds me you're gone, and I feel the lump [A#m] form in my throat,
cause [F#] I'm here alone, just dancing with my eyes closed.
[C]
Cause [F#] everywhere I look, I still see you.
Time is moving so [C#] slow, [C] and I don't [A#] know what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with [C#m] my [C] eyes [A#m] closed.
[F#] Oh, I keep dancing with my delusion is here [C] again,
and I think you'll come home [F#] soon,
but word brings me right back [F#m] in,
then it's only me that's in this [C#m] room, I guess I could just [C] pretend
the colors are more than [A#] blue, I lost more than my [F#] friend,
I can't help but missing [C#] you.
I pictured this month a [C] little bit different, no one is ever [G#] ready,
and when it unfolds, you're [F#] getting a hold, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Everything changes, [C] nothing's the same, except the truth is [A#] now you're gone,
and life [F#] just goes on.
So I'm dancing with my [C#m] eyes closed,
[C] cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow, [C] and I don't [A#m] know what else that I can [F#] do.
So I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes [C]
[A#] closed.
Eyes, [F#] oh I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes,
[C]
eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, [F#m] oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my,
they're shutting the bar, they're [C] cleaning the floor,
everyone is [F#] already home, but I'm on my own.
Still dancing with my [C#m]
eyes [C] closed,
cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow,
[C] and I don't know [A#] what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with my [C#]
eyes [C] closed.
[A#]
[F#m] Eyes, oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my eyes,
[C] eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes,
[F#] oh I keep dancing with my,
Jesus [F] Ed, that's a beautiful song.
Thank you man.
Man, I mean just a beautiful song.
Thank you.
What a tribute [N] to Jamal.
I didn't know it was about this friend of yours, Jamal.
He was like your everything.
He believed in you when no one else did.
[E] That's the impression I got.
We sort of met late teens.
And I was a struggling singer-songwriter and he had this online YouTube platform.
I met my manager through that.
I met the guy that signed me to the record label through that.
[G#] And it just started this wave.
But at the same time, I was living with him.
He'd become my best friend and we were having this sort of rise together.
I just remember waking up in the morning and getting a call and just being like, he's dead.
I'd been speaking to him like four hours before that.
I know that's the thing that everyone says when people pass away.
Like, oh, I just spoke to them.
But he was my best mate, so I was in constant conversation with him.
And I just didn't believe it for ages.
The guy was 31 years old.
You didn't expect him to die.
Do you feel like, oh, why wasn't he more responsible?
Why didn't he take care of himself?
He's such a great guy.
He's a great human being.
I think there's many more layers to that, man.
I don't want to go into it, but there's [E] more layers to it than just what the media have reported, basically.
It's a shame that all of that stuff came out in the press.
I find press with people of note that have passed away very disrespectful.
I had another friend that passed away and they released his biopsy afterwards.
I just find that weird.
Who reads that apart from the family and goes, [G#m] why is this out there?
Why do you need to put that out there?
Why can't it just be, this guy passed away and let's all be sad?
I don't understand why you have to talk about the way.
That made me really angry when that came out.
It's just not nice for his family and friends.
When someone's taken away like that, it's even more of a shock.
He's young, he's vital, he's healthy, he's your best friend, and then he's gone.
At what point can you even write a song about him?
In the month between him passing away and the funeral, we lived in West London, both of us.
We used to go to all these different places.
I would go to the places in that month to remember him and think that he was going to walk in.
Obviously, he didn't.
That's what the inspiration behind the song basically was.
It's a real personal song.
This is about Jamal, your friend, and a beautiful song called Eyes Closed.
Thank you.
[C#] [C]
[A#] [F#]
[C#m] I know it's a bad idea, [C] but how can I help myself?
[A#m] Been inside for most this year, [F#] and I thought a few drinks, they [C#] might help.
It's been a while, my [C] dear, dealing with the cards life dealt.
[F#] I'm still holding back these tears, while my friends are somewhere else.
[C#] I pictured this year a [C] little bit different when it hit [A#m] February.
I step in the bar, [F#] it hit me so hard, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Every song [C] reminds me you're gone, and I feel the lump [A#m] form in my throat,
cause [F#] I'm here alone, just dancing with my eyes closed.
[C]
Cause [F#] everywhere I look, I still see you.
Time is moving so [C#] slow, [C] and I don't [A#] know what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with [C#m] my [C] eyes [A#m] closed.
[F#] Oh, I keep dancing with my delusion is here [C] again,
and I think you'll come home [F#] soon,
but word brings me right back [F#m] in,
then it's only me that's in this [C#m] room, I guess I could just [C] pretend
the colors are more than [A#] blue, I lost more than my [F#] friend,
I can't help but missing [C#] you.
I pictured this month a [C] little bit different, no one is ever [G#] ready,
and when it unfolds, you're [F#] getting a hold, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Everything changes, [C] nothing's the same, except the truth is [A#] now you're gone,
and life [F#] just goes on.
So I'm dancing with my [C#m] eyes closed,
[C] cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow, [C] and I don't [A#m] know what else that I can [F#] do.
So I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes [C]
[A#] closed.
Eyes, [F#] oh I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes,
[C]
eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, [F#m] oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my,
they're shutting the bar, they're [C] cleaning the floor,
everyone is [F#] already home, but I'm on my own.
Still dancing with my [C#m]
eyes [C] closed,
cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow,
[C] and I don't know [A#] what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with my [C#]
eyes [C] closed.
[A#]
[F#m] Eyes, oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my eyes,
[C] eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes,
[F#] oh I keep dancing with my,
Jesus [F] Ed, that's a beautiful song.
Thank you man.
Man, I mean just a beautiful song.
Thank you.
What a tribute [N] to Jamal.
Key:
C
F#
A#
C#
C#m
C
F#
A#
When I first heard Eyes Closed, I didn't know what you had written about.
I didn't know it was about this friend of yours, Jamal.
He was like your everything.
He believed in you when no one else did.
[E] That's the impression I got.
We sort of met _ late teens.
And I was a struggling singer-songwriter and he had this online YouTube platform.
I met my manager through that.
I met the guy that signed me to the record label through that.
[G#] And it just started this wave.
But at the same time, I was living with him.
He'd become my best friend and we were having this sort of rise together.
I just remember waking up in the morning and getting a call and just being like, he's dead. _ _
I'd been speaking to him like four hours before that.
I know that's the thing that everyone says when people pass away.
Like, oh, I just spoke to them.
But he was my best mate, so I was in constant conversation with him.
And I just didn't believe it for ages.
The guy was 31 years old.
You didn't expect him to die.
Do you feel like, oh, why wasn't he more responsible?
Why didn't he take care of himself?
He's such a great guy.
He's a great human being.
I think there's many more layers to that, man.
I don't want to go into it, but there's [E] more layers to it than just what the media have reported, basically.
_ _ _ It's a shame that all of that stuff came out in the press.
I find press with people of note that have passed away very disrespectful.
I had another friend that passed away and they released his biopsy afterwards.
I just find that weird.
Who reads that _ apart from the family and goes, [G#m] why is this out there?
Why do you need to put that out there?
Why can't it just be, this guy passed away and let's all be sad?
I don't understand why you have to talk about the way.
That _ made me really angry when that came out.
It's just not nice for his family and friends.
When someone's taken away like that, it's even more of a shock.
He's young, he's vital, he's healthy, he's your best friend, and then he's gone.
_ At what point can you even write a song about him?
In the month between him passing away and the funeral, we lived in West London, both of us.
We used to go to all these different places.
I would go to the places in that month to remember him and think that he was going to walk in.
Obviously, he didn't.
That's what the inspiration behind the song basically was.
It's a real personal song.
This is about Jamal, your friend, and a beautiful song called Eyes Closed.
Thank you.
[C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#m] I know it's a bad idea, [C] but how can I help myself?
[A#m] Been inside for most this year, [F#] and I thought a few drinks, they [C#] might help.
It's been a while, my [C] dear, dealing with the cards life dealt.
[F#] I'm still holding back these tears, while my friends are somewhere else.
[C#] I pictured this year a [C] little bit different when it hit [A#m] February.
I step in the bar, [F#] it hit me so hard, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Every song [C] reminds me you're gone, and I feel the lump [A#m] form in my throat,
cause [F#] I'm here alone, just dancing with my eyes closed.
[C] _ _
Cause [F#] everywhere I look, I still see you.
Time is moving so [C#] slow, [C] _ and I don't [A#] know what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with [C#m] my _ [C] eyes _ _ [A#m] closed.
_ _ _ [F#] Oh, I keep dancing with my delusion is here [C] again,
and I think you'll come home [F#] soon,
but word brings me right back [F#m] in,
then it's only me that's in this [C#m] room, I guess I could just [C] pretend
the colors are more than [A#] blue, I lost more than my [F#] friend,
I can't help but missing [C#] you.
I pictured this month a [C] little bit different, no one is ever [G#] ready,
and when it unfolds, you're [F#] getting a hold, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Everything changes, [C] nothing's the same, except the truth is [A#] now you're gone,
and life [F#] just goes on.
So I'm dancing with my [C#m] eyes closed,
[C] _ cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you. _
Time is moving [C#m] so slow, _ [C] _ and I don't [A#m] know what else that I can [F#] do.
So I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes [C] _ _ _
[A#] closed.
Eyes, _ _ [F#] oh I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes,
_ [C] _ _
eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, _ [F#m] oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my,
they're shutting the bar, they're [C] cleaning the floor,
everyone is [F#] already home, but I'm on my own.
_ _ Still dancing with my [C#m] _
eyes [C] closed,
cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow,
_ [C] _ and I don't know [A#] what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with my _ [C#] _
eyes [C] _ _ closed.
[A#] _ _ _
[F#m] Eyes, oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my eyes,
_ [C] _ eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, _
[F#] oh I keep dancing with my, _ _ _
_ Jesus [F] Ed, that's a beautiful song.
Thank you man.
Man, I mean just a beautiful song.
Thank you.
What a tribute [N] to Jamal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I didn't know it was about this friend of yours, Jamal.
He was like your everything.
He believed in you when no one else did.
[E] That's the impression I got.
We sort of met _ late teens.
And I was a struggling singer-songwriter and he had this online YouTube platform.
I met my manager through that.
I met the guy that signed me to the record label through that.
[G#] And it just started this wave.
But at the same time, I was living with him.
He'd become my best friend and we were having this sort of rise together.
I just remember waking up in the morning and getting a call and just being like, he's dead. _ _
I'd been speaking to him like four hours before that.
I know that's the thing that everyone says when people pass away.
Like, oh, I just spoke to them.
But he was my best mate, so I was in constant conversation with him.
And I just didn't believe it for ages.
The guy was 31 years old.
You didn't expect him to die.
Do you feel like, oh, why wasn't he more responsible?
Why didn't he take care of himself?
He's such a great guy.
He's a great human being.
I think there's many more layers to that, man.
I don't want to go into it, but there's [E] more layers to it than just what the media have reported, basically.
_ _ _ It's a shame that all of that stuff came out in the press.
I find press with people of note that have passed away very disrespectful.
I had another friend that passed away and they released his biopsy afterwards.
I just find that weird.
Who reads that _ apart from the family and goes, [G#m] why is this out there?
Why do you need to put that out there?
Why can't it just be, this guy passed away and let's all be sad?
I don't understand why you have to talk about the way.
That _ made me really angry when that came out.
It's just not nice for his family and friends.
When someone's taken away like that, it's even more of a shock.
He's young, he's vital, he's healthy, he's your best friend, and then he's gone.
_ At what point can you even write a song about him?
In the month between him passing away and the funeral, we lived in West London, both of us.
We used to go to all these different places.
I would go to the places in that month to remember him and think that he was going to walk in.
Obviously, he didn't.
That's what the inspiration behind the song basically was.
It's a real personal song.
This is about Jamal, your friend, and a beautiful song called Eyes Closed.
Thank you.
[C#] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#m] I know it's a bad idea, [C] but how can I help myself?
[A#m] Been inside for most this year, [F#] and I thought a few drinks, they [C#] might help.
It's been a while, my [C] dear, dealing with the cards life dealt.
[F#] I'm still holding back these tears, while my friends are somewhere else.
[C#] I pictured this year a [C] little bit different when it hit [A#m] February.
I step in the bar, [F#] it hit me so hard, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Every song [C] reminds me you're gone, and I feel the lump [A#m] form in my throat,
cause [F#] I'm here alone, just dancing with my eyes closed.
[C] _ _
Cause [F#] everywhere I look, I still see you.
Time is moving so [C#] slow, [C] _ and I don't [A#] know what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with [C#m] my _ [C] eyes _ _ [A#m] closed.
_ _ _ [F#] Oh, I keep dancing with my delusion is here [C] again,
and I think you'll come home [F#] soon,
but word brings me right back [F#m] in,
then it's only me that's in this [C#m] room, I guess I could just [C] pretend
the colors are more than [A#] blue, I lost more than my [F#] friend,
I can't help but missing [C#] you.
I pictured this month a [C] little bit different, no one is ever [G#] ready,
and when it unfolds, you're [F#] getting a hold, how can it be this heavy?
[C#] Everything changes, [C] nothing's the same, except the truth is [A#] now you're gone,
and life [F#] just goes on.
So I'm dancing with my [C#m] eyes closed,
[C] _ cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you. _
Time is moving [C#m] so slow, _ [C] _ and I don't [A#m] know what else that I can [F#] do.
So I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes [C] _ _ _
[A#] closed.
Eyes, _ _ [F#] oh I keep dancing with [C#] my eyes,
_ [C] _ _
eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, _ [F#m] oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my,
they're shutting the bar, they're [C] cleaning the floor,
everyone is [F#] already home, but I'm on my own.
_ _ Still dancing with my [C#m] _
eyes [C] closed,
cause everywhere [A#] I look, I still [F#] see you.
Time is moving [C#m] so slow,
_ [C] _ and I don't know [A#] what else that I [F#] can do.
So I keep dancing with my _ [C#] _
eyes [C] _ _ closed.
[A#] _ _ _
[F#m] Eyes, oh I keep dancing with [C#m] my eyes,
_ [C] _ eyes [A#] closed.
Eyes, _
[F#] oh I keep dancing with my, _ _ _
_ Jesus [F] Ed, that's a beautiful song.
Thank you man.
Man, I mean just a beautiful song.
Thank you.
What a tribute [N] to Jamal.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _