Perfect by Ed Sheeran

Key: G# · 96 BPM · 3/4

The progression

This song follows the I-V-vi-IV progression, played as a vi-IV-I-V rotation in Ab major. Detected with medium confidence: dominant loop covers 46% of song time; rotation: I-V-vi-IV (Modern pop / Axis progression (extremely common, often looped)); 100% of chord time maps to diatonic romans; rapid fifth-related alternation detected 46-53s.

Learn more about the I-V-vi-IV progression

Chord chart

  • 0:00 Ab
  • 0:07 Fm
  • 0:11 Db
  • 0:15 Eb
  • 0:19 Ab
  • 0:22 Fm
  • 0:26 Db
  • 0:30 Eb
  • 0:34 Ab
  • 0:37 Fm
  • 0:41 Db
  • 0:45 Ab
  • 0:47 Eb
  • 0:49 Ab
  • 0:53 Fm7
  • 0:56 Db
  • 1:00 Eb
  • 1:04 Fm
  • 1:06 Db
  • 1:08 Ab
  • 1:10 Eb
  • 1:12 Fm
  • 1:13 Db
  • 1:15 Ab
  • 1:17 Eb
  • 1:19 Fm
  • 1:21 Db
  • 1:23 Ab
  • 1:25 Eb
  • 1:27 Fm
  • 1:29 Db
  • 1:31 Ab
  • 1:32 Eb
  • 1:34 Ab
  • 1:35 Eb
  • 1:38 Db
  • 1:40 Eb
  • 1:42 Ab
  • 1:46 Fm
  • 1:49 Db
  • 1:53 Eb
  • 1:57 Ab
  • 2:01 Fm
  • 2:05 Db
  • 2:08 Eb
  • 2:12 Ab
  • 2:16 Fm
  • 2:20 Db
  • 2:24 Ab
  • 2:25 Eb
  • 2:27 Ab
  • 2:31 Fm7
  • 2:35 Db
  • 2:39 Eb
  • 2:42 Fm
  • 2:44 Db
  • 2:46 Ab
  • 2:48 Eb
  • 2:50 Fm
  • 2:52 Db
  • 2:54 Ab
  • 2:56 Eb
  • 2:58 Fm
  • 3:00 Db
  • 3:01 Ab
  • 3:03 Eb
  • 3:05 Fm7
  • 3:07 Db
  • 3:09 Ab
  • 3:11 Eb
  • 3:13 Ab
  • 3:17 Fm7
  • 3:20 Dbmaj7
  • 3:22 Db
  • 3:24 Eb
  • 3:28 Fm
  • 3:30 Db
  • 3:32 Ab
  • 3:34 Eb
  • 3:36 Fm
  • 3:37 Db
  • 3:39 Ab
  • 3:41 Eb
  • 3:43 Fm
  • 3:45 Db
  • 3:47 Ab
  • 3:49 Eb
  • 3:51 Fm
  • 3:53 Db
  • 3:54 Ab
  • 3:56 Eb
  • 3:58 Dbmaj7
  • 4:02 Eb
  • 4:06 Ab
  • 4:07 Eb
  • 4:08 Fm7
  • 4:09 Eb
  • 4:10 Db
  • 4:12 Eb
  • 4:14 Ab