Photograph by Ed Sheeran

Key: E · 108 BPM · 4/4

The progression

This song follows the I-V-vi-IV progression, played as a vi-IV-I-V rotation in E major. Detected with medium confidence: dominant loop covers 45% 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 29-41s.

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

Chord chart

  • 0:01 E
  • 0:05 C#m
  • 0:08 C#m7
  • 0:10 Bsus4
  • 0:14 A
  • 0:16 E
  • 0:23 C#m
  • 0:27 B
  • 0:28 E
  • 0:32 A
  • 0:36 E
  • 0:41 C#m
  • 0:45 B
  • 0:46 E
  • 0:50 A
  • 0:54 C#m
  • 0:56 A
  • 0:58 E
  • 1:01 B
  • 1:03 C#m
  • 1:05 A
  • 1:07 E
  • 1:17 B
  • 1:21 C#m
  • 1:25 A
  • 1:30 E
  • 1:39 C#m
  • 1:43 B
  • 1:47 A
  • 1:52 E
  • 1:56 C#m
  • 2:01 B
  • 2:05 A
  • 2:10 C#m
  • 2:12 A
  • 2:14 E
  • 2:16 B
  • 2:19 C#m
  • 2:21 A
  • 2:23 E
  • 2:25 B
  • 2:27 E
  • 2:32 B
  • 2:36 C#m
  • 2:41 A
  • 2:45 E
  • 2:50 B
  • 2:54 C#m
  • 2:59 A
  • 3:03 C#m
  • 3:07 A
  • 3:12 E
  • 3:16 B
  • 3:21 E
  • 3:30 C#m
  • 3:34 A
  • 3:39 E
  • 3:44 B
  • 3:47 C#m
  • 3:52 A
  • 3:56 E
  • 4:05 C#m
  • 4:08 A
  • 4:12 E