Ed Sheeran - Skinny Love: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Skinny Love" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

Fm              C#                 G#
Come on skinny love just last the year
Fm             C#                 G#
Pour a little salt we were never here
        Fm          C#      G#
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
                A#m7                       Fm
Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer

I tell my love to wreck it all
Cut out all the ropes and let me fall
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Right in the moment this order's tall

Chorus:
       G#
And I told you to be patient
       Fm7           C#
And I told you to be fine
       G#
And I told you to be balanced
       Fm7           C#
And I told you to be kind
            G#
And in the morning I'll be with you
        Fm7                  C#
But it will be a different "kind"
             G#
And I'll be holding all the tickets
              Fm7             C#
And you'll be owning all the fines

Come on skinny love, what happened here?
Suckle on the hope in light brassieres
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
Sullen load is full, so slow on the split

Chorus:
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines

G#
  Who will love you?
Fm7         C#
  Who will fight?
G#
  Who will fall
Fm7      C#
  far behind?

  Who will love you?
  Who will fight?
  Who will fall
  far behind?



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#m

Guitar chord A#m

C#

Guitar chord C#

Fm

Guitar chord Fm

Fm7

Guitar chord Fm7

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Skinny Love" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Skinny Love" by Ed Sheeran.

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