Ed Sheeran - You Need Me I Don’t Need You

[Intro]
Em G A C D

[Verse 1]
Em
But now I’m in town break it down

Thinking of making a new sound
G
Playing a different show every night

In front of a new crowd
A
That’s you now hello ciao

Seems that life is great now
C D
See me lose focus as I sing to you loud
Em G
I can’t no I won’t hush
A
I’ll say the words that make you blush
C D
I’m gonna sing this now ow ow
Em
See I’m true my songs are where my heart is
G
I’m like glue I stick to other artists
A
I’m not you now that would be disastrous
C
Let me sing and do my thing
D
And move to greener pastures
Em
See I’m real I do it all it’s all me
G
I’m not fake don’t ever call me lazy
A
I won’t stay put

Give me the chance to be free
C
Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me

[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

Em G
You need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D
You need me

[Verse 2]
Em
I sing and write my own tune

and I write my own verse
G
Hell don’t need another wordsmith

to make the tune sell?
A
Call yourself a singer-writer

You’re just bluffing
C
Your name’s on the credits
D
And you didn’t write nothing
Em
I sing fast

I know that all my shit’s cool
G
I will blast

And I didn’t go to Brit School
A
I came fast with the way I act right
C D
I can’t last if I’m smoking on a crack pipe
Em
I won’t be a product of my genre
G
My mind will always be stronger than my songs are
A
Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya
C D
Always read the stories that you hear in Wikipedia
Em
And musically I’m demonstrating
G
When I perform live feels like I am meditating
A
Times at The Enterprise when some fella filmed me
C D
A young singer-writer like Gabriella Cilmi

[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

Em G
You need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D
You need me
[Verse 3]
Em
All I want in this cold world is to make music and use it
G
Not to abuse it and get affected

infected with the who’s who of music
A
Who did it who is it

who’s in it or what the hell does it matter?
C D
Chitter chatter don’t matter what a yidder
Em
yidder yadder it don’t matter to me
G
All I want is a bit of dignity in me to battle this industry freely
A
To be me in this seedy needy world can you hear me?
C D
Hey so I keep singing that
Em
When I first started this rapping shit

I felt pressure from haters
G
Became invaded with sadists and just developed a hater radar
A
And made for the stars kept my grind in the dark
C D
And then appeared with a remedy kicking rhymes with a melody
Em
Hennesey shots and Glocks all these fools on the block
G
Who said you gotta be a gangster now to raise to the top?
A
I’m just a normal casual usual everyday type of guy
C D
With my head in the sky Ed Sheeran Urban Angel

coming ready to die
Em
So see the signs stand to the side

Open your eyes and take a look and realize

The resurrection’s arrived and as the mist clears
C D Em
I arise from my tomb in disguise all alone Alonestar
G
Urban Angel rising from the ashes
A C D
Surprising all haters guiding now moving steady

[Pre-Chorus]
Em
You can find me in the club bottle full of bub
G
Mummy I’ve got the X if you’re into taking drugs
A
Into having sex I ain’t into making love
C D
Come give me a hug if you’re into getting rough
Em
You can find me in the club club bottle full of bubbly
G
Mummy I’ve got the X if you’re into taking drugs
A
Into having sex I ain’t into making love
C D
Come give me a hug if you’re into getting rough

[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

Em G
You need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

[Bridge]
Em G
My eyes are red I’ve been burning
A
I’ve been burning
Em G
My eyes are red I’ve been burning
A
I’ve been burning
Em G
My eyes are red I’ve been burning
C D
I’ve been burning on a spliff off your high grade
Em G
My eyes are red I’ve been burning
C D
I’ve been burning burning burning

[Verse 4]
Em
Now where I come from

burning weed it is a habit
G
A big fat bag of high grade weed

you know I got to have it
A
Cause if I don’t have it in my pocket

I’m going to panic
C
Cause like I said where
D
I come from weed smoking is a habit
Em
Yup we’ll do da bun

in the place up in the hood
G
One of them things I have inherited

like a ghetto man should
A
One of them things is smoking weed

it yes it makes me feel good
C
Burning high grade sensimilla
D
yes it makes me feel
Em
But me is a man ah

talk about sensimilla is a drug
G
And if I start to smoke it

I’mma-nna turn into a thug
A
Where I come from that

they talking could that only get you mugged
C D
Where I come from burning weed it

is a blessing from above
Em
Where I come from yes we bun

it when we listen rub a dub
G
Where I come from yes we bun

after we just-a make a love
A
Where I come from yes we bun

it when the sun starts shine
C D
I blaze high grade weed all the time!

[Bridge]
D Em
Now my eyes are red
G
Cause you need me I don’t need you
A
You need me man my eyes are red
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man my eyes are red
G
And you need me I don’t need you
A
You need me man my eyes are red
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D
You need me man I don’t need you

[Instrumental break]

[Interlude] Same chord progression (Em G A C D)

Woooah
Woooah
Woooah
Yea

[Verse 5]
Em
Cause with the lyrics I’ll be aiming it right
G
I won’t stop till my name’s in lights

At stadium heights with Damien Rice
A
On red carpets now I’m on Arabian Nights
C
Because I’m young and
D
all my brother’s gonna give me advice
Em
Long nighter short height and I gone hyper
G
Never be anything but a singer-songwriter
A
The game’s over but now I’m on a new level
C D
Watch how I step on the track without a loop pedal
Em
People think that I’m bound to blow up
G
I’ve done around about a thousand shows
A
But I haven’t got a house plus I live on the couch
C D
So you can be the lyrics when I’m singing them out Wow
Em
From day one I’ve been prepared
G
With V05 wax for my ginger hair
A
So now I’m back to the sofa
C
giving a dose of what the future holds
D
‘Cause it’s another day

[Verse 6]
Em
Rucksack with the old clothes I rap with cold flows
G
I’m back with the old jokes in fact you don’t know
A
On tracks I throw blows to make my punchlines relevant
C D
If you can’t keep up you’ll get none you’re celibate
Em
My flows developing skin lacks the melanin
G
Give me a shot of adrenaline and I get it in
A
Do it for the hell of it
C
Cause ever since I hit the mainstream
D
with The A Team I seem to sell a bit
Em
I took what held me back with the women

then I packaged the image
G
Put in some content

then I sold it back as a gimmick
A
The fact is this

I’ll end up dating actresses
C
Wake up on dirty mattresses
D
I think I’ll need to practice this
Em
But I make shit happen call me a laxative
G
World’s on my shoulders

I don’t even know what Atlas is
A
Hard bars sharp like a cactus is
C D
I’m back to rapping back to back cause I’ve

been practicing

I’m back to sing this

[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

Em G
You need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

[Verse 7]
Em
Plus I’ll keep my last name forever

keep the genre pretty basic
G
Gonna be breaking into other peoples

tunes when I chase it
A
And replace it with the elephant

in the room with a facelift
C D
Into another rappers shoes using new laces
Em
Selling CDs from my rucksack

aiming for the papers
G
Selling CDs from my rucksack

aiming for the majors
A
Nationwide tour with just jack

still had to get the bus back
C D
Clean cut kid without a razor for the mustache
Em
I hit back when the pen hurts me
G
I’m still a choir boy in a Fenchurch tee
A
I’m still the same as a year ago

But more people hear me though
C D
According to the MySpace and YouTube videos
Em
I’m always doing shows

if I’m not I’m in the studio
G
Truly broke never growing up call me Ruffio
A
Melody music maker

Reading all the papers
C D
They say I’m up and coming like I’m fucking

in an elevator.

[Chorus]
Em G
Cause you need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you

Em G
You need me man I don’t need you
A
You need me man I don’t need you
C
You need me man I don’t need you at all
D Em
You need me man I don’t need you