The A Team Chords
Chords in this song
Chords for The A Team by Ed Sheeran, in the key of A, around 85 BPM. The song is built on A, E/G#, F#m, D, Dadd9, Bm7, usually played with a capo on fret 2. Press play — the chord sheet above highlights in time with the track, and you can click any bar to jump there.
How to play The A Team
A is the key you actually hear on the record. Most players don't finger those chords directly — they put a capo on fret 2 and play G, D/F#, Em, C, Cadd9, Am7 shapes, which sound as A, E/G#, F#m, D, Dadd9, Bm7. That's why chord sites often list this song "in G": they're printing the shapes, not the sounding key.
Difficulty: Advanced — 6 different chords, 4 of them barre or extended shapes. The capo makes it considerably easier than the key suggests.
Capo 2 with G-family shapes. Our A6 is enharmonically F#m7.
Chords you need
With a capo on fret 2, finger these as G, D/F#, Em, C, Cadd9, Am7.
Chord progression through the song
The bar-by-bar timeline above is detected from the audio by EarChords and can include passing voicings the songbooks simplify away — the key, the core chords and the capo position on this page are checked against published sheet music and audio-analysis sources.
Frequently asked
What key is The A Team in?
The A Team by Ed Sheeran is in the key of A, at around 85 BPM. That's the key the recording actually sounds in, not the shapes you finger — with a capo on fret 2 you play G, D/F#, Em, C shapes and it still sounds in A.
What chords do I need for The A Team?
The core of the song is A, E/G#, F#m, D, Dadd9, Bm7, which most players finger as G, D/F#, Em, C, Cadd9, Am7 with a capo on fret 2.
Is The A Team good for beginners?
Advanced. 6 different chords, 4 of them barre or extended shapes. The capo does a lot of the work here — it turns the chords into G, D/F#, Em, C shapes.
What capo do you use for The A Team?
Fret 2. With the capo there you play G, D/F#, Em, C, Cadd9, Am7 shapes, and the song sounds in its original key of A.