Old Phone – Ed Sheeran

Old Phone Lyrics and Chords

Old Phone By Ed Sheeran

Capo on 3rd fret

Verse 1

…………………G
I found my old phone today
…………………………….D
In a box that I had hidden away
……………………………….C
Nostalgia trying to lead me astray
………………………………………G             D
Maybe I’ll unwrite some wrongs
……………………..G
I charged the battery again
……………………………………….D
Combinations cause my passcode had changed
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Opened up and saw familiar names
……………………………………………..G         D
Now I wonder where they’ve gone

…………………………………….Em
Conversations with my dead friends
…………………………………..C
Messages from all my exes
………………………………………….G
I kinda think that this was best left
…………………………………….D
In the past where it belongs
…………………………………….Em
I feel an overwhelming sadness
………………………………………….C
Of all the friends I do not have left
……………………………………………G
Seeing how my family has fractured
………………………………………..D
Growing up and moving on

Verse 2

………………….G
I found my old phone today
…………………………………….D
Arguments that I tried to keep at bay
………………………………………………..C
The ones who loved me I just pushed
them away
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Couldn’t tell the difference from the leeches
…………………………G
My closed hand still holds some mates
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But if I’m open it gets smaller day by day
………………………….C
I can’t tell if it is pleasure or pain
………………………………………..G    D
Trying to keep within my remit

…………………………………….Em
Conversations with my dead friends
……………………………………C
Messages from all my exes
…………………………………………..G
I kinda think that this was best left
……………………………………………….D
There in the past where it belongs
……………………………………..Em
I feel an overwhelming sadness
………………………………………….C
Of all the friends I do not have left
……………………………………………G
Seeing how my family has fractured
……………………………………….D
Growing up and moving on

Music:

…………………G
I found my old phone today
So full of love
……D
Yet so full of hate
…………………………………………C
I put it back inside there from whence
It came
……………………………………………………G         D
Nothing good will come from regretting

………………………………………Em
Conversations with my dead friends
……………………………………C
Messages from all my exes
………………………………………….G
I kinda think that this was best left
……………………………………………….D
There in the past where it belongs
……………………………………..Em
I feel an overwhelming sadness
…………………………………………..C
Of all the friends I do not have left
…………………………………………..G
Seeing how my family has fractured
………………………………………..D
Growing up and moving on

…………………Em
I found my old phone today

End