Chords for Wednesdays with Ed, Episode 9: Ed Sheeran & A New Song

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_ _ _ _ Hey there, welcome to Wednesdays with Ed.
[N] I took two weeks off.
I was tardy.
I've been tardy
I like that's a fun word in it tardy _ _
So as you can see I'm here with a bunch of my friends and we just were here with a special
evening with the Grammys in Atlanta with Ed Sheeran which
[Bb] Thanks to my wonderful friend Michelle Ray Kapplinger.
I got to
Is it [Eb] moderate?
Moderate.
Moderate.
An industry conversation.
Industry conversation.
He is truly by the way
I'm a fan.
I'm gonna say [C] that beforehand.
So [Eb] I'm gonna let that be known.
He was [D] awesome
He truly is an awesome human [Bb] being and it's it's fun to meet people that you
[Eb] _ Recognize and you respect [A] in their music and [G] then you get to meet him and you respect him more as [F] human beings
He's a wonderful human being.
It's back-to-school time.
So
[Bb] With that being [G] said my brother John and his wife Whitney are [Bb] taking their two daughters
Wiley and Lola
They've decided for two years are gonna homeschool and they went and bought a Winnebago and they're gonna travel
this beautiful country of ours and they're gonna homeschool for two years before they become teenagers and tell their parents like
[Eb] Whatever mom [Bb] dad
Anyway, so it's back to school my [Eb] oldest son Lindsey Chris right here going to college
[G] _ _ _ [D]
I'm very proud of you young man.
[Eb] Very proud of you.
So [Bb] damn good-looking.
[F] He is
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[Eb] Anyway, so [D] thinking about my brother John which what they're doing as a [Bb] family I think is
fantastic, I think
One of [Bb] the parts of education is not books, but it's also experiences in [N] life
Not only were your family but experiences and seeing the country seeing _ _
[Bb] What we have before us [E] religion to me
[D] It's not necessarily the ground and this [G] wall that wall that wall that wall in the [N] ceiling God created the universe he created
nature, so they're getting experience that and
Learn the books [Em] learn that so I was thinking about my brother John [Bb] who just turned 50 also
And I wanted to write a song for him.
So I wrote this song for my brother John
This is for you brother [Eb] John.
This is called draw the blood.
This is about
[Gb] My experience watching him grow up
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_ _ Small town boy running through the backyard learning about life under the southern stars that [E] his blood
[B] _ _ [E] _ [B] That's his blood
_ _ _ _ _ Based on Jesus said forgiving tones
Life was defined by the family's home.
That's his [E] blood _ _ _ _
[B] That's his blood _ You _ _
[E] _ Summers new [B] _ lovers [E]
gatherings [B] just watch their [B] MTV _ _
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That's true.
The children play with a [Gb] vigor of you.
That's his [B] blood
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He looks back on gains and loss but he lives for the future by the words of the cross
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