Picking pattern is simple, just listen to the way he plays it from this performance -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KnfJxW4LJg
The chord he plays for Bb and C is missing the ring finger but he doesn't pick it when playing
(it will sound off if you do). Enjoy!
Dm7 x57565
C x3555x
Bb x1333x
F x8101010 or 1x3211
Gm 355333
Picking pattern is:
Fifth string and second simultaneously, then fifth again, then fourth, second, fourth again.
(5-5-4-2-4)
Intro is Dm7 - slide up to F(*) at 8th fret (look at chord diagram). Then down to C, then up to Dm7(*)
before Bb. Before going back to Dm7 again to start over, you should hit C(*). Notice that the chords
with * here are just chords where he hits 5th string and then 4th and 2nd string once.
[Verse 1]
Dm7
Things were all good yesterday
Bb
And then the devil took your memory
C
And if you fell to your death today
Dm7
I hope that heaven is your resting place
I heard the doctors put your chest in pain
F Bb
But then that could've been the medicine
And now you're lying in the bed again
C
Either way I'll cry with the rest of them
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Am7 Dm7
And my father told me, son
F C
It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
Bb Am7 Dm7
And you're not the only one
F C
Although my grandma used to say
That he used to sing.
[Chorus]
Dm7 Bb Gm
Darling, hold me in your arms the way you did last night
C
And we'll lie in sight for a little while, he wrote
Dm7 Bb Gm
I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
C
And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love
Dm7 Bb Gm
Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut
C
For they're designed to be together, oh
Dm7 Bb Gm
With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one
C Dm7
And we're set alight, we're afire love
[Interlude]
Dm7 F C Bb C
[Verse 2]
Dm7 Dm7
Things were all good yesterday
Bb
But then the devil took your breath away
C
And now we're left here in the pain
Black suit, black tie, standing in the rain
Dm7
And now my family is one again
F Bb
Stapled together with the strangers and a friend
Came to my mind, I should paint it with a pen
C
Six years old, I remember when
[Pre-Chorus]
Bb Am7 Dm7
And my father told me, son
F C
It's not his fault he doesn't know your face
Bb Am7 Dm7
And you're not the only one
F C
Although my grandma used to say
That he used to sing
[Chorus]
Dm7 Bb Gm
Darling, hold me in your arms the way you did last night
C
And we'll lie in sight for a little while, he wrote
Dm7 Bb Gm
I could look into your eyes until the sun comes up
C
And we're wrapped in light, in life, in love
Dm7 Bb Gm
Put your open lips on mine and slowly let them shut
C
For they're designed to be together, oh
Dm7 Bb Gm
With your body next to mine our hearts will beat as one
C Dm7
And we're set alight, we're afire love
[Outro]
Dm7 Bb C
And my father and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
Dm7 Bb C
And my brother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
Dm7 Bb C
And my mother and all of my family rise from their seats to sing hallelujah
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/ed_sheeran/afire_love_chords_1497282