Ed Sheeran - All Of The Stars - Chord

Key B major – G# minor Chords B5, E9, Gb11, Abm7, Gb4 Easy key G (capo 4)

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E9                    B5
   It's just another night
          Abm7  Gb4  E9
And I'm staaaaaring  at the moon
B5
   I saw a shooting star
      Gb11
And thought of you

E9                B5
   I sang a lullaby
        Abm7  Gb4   E9
By the waaaaaterrrrside and knew
B5
   If you were here
     Gb11
I'd sing to you

E9                      B5
   You're on the other side
         Abm7  Gb4    E9
As the skyyyyyline splits in two
B5                      Gb11
   I'm miles away from seeing you

E9                 B5
   I can see the stars
       Abm7  Gb4  E9
From Ame____rica
B5                   Gb11
   I wonder, do you see them, too

             B5
So open your eyes and see
               Gb11
The way our horizons meet
                Abm7
And all of the lights will lead
          E9           Gb11
Into the night with me
                   B5
And I know these scars will bleed
                 Gb11
But both of our hearts believe
               Abm7  E9   B5   Gb11  B5
All of these stars  will guide us home

E9                  B5
   I can hear your heart
        Abm7  Gb4  E9
On the raaaaadiiiiio  beat
B5
   They're playing 'Chasing Cars'
        Gb11
And I thought of us

E9              B5
   Back to the time
          Abm7  Gb4  E9
You were lyyyyyying next to me
B5                      Gb11
   I looked across and fell in love

E9                 B5
   So I took your hand
              Abm7  Gb4   E9
Back through lamp  lit streets I knew
B5                 Gb11
   Everything led back to you

E9                      B5
   So you can see the stars
     Abm7  Gb4  E9
Over Amsssterrrdam
B5
   You're the song my heart 
    Gb11
Is Beating to

             B5
So open your eyes and see
               Gb11
The way our horizons meet
                Abm7
And all of the lights will lead
          E9           Gb11
Into the night with me

                   B5
And I know these scars will bleed
                 Gb11
But both of our hearts believe
               Abm7  E9   B5   Gb11
All of these stars  will guide us home

     E9  Gb11     Abm7  B5
And, oh,      I know
     E9  Gb11  B5
And, oh

E9                 B5
   I can see the stars
       Abm7  Gb4  E9
From Ameeeeerica

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Harmony analysis

Ed Sheeran – All Of The Stars: key and chord analysis

The song opens on E9 and ends on E9. Its chords belong to both B major and G#m, so every chord below is read both ways.

Major view

B major

Brightness rank 2/7 (bright)

Characteristic notes

7 = A# (leading tone, pulls home)
4 = E (the note that leans on the 3rd)

Minor view

G# minor

Brightness rank 5/7 (leaning dark)

Characteristic notes

b6 = E (the minor's melancholy)
b7 = F# (natural-minor colour)

Which side does the ear lean to?

Our reading: to us the song feels closer to the B major side because B is heard 26 times against 14 for G#m. That is an interpretation, not a rule — hearing the same chords from G# minor is just as valid and teaches you something different.

Chord degrees: major and relative minor

Show the degrees above the chords — relative to B or to G#m; comparing both readings is a practice of its own.

Every chord of the key, listed 1 to 7 separately for each key. Chords played in the song show how often they appear; chords from outside the scale sit next to their own degree.

Seen from B major
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
I	B5	Tonic — home	B · F#	26×
I	B	Tonic — home	B · D# · F#	—
ii	C#m	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	C# · E · G#	—
iii	D#m	Mediant — a tonic-family shade	D# · F# · A#	—
V/vi	D#	Secondary dominant V/vi — leads to Abmsecondary dominant	D# · G · A#	—
IV7	E9	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B · D · F#	24×
V7	Gb11	Dominant — strongest pull home	Gb · Bb · Db · Fb · Cb	18×
V	Gb4	Dominant — strongest pull home	Gb · Bb · Db	9×
vi7	Abm7	Relative minor — the melancholy side	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	14×
vii°	A#dim	Leading-tone chord — tension	A# · C# · E	—

Seen from G# minor
Degree	Chord	Role	Notes	In song
i7	Abm7	Tonic — home	Ab · Cb · Eb · Gb	14×
ii°	A#dim	Supertonic — prepares the dominant	A# · C# · E	—
III	B5	Relative major — the bright side	B · F#	26×
III	B	Relative major — the bright side	B · D# · F#	—
iv	C#m	Subdominant — moves away from home	C# · E · G#	—
v	D#m	Minor dominant — soft pull	D# · F# · A#	—
V	D#	Dominant — borrowed from harmonic minor, pulls hard to the tonicharmonic minor	D# · G · A#	—
VI7	E9	Chromatic colour chordoutside the key	E · G# · B · D · F#	24×
VII7	Gb11	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Gb · Bb · Db · Fb · Cb	18×
VII	Gb4	Subtonic — steps back to the tonic	Gb · Bb · Db	9×

Analysis

The key pair is B major and its relative G# minor (5 sharps). 5 different chords appear 91 times in total; 4 of them sit naturally inside the shared scale. E9 step outside the scale as colour chords.

Chord movement

E9 B5 BIV7 → Iplagal cadence G#mVI7 → III ×19
Gb11 B5 BV7 → Iauthentic cadence G#mVII7 → III ×6
Gb11 Abm7 BV7 → vi7deceptive cadence G#mVII7 → i7Aeolian arrival ×5
E9 Gb11 BIV7 → V7IV → V G#mVI7 → VII7VI → VII ×4

The move to watch is E9 → B5, heard 19 times. From the B side it reads IV7 → I (plagal cadence: the soft 'amen' ending); from the G#m side it is VI7 → III. Knowing where these arrivals fall helps you feel the phrasing and anticipate the next chord.

Improvisation tips

B major pentatonic and G# minor pentatonic are the same five notes (B – C# – D# – F# – G#): start from B for a brighter phrase, from G# for a bluesier one.
Over B5, land on B, F# — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over E9, land on E, G#, B — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.
Over Gb11, land on Gb, Bb, Db — the chord's own tones always sound right on strong beats.

The song on the circle of fifths

Played in the song — chord of the key
Played — the minor's harmonic V or a secondary dominant
Played — borrowed or outside chord
Home region: IV–I–V and ii–vi–iii

Empty slices are chords the song doesn't use.

Capo and easier keys

With B major shapes

Capo 2 + A shapes
Capo 4 + G shapes
Capo 7 + E shapes

With G# minor shapes

Capo 4 + Em shapes
Capo 6 + Dm shapes

Easiest keys on guitar

4 semitones down · capo 4 keeps the original pitch
2 semitones down · capo 2 keeps the original pitch

The song's harmonic story

The opening E9 lays a solid floor for everything that follows. B5, E9, Gb11, Abm7 carry the song: I–IV7–V7–vi7 relative to B, III–VI7–VII7–i7 relative to G#m. No chord leaves the shared scale, so a single pentatonic shape works over the whole song. Keep an ear on E9 → B5 (IV7 → I in B, VI7 → III in G#m): plagal cadence — the soft 'amen' ending. Ending on E9, the song seals B as home.

This analysis is generated from the song's chords by akorculuk's harmony engine using consistent rules. When you change key, the degrees stay the same; only the chord names change.