As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Bad Habits, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.

This is the full fingerstyle guitar lesson for Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran.
Ed Sheeran released Bad Habits on 25th June 2021 as the first single from his fifth studio album. The song has gone on to reach number 1 in multiple countries including the UK, Australia, Canada and Ireland.
This arrangement is a lot of fun to play, deceptively tricky at times as you have to be really accurate with your picking hand.
Alright, let’s start learning how to play Bad Habits!
As you learn to play this fingerstyle arrangement of Bad Habits, be sure to frequently return to the performance as a good reference point and guide.
Get 25% off tabs, try the courses for free and get exclusive lessons when you join the mailing list.
Join The Mailing ListAlthough the song itself is very straightforward in terms of chords, it’s the intricate fingerpicking that you may find tricky. I’ve adopted a kind of hybrid picking/strumming technique for most of the tune but if you find this too hard then bear in mind that you can take out the strumming and just fingerpick the melody.
Want to be a truly great player? Get HUNDREDS of fingerstyle video lessons for an incredible 40% OFF! Take advantage of this brilliant offer and learn absolutely everything you need to know about fingerpicking.
Hopefully you were OK with the first tutorial so in this lesson we’ll learn all the remaining parts of Bad Habits.