How to Play What Makes You Beautiful on Guitar?

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A, Bm, Em chords. For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B. For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play What Makes You Beautiful with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful Chords

Chord reference D, G, A, Bm, Em

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[D] [G] [A] [D] [G] [A] [A]You’re inse[D]cure, [G]Don’t know what [A]for, You’re turning [D]heads when you [G]walk through the [A]door, Don’t need make[D]up, to [G]cover [D]up, Being the way that you [D]are is [A]enough

[D]Everyone [Bm]else in the room can [A]see it, [D]Everyone [G]else but [Em]you

Baby you [D]light up my [G]world like no[A]body else, The way that [D]you flip your [G]hair gets me [A]overwhelmed, But when you [D]smile at the ground it ain’t [Bm]hard to [A]tell, You don’t [D]know, oh oh, You don’t know you’re beautiful,

If only [G]you saw what [A]I can see, You’ll under[D]stand why I [G]want you so [A]desperately, Right now I’m [D]looking at [G]you and I [A]can’t believe, You don’t [D]know, oh, oh [G]oh, [Bm]You don’t know you’re [A]beauti[D]ful, oh oh, [A]That’s what makes you beauti[D]ful

[G] [Bm] [D]So come on, [G]you got it [A]wrong, [D]To prove I’m right, I put [G]it in a [A]song, I don’t know [D]why, you’re [G]being [A]shy, And [D]turn away when I [G]look into your [A]eye eye eyes

[D]Everyone [Bm]else in the room can [A]see it, [D]Everyone [G]else but [E]you

[A]Na na [G]na na na [Bm]na na [A]na

Baby you [D]light up my [G]world like no[A]body else, The way that [D]you flip your [G]hair gets me [A]overwhelmed, But when you [G]smile at the ground it ain’t [A]hard to tell, You don’t [Bm]know, oh oh, [Em]You don’t know you’re beauti[D]ful,

Artist One Direction

Album Up All Night

Genres Pop

Year 2011

Key D

One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful can be played in the key of D using the D, G, A, Bm, Em chords.

For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
For Bm, To play Bm, barre fret 2 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 4, let D, B ring open, mute G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play What Makes You Beautiful with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.