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What Makes You Beautiful Cover Tab by The 1975

What Makes You Beautiful Cover tab by The 1975

Guitar Tab

Hann's part for the cover of One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful from the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge

// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEVXmzHY1lU // <- slashes for that 1975 style :)

Tuning is standard

V E R S E O N E // compressed and reverbed I think, Hann just literally plays hammer ons without picking and
lets notes ring. He plays it every now and again but I can't pinpoint how many times, if you watch the video
you'll notice when //

E ----------------
A ----------------
D ----------------
G -----12h14--12--
B ----------------
e ----------------
C H O R U S // uses lots of distortion and some reverb, he starts picking here and then sliding //

E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ---8s13----8s15----8s13----8s12--13-----8s13----8s15----8s13----8s12--13---------10s15-----
e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

S O L O // same settings as for the chorus //

E -------------------------------------         ----------------------
A -------------------------------------         ----------------------
D ---------------12h14p12----10-------- x3 then ----------------------
G ---12h14p12--------------------------         -12h14p12-------------
B -------------------------------------         -----------15h17p15---
e -------------------------------------         ----------------------

O U T R O

E ----------------------------
A ----------------------------
D ----------------------------
G ----------------------------
B --17 (let ring)-------------
e ------17(x8)--15(x8)--17(x8)// repeat playing 15 and 17 on e until end //

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