This is the chord progression of on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[Verse] Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2Dsus4
You’re insecure, don’t know what for Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2Dsus4
You’re turning heads when you walk through the door Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
Don’t need makeup to cover up Dsus4Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2Dsus4
Being the way that you are is enough
[Pre-Chorus] Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
Everyone else in the room can see it Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
Everyone else but you
[Chorus] Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
Baby, you light up my world like nobody else Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed Gsus2Cadd9Dsus2
But when you smile at the ground, it ain’t hard to tell Gsus2Cadd9Gsus2
You don’t know, oh, oh, you don’t know you’re beautiful Cadd9Gsus2
Oh oh. That’s what makes you beautiful
How to play What Makes You Beautiful: key, chords and progression
What Makes You Beautiful by Ed Sheeran sits in G major (one sharp: F♯), and you need 4 chords to play it: Gsus2, Cadd9, Dsus2 and Dsus4.
The progression the song keeps returning to is Gsus2 – Cadd9 – Dsus2 – Gsus2 (Isus2 – IVadd9 – Vsus2 – Isus2 in G major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.
Good to know: Gsus2 is the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele it is simpler.
