# What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction: piano chords

What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction uses 4 chords in E major; difficulty on the piano: easy.

## Chords in the song

[E](https://pianokitty.com/c/Emaj), [A](https://pianokitty.com/c/Amaj), [B](https://pianokitty.com/c/Bmaj), [Dbm](https://pianokitty.com/c/Csharpm)

## Chord sheet

- Chords in the song: E A B E A B E A B E A B E A B E A B E A Dbm B Dbm A E B Dbm A E B E A Dbm B E A Dbm B E A Dbm B E A B E A B

## Questions

### Which chords does What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction use?

Different chords: 4. They are all in the list under “Chords in the song”.

### What key is What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction in?

The chords fit E major. This is estimated from the chords, so the recording may be in another key.

### How hard is What Makes You Beautiful to play on the piano?

Difficulty: easy. The rating counts the different chords (4), 7th and extended chords, and chords with another bass note.

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Chord data: [Chordonomicon](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ailsntua/Chordonomicon), [CC BY-NC 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Chords are transcriptions and can differ from the recording.

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