Biography:
Niall James Horan, known simply as Niall Horan (born 13th September 1993), is a singer-songwriter and musician from Mullingar, Ireland. He is a current member of the four-piece (former five) band One Direction, formed in 2010) and currently on hiatus. Aside from being a singer, Horan is a songwriter, all-round musician, model, golf manager, social influencer and philanthropist.
In 2010, Horan auditioned as a solo contestant for the British X-Factor.
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Song: This Town
Artist: Niall Horan
Year: 2016
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2
This is my first tab! I just got the tabs from watching his live 1 mic, 1 take recording. You can watch
it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNBlfyYHu80
All chords are relevant to the capo.
[Chords]
G, Em7 Cadd9, D, G* (not official name), Dm/G (not official name)
NOTE: He plays a Cadd9 shape but many times in the video, he removes his index finger from the 2nd fret of
D string. This doesn't affect sound, but saying it's a Cadd9 is easiest for the tab's sake.
Picking D
Traditional D shape, pick like this.
e|-----------------------|
B|----3---3---3----------|
G|----2---2---2----------|
D|---0---0---0-----------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
G*
Traditional G shape on B and e, play like this:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3------------------|
G|----0------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
Dm/G - Dm shape with your thumb pressing on the 2nd fret, wrap around the neck of the guitar.
e:1
B:3
G:2
D:0
A:0
G:2
Pick it like this:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3------------------|
G|----2------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
The progression in the prechorus when he says "The words I never got to say the first time around" can be
slightly tricky. G and G* are only picked twice. The best way to describe it is to step down with your
index and middle fingers so it's like this:
"The words I never got to say the first time around"
D D G G G* G* Em7 x4
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----3---3------3---3---3---3----3---3---3---3-------|
G|----2---2------0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-------|
D|--0----0--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2---2---2---2-------|
E|---------------3---3---2---2------------------------|
^ Walk down the E string, using your middle for G and your index finger for G*.
[Intro]
G
The picking pattern is fairly consistent throughout the song. Basically, pick the lowest note followed by the
G and B strings as shown below:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3---3---3----------|
G|----0---0---0----------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--3---3---3------------|
(Repeat this until Niall begins to sing)
[Verse 1]
G
Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there
Em7
The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air
Cadd9
It’s hard
G
Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round
Em7
It’s funny how things never change in this old town
Cadd9
So far
D
From the stars
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm/G D
And I want to tell you everything
G G* Em7
The words I never got to say the first time around
Dm/G D
And I remember everything
G G* Em7
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Cadd9
Wish I was there with you now
[Chorus]
Em7
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over, the only truth
Em7 D G Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
[Break]
Cadd9 D (a single picking pattern) G
G
[Verse 2]
G
I saw that you moved on with someone new
Em7
In the pub that we met, he’s got his arms around you
Cadd9
It’s so hard
D
So hard
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm/G D
And I want to tell you everything
G G* Em7
The words I never got to say the first time around
Dm/G D
And I remember everything
G G* Em7
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Cadd9
Wish I was there with you now
[Chorus]
Em7
Because if the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 D G* Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
G
You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
Em7
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
Cadd9
Over and over the only truth
Em7 D G* Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
[Bridge]
G
Mmmmmm
Em7
And I know that it’s wrong
G
That I can’t move on
Cadd9
(**Note: Niall does something fancy here but playing Cadd9 sounds fine)
But there’s something about you
[Chorus]
Em7
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
Cadd9
You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
Em7
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Mmmm mmmmm mmmm mmmmmm
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
Artist: Niall Horan
Year: 2016
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 2
This is my first tab! I just got the tabs from watching his live 1 mic, 1 take recording. You can watch
it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNBlfyYHu80
All chords are relevant to the capo.
[Chords]
G, Em7 Cadd9, D, G* (not official name), Dm/G (not official name)
NOTE: He plays a Cadd9 shape but many times in the video, he removes his index finger from the 2nd fret of
D string. This doesn't affect sound, but saying it's a Cadd9 is easiest for the tab's sake.
Picking D
Traditional D shape, pick like this.
e|-----------------------|
B|----3---3---3----------|
G|----2---2---2----------|
D|---0---0---0-----------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
G*
Traditional G shape on B and e, play like this:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3------------------|
G|----0------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
Dm/G - Dm shape with your thumb pressing on the 2nd fret, wrap around the neck of the guitar.
e:1
B:3
G:2
D:0
A:0
G:2
Pick it like this:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3------------------|
G|----2------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--2--------------------|
The progression in the prechorus when he says "The words I never got to say the first time around" can be
slightly tricky. G and G* are only picked twice. The best way to describe it is to step down with your
index and middle fingers so it's like this:
"The words I never got to say the first time around"
D D G G G* G* Em7 x4
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----3---3------3---3---3---3----3---3---3---3-------|
G|----2---2------0---0---0---0----0---0---0---0-------|
D|--0----0--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2---2---2---2-------|
E|---------------3---3---2---2------------------------|
^ Walk down the E string, using your middle for G and your index finger for G*.
[Intro]
G
The picking pattern is fairly consistent throughout the song. Basically, pick the lowest note followed by the
G and B strings as shown below:
e|-----------------------|
B|----3---3---3----------|
G|----0---0---0----------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|--3---3---3------------|
(Repeat this until Niall begins to sing)
[Verse 1]
G
Waking up to kiss you and nobody’s there
Em7
The smell of your perfume still stuck in the air
Cadd9
It’s hard
G
Yesterday I thought I saw your shadow running round
Em7
It’s funny how things never change in this old town
Cadd9
So far
D
From the stars
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm/G D
And I want to tell you everything
G G* Em7
The words I never got to say the first time around
Dm/G D
And I remember everything
G G* Em7
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Cadd9
Wish I was there with you now
[Chorus]
Em7
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over, the only truth
Em7 D G Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
[Break]
Cadd9 D (a single picking pattern) G
G
[Verse 2]
G
I saw that you moved on with someone new
Em7
In the pub that we met, he’s got his arms around you
Cadd9
It’s so hard
D
So hard
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm/G D
And I want to tell you everything
G G* Em7
The words I never got to say the first time around
Dm/G D
And I remember everything
G G* Em7
From when we were the children playing in this fairground
Cadd9
Wish I was there with you now
[Chorus]
Em7
Because if the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 D G* Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
G
You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
Em7
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
Cadd9
Over and over the only truth
Em7 D G* Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
[Bridge]
G
Mmmmmm
Em7
And I know that it’s wrong
G
That I can’t move on
Cadd9
(**Note: Niall does something fancy here but playing Cadd9 sounds fine)
But there’s something about you
[Chorus]
Em7
If the whole world was watching I’d still dance with you
Cadd9
Drive highways and byways to be there with you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
Cadd9
You still make me nervous when you walk in the room
Em7
Them butterflies they come alive when I’m next to you
G
Over and over the only truth
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Mmmm mmmmm mmmm mmmmmm
Em7 Dm/G D Cadd9
Everything comes back to you
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