Some songs follow you around, and Paparazzi is one of them — which is honestly on-brand for a track literally about someone who will not stop following you. The difference is that this version doesn't need a flash, a red carpet, or a single one of Gaga's backing musicians. Just one guitar, a couple of fingers, and the willingness to do two jobs at once.
This little clip is a MelodyChords arrangement of Paparazzi: melody on top, chords underneath, all on the same six strings. At about a minute and a half it's a full, performable version, so you can play the whole hook solo without anyone noticing there's no band behind you.
How MelodyChords fingerstyle actually works
The trick to a chord-melody arrangement is simple to say and annoying to do: the melody note always has to be the highest note you're playing. So instead of grabbing a chord shape and calling it a day, you build each chord around the melody note that sits on top, then let your thumb cover the bass root on the lower strings. Your ear fills in the middle. In Paparazzi that means the vocal line lives on the top strings while the harmony (that moody minor-key push-pull the chorus is built on) hums along underneath — one hand faking an entire arrangement.
Concrete takeaway: when a melody note clashes with your usual chord grip, drop a note from the chord rather than move the melody. Nobody misses the fifth. Everybody misses the tune. Keep the top voice singing and thin out everything below it, and the same principle carries over to any pop song you want to turn solo, from Nelly Furtado to whatever's stuck in your head this week.
Grab the tabs, put in the reps, and soon you'll be stalking this melody up and down the fretboard like the world's most persistent photographer. If you want the Guitar Pro file and the slow-motion breakdown, I keep all of that on my Patreon.