Tonight You Belong to Me Steve Martin chords

[fergodham]

Good job!!! I'm glad I clicked on this video!! Even though the tunning is a bit awkward with the half steps down... could you possible list some of those chords anyway??

[soURfunnyYOUthink]

usually it starts on G so where u start...

[mikebbb23]

I watched Lyle Play the intro ... It is in an interview with Jim B ( as others have already stated )

Even though these are the wrong chords and the wrong tuning ... Just play it loud !! who cares !!

Personally I play it in G with normal Uke tuning ... The proper intro is impossible like this, BUT, wtf ... you can still approximate the into and the small rifs between verses is easy !!

[MattTee1975]

Awesome...thanks. This was driving me nuts

[TheGodParticle]

Good job sir.

[Just4Meeeee]

You've got it roughed out - that's the hard part! Now if you could just do it again when you've practiced it a bit more it'll be PERFECT! GREAT WORK!!!

[batum44]

Hey thats a mighty good attempt at this. Could you list the chords? Please

[jeflitz]

fail.

[kaysoe]

cool man, post it again if you get it better, but nice job. Did you figure that out yerself?

[EvilKris]

yeah sounds just like it...

[ARadicalAliensNoun]

That's not it.

[JoshuaQuail]

this is the most correct version that i have found

[DaBunne]

I think one or two of the chords sound off... Not trying to discredit your awesome work figuring this out, just trying to help. I dont have much education to help me tell you exactly what chord is what etc. but I do have a good ear. ;) I know the second chord is a little weird in your version... I think he changed his fingering in the original... rather than sliding the same fingers a fret up. theres another chord that I think has a note off too...

[deweypug]

So nice to hear someone figuring this one out! Congrats!

[shallowbthygame]

are you using a lefty ukulele?

[faxdaddy]

Nice Uke!

[2pointmandolin]

Lyle Ritz played the tune on the Jerk.

[jakedeving]

@2pointmandolin no he didnt, steve martin said he learned the ukulele part for the movie. he also plays banjo

[2pointmandolin]

@jakedeving While I agree Steve Martin is a good banjo player and could have played along on this part, it is well documented that Lyle Ritz is who you hear playing on the movie sound track.

[jakedeving]

he said in an interview that he did, soo...

[kaysoe]

@jakedeving what interview?

[jakedeving]

@kaysoe not really an interview- he spoke to people at some sort of awards thing and talked about stepping on a beautiful martin uke.

[bevoburn]

What model Uke are you playing?

[slimjimlim]

your voice sounds like Bill from Kill Bill

[parkerman6]

what do you mean whoever was playing? it was steve martin, he plays banjo hella good, so ukelele would be no problem for him.

[exsees2112]

Dude! you are close enough that you think you would have practiced for a few hours more before you presented yourself .

[beboobeboo]

this is pretty rough...

[eschelar]

thanks for this. I think you are spot on with the tuning and what a fantastic bit of playing even though it's still rough.

Everything I play is that rough! HEHEH.

You might also enjoy Koko Kaina's (Zee Avi) version. It's breathtaking and has a few chord variants that work well.

[pisketty]

can you please post some kind of pdf with chord charts?

[nin4nin]

Great work! I'm figuring the song out as well. Thanks for the help~

[DMEN03]

very nice bruddah! cheers! i like your version.

[glycoboy]

i love chiropractors. i love ukuleles too. this song is really good and so is your rendition. if you go to all the trouble though i'd think you should position the camera so we can see your fingers and not just the knuckles. i can't tell where your finger tips are so easily.. it'd save hundreds of peoples' time if you took 3 extra min to position it so it was looking down :-) thanks for posting it though

[deweypug]

Old time song with great chord voice-ings.  Its about time someone did this! Thanks.

[mynameisjohnb]

The tuning for this song is actually "A"

E A C# F#

then you play it like it's in A (but it will actually be in F#)

verse:

A Bm Bm7 Bm7-5 A E7 A

Middle:

Dm (sliding up from C#m)

Use your pinky to find the little melodies in the chords throughout the song. The improv riffs are also easy once you get the uke tuned right. Have fun.

[mynameisjohnb]

sorry ... forgot the other part of the middle.....

Dm (sliding up from C#m)

A F#7 Bm E7

Put the pinky on C# for your A chords too.

[thedbert21]

Can someone please post the chords. This is easily the closest I've heard so far.

[seeso]

Yours is the closest I've seen so far.

[swaviator]

Hi...Did you ever get the chords written out or the fingerings?  I love this song the way that Steve and Bernadette perform it. Please let me know if you can help and I'll send along my e-mail address.

Thanks!!

bk

[FredDoolie]

"Catch the chords"??? How?? You covered them up with your fingers.

[bassfiddlesteve]

Lyle Ritz (who played the uke on the soundtrack) played a tenor uke tuned like the top four strings of a guitar (DGBE) except the D was tuned an octave higher. Basically the same as a baritone uke with the lowest string an octave higher (re-entrant). You can play these chords on a soprano uke in standard tuning (GCEA) but it will sound higher and the chord voicings will be different. It's easier to play it in C which is a half step lower than the movie verison. D would work too.

[mynameisjohnb]

what makes you say it was a tenor? I think it was a Concert Uke tuned e a c# f#. Martin is seen playing a Martin soprano in the movie.

[bassfiddlesteve]

Because Lyle Ritz plays a tenor uke tuned DGBE (with a re-entrant D) and he played the uke part on the soundtrack. The soprano that Steve Martin pretended to play in the moveie was a damaged uke that was cobbled together and used as a prop. I realize Steve Martin is a good musican, but he did not play this.

[mynameisjohnb]

You have references to back that up? This is like saying Hendrix only played a Strat.

Dude, I play all kinds of ukuleles... I'm sure Ritz did and still does too, as well as he plays guitar.

anyone paying attention? I am showing you a hot tuning, which is E A C# F#. This tuning is used on the song in the movie.

Cliff Edwards also mostly used the A tuning.

[bassfiddlesteve]

My reference is page 68 of Jim Beloff's "The Ukulele: A Visual History" which states that Ritz plays a "tenor ukulele tuned down to guitar tuning with the top string up an octave in the traditional 'my dog had fleas' tuning." Jim is good friends with Lyle and has published three books of his arrangements, so I'm sure he got this from the man himself. I've never heard of Lyle playing guitar, but he is also a bass player who played on many noted recordings including several by the Beach Boys.

[vonhumboldtfleischer]

I really don't see the point in having this video if you don't actually tell us what chords you're playing. Sounds nice, but basically useless.

[pestface]

please post the chords, I can't see where you put your fingers.

[artgeezer]

dude, there's an easier way, I'll post

[mrsaff]

When?

[jdoddgrill]

Dag

[jazzbandball]

cool, a little off, but cool all the same. Good job.

[AuntieMmmm2]

Loved it Dr. T!!! You're the best!!

MW

[SeedsFilm]

last month i spent like 2 hours or more trying to figure out steve martins version! i think its cool you made this video..jus want you to know there are people out there lookin n play at that video too! i tuned down as well, much farther than half step because i would have NEVER figured out ONE string was tuned different! nice video

[timheidi53]

Thank you. I appreciate your comment. I'm working on "Somewhere over the Rainbow" by Iz now. Looks like he's tuned the second string from the top an octave lower than the top string. I'll post it when I get it.

[ilyem]

That's fantastic! Although is the uke tuned to C or D (or other) to begin with? Also what are the chords you are fingering? I can't make them out.

[timheidi53]

I'm not sure what the uke is tuned to. Ijust listen to the song and tune it to it.

The chords are not your basic chords. I'll see if I can write them down for you. What's your email address?

I'm working on Iz's "Somewhere over the Rainbow" now. I'll try posting it when I get it. Looks like he's tuned the second string down an octave lower than the top string.

[lecky71]

it was played by Lyle Ritz rather than Steve Martin.