{"id":142529,"date":"2023-12-20T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/?p=142529"},"modified":"2023-12-21T07:51:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T15:51:57","slug":"play-tonight-you-belong-to-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/play-tonight-you-belong-to-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Play \u201cTonight You Belong to Me\u201d on Acoustic Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DeGGgBiZqEE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight You Belong to Me\u201d is a delightful 32-bar song that goes back to the Roaring Twenties. Written by Billy Rose and Lee David, it was a big hit for singer <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49sI74T\">Gene Austin<\/a> in 1926 as well as Roger Wolfe Kahn and others around the same time. The song began to pick up steam again in the early \u201950s when <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3u5ElOx\">Frankie Laine<\/a> recorded his sophisticated big band version, but the big hit came in 1956 with a version by the teen sister duo of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/46oNUpz\">Patience and Prudence<\/a>, which hit No. 4 on the charts and sold over a million copies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTonight You Belong to Me\u201d has been recorded by many other artists since then, from Dottie West to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/48pzo21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eddie Vedder and Chan Marshall (Cat Power)<\/a>. It has been heard in commercials, films, and television shows; Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters famously sang it in a charming scene in the 1979 comedy <em>The Jerk<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per our usual modus operandi, let\u2019s keep this arrangement simple and in a key (namely, D major) that allows for easy, primarily open chording. Though we\u2019re using more chords than usual\u2014a total of nine, some of them jazzy\u2014they\u2019re all pretty easy to form. Note the use of the Gm7 chord (G Bb D F), which is borrowed from the key of D minor, adding a sophisticated flavor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like to fingerpick the simple accompaniment pattern shown here, but it will work just as well with a pick. Whichever technique you choose, be sure to play the song with a gently loping feel, as indicated by the swing eighth notes symbol at the beginning of the notation. In other words, instead of playing two even notes per beat, play them long-short. If you are unsure how to do this, just follow along with the video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?resize=1024%2C357&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?resize=1024%2C357&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?resize=500%2C174&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?resize=768%2C268&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?resize=300%2C105&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-1.png?w=1079&amp;ssl=1 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?resize=755%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?resize=755%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 755w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?resize=369%2C500&amp;ssl=1 369w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?resize=768%2C1042&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AG344-CF-TONIGHT-YOU-BELONG-TO-ME-2.png?w=1079&amp;ssl=1 1079w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn to pick, strum, and sing simple arrangements of 25 classic tunes with <em><a href=\"https:\/\/store.acousticguitar.com\/collections\/new\/products\/campfire-songs-for-acoustic-guitar\"><strong>Campfire Songs for Acoustic Guitar<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple arrangement allows for easy, primarily open chording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":129105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"This simple solo-guitar arrangement allows for easy, primarily open chording.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1652],"tags":[1088,1932],"ppma_author":[1592],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Maurice-Tani-holding-guitar.jpg?fit=750%2C500&ssl=1","authors":[{"term_id":1592,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"maurice-tani","display_name":"Maurice Tani","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Maurice-Tani-holding-guitar.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/acousticguitar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Maurice-Tani-holding-guitar.jpg"},"user_url":"http:\/\/www.mauricetani.com\/","last_name":"Tani","first_name":"Maurice","description":"Maurice Tani is a veteran singer-songwriter and alt-country band leader based in California. 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