Jun92023

Dinah Shore – The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else Chords

These are The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else chords by Dinah Shore on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C Dm Em Fm Em Dm Db

[Verse]
C
The one I love belongs
             D9
 to somebody else
Dm7                 G7
He means his tender songs
              C
 for somebody else
Em7           Ebdim
And even when he has
           Dm7   G7
his arms around me
  Dm7
I know his thoughts are
 D7                  G7
 strong for somebody else
    C
The hands I held belong
             D9
 to somebody else
     Dm7
I'll bet they're not
    G7               E7  A7
so cold to somebody else
     Dm7          Fm
It's tough to be alone
on the shelf
     C
It's worse to fall
   A7
in love by yourself
    Dm7          G7
The one I love belongs
             C
to somebody else not
         Ab7
 me not me not me

[Verse 2]
    Db
Not me
Eb9
He belongs to somebody
     Ebm7 Ab7
 else
Db
He's singin his love
 songs to somebody else
           Bbm7
And in the evening when
    Ebm7
 he puts his arms around me
Ab7
Yes so nice
Ebm7
Then I get the
strangest feelings
Ab
He's looking for
somebody else
    Db
Her hands I hold belong
    Bb7      Ebm7
to somebody else

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     Ebm7
I'll bet they're not so
 Ab7              F7  Bb7
 cold to somebody else
     Ebm          Gbm
It's tough to be alone
on the shelf
     Fm7b5
It's worse to fall
    Bb7
in love by yourself
    Ebm7         Ab7
The one I love belongs to
          Db
 somebody else he never
   Bb7
 belong to me
    Ebm7         Ab7
The one I love belongs
             Db
to somebody else
    Db
Not me not me not
me not me not me

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How to play The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else: key, chords and progression

The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else by Dinah Shore is centred on E♭ major (three flats: B♭, E♭, A♭). The song uses 23 chords: C, Dm, Em, Fm, Db, D9, Dm7, G7, Em7, Ebdim, D7 and E7 and 11 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is C – D9 – Dm7 – G7 (VI – VII9 – vii7 – III7 in E♭ major). In solfa, that is lah – te – te – mi. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: Fm, Db, D9, Ebdim and Ab7 are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.