Dean Martin - Makin’ Love Ukulele Style Chords
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How to play Makin' Love Ukulele Style on Guitar (Step-by-step)
Dean Martin - Makin' Love Ukulele Style on guitar requires 9 chords and 16 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.
Makin' Love Ukulele Style uses these transitions most often: G → C (12), D7 → G (11), and C → G (5). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with G - C chord transition.
1. G → C chord transition
To move from G to C:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on A string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse, played 12 times.
2. G → D7 chord transition
Switching from G to D7:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
- Slide your ring finger on E string from fret 3 to fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse.
3. C → Am chord transition
To move from C to Am:
- Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse, played 3 times.
4. Am → D chord transition
Switching from Am to D:
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 3.
This transition appears in the verse.
5. D → D7 chord transition
Switching from D to D7:
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse.
6. C → A chord transition
To move from C to A:
- Lift your index finger from B string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from A string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.
7. A → D7 chord transition
Switching from A to D7:
- Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on G string fret 2.
- Slide your ring finger from B string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse, played 4 times.
8. C → D7 chord transition
To move from C to D7:
- Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
- Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
- Slide your ring finger from A string fret 3 to E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse.
9. G → Am chord transition
Switching from G to Am:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to D string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 2.
This transition appears in the verse.
10. G → A chord transition
Switching from G to A:
- Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to G string fret 2.
- Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on B string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
11. A → A7 chord transition
Switching from A to A7:
- While playing A, lift your ring finger from B string fret 2.
- Keep index finger on D string fret 2.
- Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
12. A7 → B7 chord transition
Switching from A7 to B7:
- Slide your index finger on D string from fret 2 to fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to A string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on G string fret 2.
- Place pinky on E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
13. B7 → E7 chord transition
Here's how to move from B7 to E7:
- While playing B7, first lift your ring finger and pinky.
- Lift your index finger from D string fret 1 and place it on G string fret 1.
- Keep middle finger on A string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
14. E7 → A7 chord transition
Switching from E7 to A7:
- Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on D string fret 2.
- Slide your middle finger from A string fret 2 to B string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
15. A7 → D7 chord transition
To move from A7 to D7:
- Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on B string fret 1.
- Slide your middle finger from B string fret 2 to G string fret 2.
- Place ring finger on E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
16. Am → D7 chord transition
To move from Am to D7:
- Keep index finger on B string fret 1.
- Lift your middle finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
- Slide your ring finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
This transition appears in the chorus, played 2 times.
Makin' Love Ukulele Style chord transition analysis
A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Makin' Love Ukulele Style.
- Makin' Love Ukulele Style includes 59 chord transitions, 16 of them unique.
- These transitions represent 0.02% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
- Makin' Love Ukulele Style contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
- These transition patterns show how Makin' Love Ukulele Style connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.After G, the most likely next chords across Chordier are C (25%), D (24%), and Am (13%).
- G → C: 25%
- G → Am: 13%
After C, the most likely next chords across Chordier are G (35%), F (16%), and D (11%).- C → G: 35%
- C → Am: 10%