Tonight Is The Night Chords by Betty Wright

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_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] First of all I'd like to say good evening.
[Em] And we're so pleased that [D] so many of you could come out and share.
[E] And all the love and all the happiness we have in [D] store for you.
We want you to have a [Em] real good time.
Because [D] that's just what we have in mind.
Is that alright [E] with you?
_ [D] _ _ This is a tune that I [Em] composed.
[D] And it's called, _ _
_ [Em] Tonight [D] is the night that you make me want.
[Em] Now I never [D] intended recording this song.
[E] It was a personal [D] point.
That is until the day that my [E] producer happened to thumb through the [D] pages of my new book.
He came across the [E] words and he said,
We gotta [D] do something with these words.
It's happening everyday.
[Em] And people want to hear about it.
Betty, [D] you see, _
[Em] It's the story [D] of a young girl making [E] love [B] for the very [D] first time.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ I finally got a melody.
[Em] _ [D] I took it home and I gotta _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [Dm] tell you a little bit about my [A] mother.
You see I come from one of those pretty large families and I'm the baby of the family.
And you know [E] you never grow up to your mother.
[D] _ _ I'll never forget the way she [Em] looked at me when I played [Bm] it for her.
She said,
[D] _ I like the [Em] music.
_ [D] You know baby, the melody is [Em] really nice.
But I know you're not gonna [D] sing that song. _
But [Em] we did.
Right on by her.
[D] Yes we did.
And it became one of my biggest records [E] too.
So I [D] want you to do this for me if you will. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
To [Em] your _ very [D] first time.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ _ I know some of you have.
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ Oh you [Bm] just smiling, it was [Em] good.
Or on the other [D] hand if it was not so good.
[Em] Here's my story. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [B] _ [G] But I _ just can't [D] keep still.
[A] No.
_ [D] _ _
I [Em] hear your car go slam.
_ [D] _ Play big [Em] girl and put on a sexy smile.
[D] _ But I know [Em] so little about [D] what love is.
I just [Em] can't help [G] acting like a child.
[D] _ _
Locking on [E] my door and ringing [D] my bell. _
Hope you're not [Em] impatient after waiting so [D] very long. _
Oh [Em] yeah, I put you [Bm] off with my silly [D] handcuffs.
And we're [Em] both old enough to [F#] know right from [D] wrong. _
Tonight [Em] is the night.
[D] That you _ make [E] me your woman.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _
You [E] said you'll be [Bm] gentle with me.
[D] And I _ [E] hope you will.
_ _ [D] _ I'm [E] nervous [D] and trembling. _ _
Waiting [E] for you [Bm] to walk in. _ _
Trying hard [B] to relax.
But [G] I just [D] can't keep still.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Hey baby.
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[F#m] _ [Em] Oh, oh, [D] baby. Oh, _ [E] _ _ _ [D] yeah.
_ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ _ [B] I'm _ _
_ [E] obviously a [D] woman. _ _ _
[Em] And just doing what we are doing.
[D] _ _
Not [Em] all I've [G] never lived it down.
[D] But my whole family [E] relationship.
It'll all be ruined.
[D] _ _ [A]
But [Em] we don't need to [D] fight. _ _ _
_ [Em] To turn around.
_ [D] _ So let's just [Em] pray.
_ [D] That true [F#m] love is what [Em] we'll find.
_ [D] Tonight, _ _
_ [Em] tonight, _ [D] _ tonight, _
_ [Em] tonight.
_ [D] Oh, I'll never [A] forget [E] tonight.
_ [Bm] No, no, [B] I'll never forget [Em] tonight.
[Bm] That [D] scream you made me feel [E] real.
_ [D] You made [F#m] me feel [Em] real, [D] real good. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] Yeah, [D] and I want to thank you, love.
Said [Em] I got to thank you, love.
[D] Cause you made me feel good.
And I [Em] love you, baby.
[Bm] _ [D] I love you.
And I know it.
[Em] And I ain't too proud to [D] show it.
Cause I love you, [A] baby.
[Em] And I need you, baby.
[D] I want you.
I love, my [Em] love, my, my, my, [D] baby.
I'll never forget tonight.
No, [Em] I'll never forget tonight.
[D] Cause you made me feel good.
And I [Em] love you, baby.
[D] You made me feel real good.
[Em] And I love [Bm] you, baby.
Cause you gave [A] me pure, pure, [Em] pure love.
Yes.
[A] _ _ Pure love.
Pure [Em] love.
Said I like [A] that, baby.
Pure love.
[F#m] Pure [Em] love.
Said I didn't [A] have to go. _ _
[Em] Pure love.
There's [F#m] nothing going on.
[A] _ _ _
[Em] Pure love.
Cause I [E] love you.
_ [A] _ _ _
[Em] Pure love.
_ [D] I love you.
And I know it.
[Em] And I ain't too [E] proud to show it.
[D] I love you.
And I know it.
[Em] And I need you, baby.
I ain't too [E] proud to show it.
[D] I love you.
I know it.
[Em] I ain't too [Bm] proud to show it.
[D] I love you.
[F#m] I know it.
[Em] And I ain't too [A] proud to show it.
[D] _ Tonight.
_ [Em] Tonight.
_ _ [D] Tonight. _
[Em] Tonight.
_ [E] Mm, yeah.
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