Tonight Is The Night Chords by Betty Wright

_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] First of all, I'd like to say good evening.
[Em] And we're so pleased, [D] so many of you
could come out and share [A] in all the [Em] love
and all the [D] happiness we have in store for you.
We want you to have a real good time,
[G] because that's just what [D] we have in mind.
Is that all right with [Em] you?
_ _ [D] _ This is a tune that I [G] composed, and it's called,
[D] Tonight _
_ [G] is [D] the Night That You Make Me a Woman.
[Am] [G] Now, I never [D] intended recording this song.
[Bm] It was a personal point.
[D] _ That is, until the day that my producer happened
to thumb [G] through the pages of my [D] notebook.
He came across the [G] words, and he said,
you got to do [D] something with these words.
It's happening every day, [Em] and people
want to hear about it, baby.
[D] You see, _ [G] it's the story [D] of a young girl _ making [G] love
for the very [D] first time.
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
Melody, [G] _ I took it home, and [D] I played it for my mother.
[G] I _ [D] got to tell you a little bit about my mother. _
[G] You see, I come from one of those pretty large [D] families,
and I'm the baby of the family.
And you know, you [G] never grow up to your mother.
[D] _ Never forget the way she [Em] looked at me when I played it.
Boy, she said, [D] _ I like the [G] music.
You [D] know, baby, the melody is really [G] nice,
but I know you're not going to sing that [D] song. _
But we [Em] eased it.
[G] Right on by.
Yes, [D] we did.
And it became one of my biggest records, [Em] too.
So I want you to do this for me, [D] if you will, _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
to [G] your _ very [D] first time.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I know some of you have to think [Em] back a little bit further than others.
Can [D] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] I get to the end of my song saying, [G] oh, yeah!
_ [D] _ _ Now, [Em] whether it was good, [D] _ or you just smiling, [Em] it was good,
or on [D] the other hand, if it was not so [Bm] good, here's my [D] story. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ Mm, _
[G] _ mm, _ _ [D] _ tonight is the [Em] night [D] that you make [Em] me a woman.
_ Mm, [D] _ you said [Em] you'd get [G] your own way, [D] and I _ [G] hope you will.
_ _ [D] Mm, I'm thirsty [G] and [D] trembling, _ _ [G] waiting for you to walk in.
[Bm] _ _
I'm trying [B] hard to relax, [D] but [G] I just [D] can't keep still.
[G] So no, _ [D] _ _
I can [G] hear your car door slamming.
[D] _ I won't play big girl [Em] and put on a sexy smile.
[D] _ But I know [G] so little about what [D] love is.
I just [G] can't help acting like a child.
[D] _ _
I can't open [Em] my door, and you're ringing [D] my bed.
_ Hope you're not [Em] impatient after waiting so very [D] long. _
Oh, [G] yeah, I'll put you up with my [D] silly handcuffs,
and we'll both [G] hold enough to know right from [F#m] wrong. _
[A] Tonight [G] is the night [D] that you _ make me [G] a woman.
_ [D] Mm, you [G] said you'd be gentle with me, [D] and I hope [Em] you will.
[G] _ [D] Mm, I'm nervous [Em] _ [D] and trembling, _ _ waiting [G] for you to walk [Bm] in. _ _
Trying hard to relax, [G] but I [F#m] just can't keep still.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] Mm, hey, baby.
_ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Em] Whoa, _ _ [D] [F#m] baby. _
_ [Em] Oh, _ [D] yeah.
[F#m] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
What if [Em] my mom says, come [D] on, baby. _ _
[Em] Catch us doing what we are doing.
[D] _ _
Not [G] only will I never live it down,
[D] but my whole family [Em] relationship, it'll all be ruined.
[F#m] _ _
But [D] we've gone a little bit too far now, _ [F#m] _ _
[Em] oh, to turn around.
_ [D] _ So let's just [G] pray _ _ [D] that true love is [A] what [Em] we'll [G] find.
_ [D] Tonight, _ _
_ [Em] tonight, _ _ [D] tonight, _
_ [Em] tonight.
Oh, [F#m] I'll never forget [A] _ [Bm] tonight.
No, no, [A] I'll never forget [G] tonight.
That's [D] when you make me feel [G] real.
[F#m] Mm, you make me feel [G] real _ [F#m] good. _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] Oh, oh, [G] oh.
_ Yeah, [F#m] and I want to thank you, love.
Said [Em] I got to thank you, love, because you [F#m] made me feel.
And I [G] love you, baby.
_ [F#m] I love you, and I know it.
[G] I hate to probably show it.
[F#m] Because I love you, baby, [Em] and I need you, [G] baby.
[D] I want you, my love, my [G] love, my, my, my, [D] baby.
I'll never forget [F#m] tonight.
No, [Em] I'll never forget tonight.
Because you made [F#m] me feel good.
And I love [Em] you, baby.
You made [F#m] me feel real good.
[G] And I love you, baby, because you gave [A] me true [D] _
_ [Em] love.
Yeah, [F#m] true _ [D] _
_ [Em] love.
Said I like [A] that, baby.
_ _ [D]
True [Em] love.
Said I think that's [F#m] enough. _ _
[Em] True love.
There's nothing funny about [A] it.
_ [D] _
[Em] True love.
The love that I can't do without [A] it.
Oh, [D] _
[Em] true love.
_ [F#m] I love you, I know it.
[Em] I hate to problem show it.
[F#m] I love you, I know it.
[G] I hate to problem show it.
[F#m] I love you, I know it.
[Em] I hate to [G] problem show it.
[F#m] I love you, I know it.
[Em] And I hate to problem show it.
[F#m] To tonight, [Em] tonight
_ _ [D] Tonight, _
_ [Em] _ tonight [F#] Mm [F#m] mmm _
_ Thank _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] you!
[B] Thank you! _ _ _ _ _ _ _