Tonight Is the Night (Pts. 1 & 2) Chords

Tempo:
101.6 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

Em

F#m

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Tonight Is the Night (Pts. 1 & 2) chords
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[G] [D] [G]
[D] First of all I'd like to say good evening.
[Em] And we're so [G] pleased that so many of you could [D] come out and share in all the [Em] love and all the [D] happiness we have in store for you.
We want you to have a real [G] good time.
Because that's just what we [D] have in mind.
Is that alright with you?
[G]
[D] This is a tune that I composed [G] and it's called
[D] Tonight [G] is the night [D] that you make me a woman.
[G] Now I never intended [D] recording this song.
[Bm] It was a personal poem.
[D] That is until the day that my producer [G] happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook.
[D] He came across the words and [G] he said,
We gotta do something [D] with these words.
It's happening every day [Em] and people want to hear about it.
[D] You see, [G] it's the story [D] of a young girl making [G] love for the very [D] first time.
[G] Now,
[D] when I finally got a melody, [G] I took it home and I [D] played it for my mother.
[G] I gotta [D] tell you a little bit about my mother.
[Bm] You see I come [G] from one of those pretty large families and [D] I'm the baby of the family.
And you [A] know you never [G] grow up to your mother.
[D] Never forget the way [Em] she looked at me when I [G] played it for her.
She said, [D] I like the music.
[Em] [G] You know [D] baby, the melody is really nice.
[G] But I know you're not going to sing that [D] song.
But [G] I don't mind.
[D]
And it became one of my biggest [Em] records too.
[G] So I want you to do this for [D] me if you will.
[G]
[D] Think back to [G] your very [D] first time.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G] [D]
I know some of you [A] have to think [Em] back a little bit further than others.
[D] [G]
[D] I don't want you to wait until I get to the end of my song saying, [G] oh yeah.
[D] [Em] Whether it was good,
[D] or you just smiling it was [Em] good.
Or on the other [D] hand if it was not so good.
[Bm] Here's my [D] story.
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] Tonight is [Em] the night that [D] you make me [Em] a woman.
[D] You [G] said you'd get your own way and [D] I hope [G] you will.
[D] I'm nervous [G] and I'm trembling.
[D] Waiting [G] for you to walk [Bm] in.
I'm trying [B] hard to relax [D]
[G] but I [Em] [F#m] just can't keep still.
[G] No,
[D] I can [Em] hear your car door slamming.
[D]
I won't play big [Em] girl and put on a sexy [D] smile.
But I know [G] so little about what [D] love is.
I just [G] can't help acting like a child.
[D] Knocking on [Em] my door and you're ringing my [D] bell.
Hope you're not [Em] impatient after waiting so [D] very long.
Oh [G] yeah, I put you up with my silly [D] hands.
And we're both [G] old enough to know right from [D] wrong.
[A] Tonight is [G] the night [D] that you make me [Em] a [G] woman.
[D] You [Em] said [G] you'd be gentle with me [D] and I hope [G] you will.
[D] I'm nervous [G] [D] and I'm trembling.
Waiting [G] for you to walk [Bm] in.
I'm trying hard to relax [G] but I [F#m] just can't keep [G] still.
[D] [Em] Hey baby,
[D] [F#m] [Em] come on [D] baby.
[F#m] [Em] Oh [F#m]
yeah.
[Em]
[D] My [Em] mom said come [D] on girl.
[Em] Catch us doing what we are doing.
[D] Not [Em] only will I never let you down.
[D] But my whole family [Em] relationship, it'll all be ruined.
[F#m] But [Em] we've gone a little bit too [D] far now.
[Em] Oh, to turn around.
[D] So let's just [Em] pray.
[D] That true love is what [Em] we'll [G] find.
[D] [Em]
[D] [Em] Tonight.
Oh, [F#m] I'll never forget [A] [D] tonight.
No, no, [A] I'll never forget [G] tonight.
That's when [D] you make me feel [G] real.
[D]
You make me feel [Em] [G] real, real [D] good.
[Em] [F#m]
[Em] Oh, yeah.
[F#m] And I want to thank you, love.
Said [Em] I got to thank you, love.
Cause you made [F#m] me feel good.
And I love [G] you, baby.
[F#m] I love you and I know it.
I [Em] ain't too proud [G] to show it.
[D]
Cause I love you, baby.
[Em] And I need [G] you, baby.
[D] I want you, my love, my [G] love.
My, my, my, baby.
[D]
I'll never forget tonight.
No, [Em] I'll never forget [G] tonight.
Cause you made me [F#m] feel good.
And I love you, [Em] baby.
You made [F#m] me feel real good.
[G] And I love you, baby.
Cause [A] you gave me true, true, true [Em] love.
Yeah.
[F#m]
True, true, [D] true [Em] love.
Said I like that, [A] baby.
[D] True, true, true [Em] love.
Said I think that [A] should go.
[F#m] [Em] True love.
There's nothing [Bm] going on.
[A] [D] True [Em] love.
Love I can't do [F#m] without it.
[D] True [Em] love.
[D] I know it.
[Em] I ain't too proud to show it.
[F#m] I know it.
[Em] I ain't too proud to show it.
[D] [Em] I ain't [Bm] too proud to show it.
I [F#m] love you.
I [Em] ain't too proud to show it. [F#m] Tonight.
[Em] Tonight.
[D] Tonight.
Tonight.
[Em] [F#] [F#m]
[D] [Em]
[B]
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Em
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Let's start jamming Betty Wright - (Pts. 1 & 2) Tonight Is The Night chords, practice the chord sequence Em, G, D and G. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 50 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 102. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of D Major.

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] First of all I'd like to say good evening.
[Em] And we're so [G] pleased that so many of you could [D] come out and share in all the [Em] love and all the [D] happiness we have in store for you.
We want you to have a real [G] good time.
Because that's just what we [D] have in mind.
Is that alright with you?
[G] _ _ _
[D] This is a tune that I composed [G] and it's called
[D] Tonight _ _ [G] is the night [D] that you make me a woman.
[G] Now I never intended [D] recording this song.
[Bm] It was a personal poem.
[D] That is until the day that my producer [G] happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook.
[D] He came across the words and [G] he said,
We gotta do something [D] with these words.
It's happening every day [Em] and people want to hear about it.
[D] You see, _ [G] it's the story [D] of a young girl making [G] love for the very [D] first time.
_ _ [G] Now, _
[D] when I finally got a melody, [G] I took it home and I [D] played it for my mother.
[G] I gotta [D] tell you a little bit about my mother.
[Bm] You see I come [G] from one of those pretty large families and [D] I'm the baby of the family.
And you [A] know you never [G] grow up to your mother.
[D] Never _ forget the way [Em] she looked at me when I [G] played it for her.
She said, [D] I like the music.
[Em] _ [G] You know [D] baby, the melody is really nice.
[G] But I know you're not going to sing that [D] song.
_ But [G] I don't mind.
[D] _
And it became one of my biggest [Em] records too.
[G] So I want you to do this for [D] me if you will.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] Think back to [G] your _ very [D] first time.
_ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D]
I know some of you [A] have to think [Em] back a little bit further than others.
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] I don't want you to wait until I get to the end of my song saying, [G] oh yeah. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] Whether it was good, _
[D] or you just smiling it was [Em] good.
Or on the other [D] hand if it was not so good.
[Bm] Here's my [D] story. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ Tonight is [Em] the night that [D] you _ make me [Em] a woman. _ _
[D] _ You [G] said you'd get your own way and [D] I _ hope [G] you will. _ _
[D] _ I'm nervous [G] and I'm trembling.
[D] _ _ Waiting [G] for you to walk [Bm] in.
_ I'm trying [B] hard to relax [D]
[G] but I _ [Em] [F#m] just can't keep still.
[G] No, _
[D] _ _ I can [Em] hear your car door slamming.
[D] _
I won't play big [Em] girl and put on a sexy [D] smile.
But I know [G] so little about what [D] love is.
I just [G] can't help acting like a child.
[D] _ _ Knocking on [Em] my door and you're ringing my [D] bell.
_ Hope you're not [Em] impatient after waiting so [D] very long.
Oh [G] yeah, I put you up with my silly [D] hands.
And we're both [G] old enough to know right from [D] wrong.
_ [A] Tonight is [G] the night [D] that you _ make me [Em] a [G] woman. _ _
[D] _ You [Em] said [G] you'd be gentle with me [D] and I hope [G] you will. _ _
[D] _ I'm nervous [G] _ [D] and I'm trembling.
_ _ Waiting [G] for you to walk [Bm] in.
_ _ I'm trying hard to relax [G] but I [F#m] just can't keep _ [G] still.
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] Hey baby, _
[D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Em] come on [D] baby.
[F#m] _ _ [Em] Oh _ [F#m] _
yeah.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ My [Em] mom said come [D] on girl.
_ _ [Em] Catch us doing what we are doing.
[D] _ _ Not [Em] only will I never let you down.
[D] But my whole family [Em] relationship, it'll all be ruined.
[F#m] _ _ But [Em] we've gone a little bit too [D] far now.
_ _ _ [Em] Oh, to turn around. _
[D] _ So let's just [Em] pray. _ _
[D] That true love is what [Em] we'll [G] find. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] Tonight.
Oh, [F#m] I'll never forget [A] _ [D] tonight.
No, no, [A] I'll never forget [G] tonight.
_ That's when [D] you make me feel [G] real.
_ [D]
You make me feel [Em] [G] real, real [D] good.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Oh, yeah.
[F#m] And I want to thank you, love.
Said [Em] I got to thank you, love.
Cause you made [F#m] me feel good.
And I love [G] you, baby. _
[F#m] I love you and I know it.
I [Em] ain't too proud [G] to show it.
[D]
Cause I love you, baby.
[Em] And I need [G] you, baby.
[D] I want you, my love, my [G] love.
My, my, my, baby.
[D]
I'll never forget tonight.
No, [Em] I'll never forget [G] tonight.
Cause you made me [F#m] feel good.
And I love you, [Em] baby.
You made [F#m] me feel real good.
[G] And I love you, baby.
Cause [A] you gave me true, true, true [Em] love.
Yeah.
[F#m]
True, true, [D] _ true [Em] love.
Said I like that, [A] baby.
[D] True, true, true [Em] love.
Said I think that [A] should go.
[F#m] _ [Em] True love.
There's nothing [Bm] going on.
[A] _ [D] _ True [Em] love.
Love I can't do [F#m] without it.
_ [D] _ True [Em] love.
_ [D] I know _ it.
[Em] I ain't too proud to show it.
[F#m] I know it.
[Em] I ain't too proud to show it.
[D] _ _ _ [Em] I ain't [Bm] too proud to show it.
I [F#m] love you.
I _ [Em] ain't too proud to show it. [F#m] Tonight.
_ [Em] Tonight. _ _
[D] Tonight.
_ Tonight.
[Em] _ _ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was featured on the The Essentials: album.

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