Phil Joel - Tonight

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Phil Joel
"Tonight"

ok this is a fairly easy one so here goes.

so here are the chords:
C# x577xx
G  355xxx
B  799xxx
A  599xxx
E  022xxx
F# 244xxx

solo riff1:

top to bottom is high to low

-2---3-2------4-2------2-3-2-----------
---3--------3--------3------3-2-3------
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ok now for the song:

Verse 1:

C#     G     B
Tonight
A            C#     G     B
Talkin to you
A                C#     G     B
Thought to myself
A              C#            B  A
'Bout all those conversations
C#     G     B
Tonight
A        C#     G     B
Somebody new
A        C#      G
Is gonna take control yea
             B       C#     G  B
And that somebody is you

Chorus:

           G                         B
I was only thinkin of you (but Jesus I never knew)
G             B
Thinkin of you
            E                B
And now you finally broke though
  (C#     G     B     A)3x's
  (solo riff1) 3x's
Tonight

Verse 2:
NC(it's just bass here but you can just play the same chords as 1st verse
Tonight
the bass is just playing the base notes to those chords)
It's not just emotion coming over me

I hear you calling "hey come follow me

And stop messin around"

Bridge:

                        E
It's time to lay it all down
           F#
Out in the field
          G         B     B G F# E
There's a cold wind blowin
                 F#
But here in your heart
         G           (C#     G     B     A)2x's
You must surrender yeah...


Verse 3:

  C#     G     B     A
Tonight
                    C#        G     B
You are more than a mystery
           A             C#     G     B
There's no more fading away for me (here background vocals start in with the
I'm not fading a... I'm not fading away... I'm not fading a... etc.)
   A            C#     G     B
No more fading away
        (A       C#     G     B)5x's
(I'm not fading away)5x's

outro:

      G                              B
I was only thinkin of you (but Jesus I never knew)
            G                B
And now you finally broke though (but Jesus I never knew)
  (solo riff1) repeat and fade out
Tonight

And that's about it as usual, email me, jbell_3@hotmail.com, with any
tips\comments\misc. feedback\appraisal :-) so thank you all.

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