Wonderful Tonight Acoustic Chords & Tabs
Wonderful Tonight Acoustic Tab
Note: If you're finding the tabs hard to understand; play the chords that are
above the tabs along with the finger picking: thumb, index, middle, index, ring,
middle, index, middle.
Verse 1:
G D C D
e|-----3---------2---------0---------2------:|
B|---0--0-0----3--3-3----1--1-1----3--3-3---:|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0----2-2--2----:| }Play through twice.
D|-----------0-------------------0----------:|
A|---------------------3--------------------:|
E|-3----------------------------------------:|
(It's late in the evening, she wondering what clothes to wear.)
(So she puts on her make up and brushes her long, blonde hair.)
Chorus:
C D G Em
e|-----0---------2---------3---------0--------|
B|---1--1-1----3--3-3----0--0-0----0--0-0-----|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0----0-0--0------|
D|-----------0--------------------------------|
A|-3------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------3---------0------------|
(And then she asks me, "Do I look alright?" And I say-)
C D G
e|-----0---------2---------3-----|
B|---1--1-1----3--3-3----0--0-0--|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0---|
D|-----------0-------------------|
A|-3-----------------------------|
E|---------------------3---------|
("Yes you look wonderful tonight.")
D C D
e|-----2---------0---------2------:|
B|---3--3-3----1--1-1----3--3-3---:|
G|--2-2--2----0-0--0----2-2--2----:|
D|-0-------------------0----------:|
A|-----------3--------------------:|
E|--------------------------------:|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eric_clapton/wonderful_tonight_acoustic_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse 2:
We go to a party and everyone turns to see.
This beautiful lady that's walking around with me.
Chorus:
And then she asks me, "Do you feel alright?"
And I say "Yes I feel wonderful tonight."
Middle:
C D G Em
e|-----0---------2---------3---------0--------|
B|---1--1-1----3--3-3----0--0-0----0--0-0-----|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0----0-0--0------|
D|-----------0--------------------------------|
A|-3------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------3---------0------------|
(I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes.)
C D C D G
e|-----0---------2---------0---------2---------3-----:|
B|---1--1-1----3--3-3----1--1-1----3--3-3----0--0-0--:|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0---:|
D|-----------0-------------------0-------------------:|
A|-3-------------------3-----------------------------:|
E|-----------------------------------------3---------:|
(And the wonder of it all is that you just don't realise how much I love you.)
Verse 3:
It's time to go home now and I've got an aching head,
So I give her the car keys and she puts me to bed.
Chorus:
And then I tell her as I turn out the light,
I say, "My darling you were wonderful tonight."
Outro:
G D C D
e|-----3---------2---------0---------2------:|
B|---0--0-0----3--3-3----1--1-1----3--3-3---:|
G|--0-0--0----2-2--2----0-0--0----2-2--2----:| }Play through twice.
D|-----------0-------------------0----------:|
A|---------------------3--------------------:|
E|-3----------------------------------------:|