Wonderful Tonight Chords & Tabs
Wonderful Tonight
By Eric Clapton
Guitar theme (can be played 8va higher if you have 24 frets on your guitar, you
would start on the 2nd string (B) on the 15th fret and play the same
melody):
full full full VVV
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------^_-----------------^_---------------^_--------------------------------
G-----14_|-|-12-14-------14_|-|-12--------14_|-|-12-14-12-11-------------------
D--12------V----------12------V----14--12------V-------------14-12-12----------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
full full full 1/2 VVVV
e---------------------------------------------------------------^_-------------
B--------^_-----------------^_---------------^_--------12-13-17_|-|-15---------
G-----14_|-|-12-14-------14_|-|-12--------14_|-|-12-14------------V------------
D--12------V----------12------V----14--12------V-------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
footnote 1: footnote 2: footnote 3:
C D G D C
e---------------------------- --------------------- ---------------
B----_----1------------------ --------------------- ----------_----
G---/-\-----0---------------- --------------------- ---------/-\---
D--0---2--------------------- --------------------- --------0---2--
A---------------------------- --------------------- ---0-2-3-------
E---------------------------- ------0-3------------ ---------------
She's wondrin'... wear. ...hair
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/eric_clapton/wonderful_tonight_tab.html ]
Guitar solo:
1/2 VVVVVVVVVV 1/2 VVV _ 1/2
e----^_--------------------------------------------_------/-\---------^_--
B-17_|-|-15-15-15--13-12----------------^_--------/-\---12---13-15-17_|-|-
G------V-----------------14-12-------14_|-|-12--12---14-----------------V-
D------------------------------14-12------V-------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
1/2 full
^_ _ VVVVVVV ^
e-17_|-|-15-----------/-\---------^_-------------------------15-17-19_|---
B------V----17--15--12---13-15-17_|-|-15--15-----------15-17--------------
G-----------------------------------V--------------12---------------------
D--------------------------------------------12-14------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
VVVVVVV 1/2 VVVVV
e-17-15-15--------------------------^__-----------------------------------
B--------------_------------12--17__|--|--15------------------------------
G-------------/-\---12--14-------------V----------------------------------
D-----------12---14-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------
footnote 4: notation:
1/2
e----3--3-2---- _ ^
B----3--3-3---- / \ : hammeron or pulloff _| : bend up 1/2 step
G----2--2-2----
D----0--0-0---- full ^_
A-------------- ^ : bend up one full step _| | : bend up then
E-------------- _| V reverse bend back
...head
VVVV : vibrato
Finish off the song with the guitar theme and a little blues run in the same
G scale.