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Tonights The Night by Neil Young
Tonights The Night
D C D C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D C D C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D7
Bruce Berry was a workin' man;
D7
He used to load that Econoline Van.
D7
A sparkle was in his eyes,
D7
but his life was in his hand.
D7
Well late at night when the people were gone
D7
he used to pick up my guitar
D7
and sing a song in a shaky voice
D7
that was real as the day was long.
D C D C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D C D C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
Early in the mornin' at the break of day
he used to sleep until the afternoon.
If you never heard him sing,
I guess you won't too soon.
'Cause people let me tell you,
it sent a chill up and down my spine
when I picked up the telephone
and heard that he died out on the mainline.
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
Bruce Berry was a workin' man;
He used to load that Econoline Van.
But early in the mornin', just about the break of day
he used to sleep until the afternoon.
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night.
Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
A sparkle was in his eye
But his life was in his hands.
Well, late at night
when the people were gone
He used to pick up my guitar
And sing a song in a shaky voice
That was real as the day was long.
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night.
Early in the mornin'
at the break of day
He used to sleep
until the afternoon.
If you never heard him sing
I guess you won't too soon.
'Cause people let me tell you
It sent a chill
up and down my spine
When I picked up the telephone
And heard that he'd died
out on the mainline.
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night.
Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
Well, early in the morning
at just about the break of day
He used to sleep
until the afternoon.
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night.
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version 2
Tuning: DROP C! yes thats right, you heard. CADGBE
---->Main theme/chorus: with that famous bass riff.
Tonight's the night
D C
e|-------------|-----------------|-(0)-----------------|
B|-------------|-(3)-------------|--1------------------|
G|-------------|--2--------------|--0------------------|
D|--------0----|--0--------------|--2-------------0----|
A|--0--3-------|--0--------------|--3-------0--3-------|
C|-----------2-|--2--------------|--0---------------2--|
Tonight's the ni - hi hi hi hu hight
D C
e|---------------|---------------------|----|
B|-(3)-----------|---------------------|----|
G|--2------------|---------------------|----| etc. repeat
D|--0------------|--2------------------|----|
A|--0------------|--3---0--------------|----|
C|--2------------|--0-------7---5----0-|-2--|
---------> verse
The only chord for the verse is D7 really. at the end of each line, play an improv on
d chord,
particularly after "he used to pick up my guitar" - live, neil extends this into a solo
mid-verse.
You can play the D7 chord like this:
e|----| e|----|
B|----| B|-1--|
G|-2--| G|-2--|
D|-0--| OR D|-0--|
A|-3--| A|-0--|
C|-2--| C|-2--|
... with fills like these - both sound good:
e|--------------------------| e|--0--0-------------|
B|--------------------------| B|--1--1----1--3-----|
G|--------------------------| G|--2--2----2--2-----|
D|--------------------------| OR maybe D|--0-------0--0-----|
A|--------------------------| A|--0----------0-----|
C|--/7-7--9--/7--7--5--0--2-| C|--2----------2-----|
Listen to the recording to get a feel. I think this could be performed live just with
one
guitar, as the song is quite sparse and slow. Make it your own!
Here are the chords, just to help:
D C D C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D C D C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D7
Bruce Berry was a workin' man;
D7
He used to load that Econoline Van.
D7
A sparkle was in his eyes,
D7
but his life was in his hand.
D7
Well late at night when the people were gone
D7
he used to pick up my guitar
D7
and sing a song in a shaky voice
D7
that was real as the day was long.
D C D C
Tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
D C D C
tonight's the night, tonight's the night,
A couple of other verses follow, with same chords.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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