Chords with lyrics
Tonight's The Night:Solomon Burke.
28 on BB Hot 100 on
Atlantic Records in 1965.
INTRO: AbAb DbDb AbAb DbDb AbAb DbDb EbmEbm
#1.
AbAb F minorFm DbDb AbAb
Tonight's the night that you belong to me.
Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
Tonight's the night, there'll be no company.
DbDb Eb MajorEb AbAb
Oh, tonight, tonight's the night, tonight's
DbDb AbAb Abm7Abm7
the night, yes, sir, oh, yes, it is, now,
Eb MajorEb
listen to me, honey.
#2.
AbAb DbDb AbAb GbGb
Someone should call don't answer the phone.
AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb
Somebody knocks on the door, tell 'em we're
not home.
DbDb AbAb Abm7Abm7
I just want it to be, darling, nobody but me
Eb MajorEb AbAb
and you, honey, tonight.
DbDb
I don't want no friends around.
#3.
AbAb Eb MajorEb DbDb
There's a whole lot of sweet talk, girl, I'm
Gm7Gm7 DbDb
gonna be putting down.
AbAb Eb MajorEb
Cut off the stereo, forget about the late, late
DbDb AbAb
show, cause tonight, honey, oh, tonight.
#4.
AbAb F minorFm
Listen to me..(tonight's the night) and when the
Eb MajorEb
lights are low..(that you belong to me)
DbDb F minorFm
I'm gonna lock all the doors..(tonight's the night)
AbAb
and throw away the key, baby..(you're mine exclusively.)
Eb MajorEb DbDb
And then I wanna talk to you some more, because
tonight, I got something I want to say to you,
AbAb Abm7Abm7 DbDb
honey, tonight, oooo-ooo-ooo.
OUTRO:
DbDb AbAb Eb MajorEb
I wanna hear you say I do, and that ain't all, sugar.
DbDb
And when I get through, I want you to hold me,
AbAb DbDb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
squeeze me with all of your might.
Eb MajorEb Abm7Abm7 DbDb AbAb
Because tonight..(tonight, tonight) tonight is the night.
A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.