Teach Me Tonight chords by James Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Chords:

  F#7#5 = 2x2332  Bm7Bm7 = x24232    E7E7 = 020100
  Amaj7Amaj7 = x02120  C#m7C#m7 = 446454  E7sus4E7sus4 = 020200
Amaj7sus2 = x02100  F#m9F#m9 = 242224   F#m7F#m7 = 242222
  Amaj7Amaj7 = x06650   A augmentedA = x07655   D/E# = x0423x
   E/G# = x0645x

Intro:

Sounds like Amaj7Amaj7 and E7sus4E7sus4 (x2) plus some fingerpicked notes TBD

Chorus 1:
F#7#5         Bm7Bm7
Did you say I've got a lot to learn?
E7E7              Amaj7Amaj7
Well, don't think I'm trying not to?learn
F#7#5          Bm7Bm7
Since?this is the?perfect spot to learn
E7E7     Amaj7sus2 Amaj7Amaj7  F#7#5 F#7#5
Teach me tonight

Chorus 2:
F#7#5         Bm7Bm7
Starting?with the A, B, C majorC of it
E7E7           Amaj7Amaj7
Right down to the X, Y, Z of it
F#7#5         Bm7Bm7
Help me solve the mystery of it
E7E7     Amaj7Amaj7
Teach me tonight


Verse 1:
E7sus4E7sus4  F#7#5    Bm7Bm7
Oh  the sky's a blackboard
E7E7     Amaj7Amaj7
High above you
     Bm7Bm7        C#m7C#m7
And if a shooting star goes by
   Bm7Bm7   C#m7C#m7   A(5)   C#m7C#m7
I'll use that star to write, "I love you"
 F#m9F#m9   F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7   E7E7  F#7#5 F#7#5
A augmentedA thousand times across the sky


Chorus 3:
F#7#5         Bm7Bm7
One thing isn't very clear, my love
E7E7             Amaj7Amaj7
Should the teacher stand so near my love
F#7#5        Bm7Bm7
Graduation's almost here my love
E7E7     Amaj7Amaj7
Teach me tonight

Verse 1:
E7sus4E7sus4  F#7#5    Bm7Bm7
Oh  the sky's a blackboard
E7E7     Amaj7Amaj7
High above you
     Bm7Bm7        C#m7C#m7
And if a shooting star goes by
   Bm7Bm7   C#m7C#m7   A(5)   C#m7C#m7
I'll use that star to write, "I love you"
 F#m9F#m9   F#m7F#m7   Bm7Bm7   E7E7 F#7#5 F#7#5
A augmentedA thousand times across the sky


Chorus 4:
E7sus4E7sus4  F#7#5       Bm7Bm7
Mmm, one thing isn't very clear, my love
E7E7             Amaj7Amaj7
Should the teacher stand so near my love
F#7#5        Bm7Bm7
Graduation's almost here my love
E7E7     Amaj7sus2 Amaj7Amaj7
Teach me tonight
Bm7Bm7          Amaj7sus2 Amaj7Amaj7
Starting with the ABC of    it

Alternate ad lib outro relative to Capo 2, slow strums of:
  Amaj7Amaj7 D/F#D/F# E/G# D/F#D/F# E7sus4E7sus4 Amaj7Amaj7
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0h2----3-----5-----4-----0-------0h5-----------------|
G+G|--1------2-----4-----2-----2-------6-------------------|
D MajorD|--2------4-----6-----4-----0-------6-------------------|
A augmentedA|--0------0-----0-----0-----2-------0-------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------|


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