Tonight Is The Night chords by Betty Wright
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
3 versions here
Version 1 real simple for beginners
Intro:
D Em
D
First of all I'd like to say good evening
Em
And we're so pleased that
D
So many of you could come out and share
Em D
In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
Em
We want you to have a real good time
D
'Cause that's just what we have in mind
Em
Is that alright with you
D Em
Now, this is a tune that I composed
And it's called
D Em
Tonight - is the night
D
That you make me a woman
Em D
Now I never intended recording this song
Em
It was a personal poem
D
This is until the day that my producer
Em D
Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
Em
He came across the words and he said
D
'We got to somethin' with these words
It's happening every day
Em
And people wanna hear about it, Betty'
D Em D
You see, it's the story of a young girl
Em D Em
Making love for the very first time
D Em
Now when I finally got a melody
D Em
I took it home and I-I played it for my mother
D
Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother
Em
You see I come from one of those pretty large families
D
And I'm the baby of the family
Em
And you know you never grow up to your mother
D Em
I'll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her
D Em
She said, 'Uh, I like the music
D
You know, baby, the melody it's really nice
Em D
But I know you're not gonna sing that song'
Em
But we eased it right on by, yes, we did
D Em
And it became one of my biggest records too
D
So I want you to do this for me if you will
Em D Em D
Everybody think back to your very first time
Instrumental:
|Em |D |Em |D |
Em
Now I'll give you a little while longer
D
'Cause I know some of you
Em D
Have to think back a little further than others
Em
Come on now, I want you to play catch-up
D
'Cause I don't want you waitin' till I get to the end of my song
Em D
Sayin', 'Oh, yeah, now I remember'
Em D
Now whether it was good
Em
Or you just smilin' it was good
D Em
Or on the other hand if it was not so good
D
Here's my story
Em D Em D
Hmm.....hmm.....mmm.....mmm...
Chorus:
Em
Tonight is the night
D Em D
That you make me a woman, mmm...
Em
You said you'll be gentle with me
D Em D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em Bm
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D
But I just can't keep still, no
Verse 1:
Em
I can hear your car door slammin'
D Em D
I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
Em D
But I know so little about what love is
Em D
I just can't help actin' like a child
Em D
You're knockin' on my door and you're ringin' my bell
Em D
Hope you're not impatient after waiting so very long
Em D
A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
Em D
And we're both old enough to know right from wrong
Chorus:
Em
Tonight is the night
D Em D
That you make me a woman, mmm
Em
You said you'll be gentle with me
D Em D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em Bm
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D
But I just can't keep still, no
Post Chorus:
D Em D
Mmm...hey, baby
Em D
Ho, ho, baby
Em D Em D
Ho yeah Yeah
Verse 2:
Em D
Oh, but what if my mama should come home early
Em D
And catch us doin' what we're doin'
Em
Not only will I never live it down
D Em D
But my whole family relationship it'll all be ruined
Em D
But we've gone a little bit too far now
Em D
Oh, to turn around
Em
So let's just pray
D Em
That true love is what we've found
D Em
Tonight, tonight
D Em
Tonight, tonight
Verse 3:
D Em
Ho, I'll never forget tonight
D Em
No, no, I'll never forget tonight
D Em
That's when you make me feel real, mmm hmm
D Em D Em
You make me feel real, real go----od
D Em
Oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...whoa...whoa...
D
Yeah, and I wanna thank your love
Em
Said I've got to thank your love
D
'Cause you make me feel good
Em
And I love you, baby
D
I love you and I know it
Em
And I ain't too proud to show it
D
'Cause I love you, baby
Em
And I need you, baby
D
I want you, my love, my love
Em
My, my, my baby
D
I'll never forget tonight
Em
No, I'll never forget tonight
D
'Cause you make me feel good
Em
And I love you, baby
D
You make me feel real good
Bridge:
Em
And I love you, baby
'Cause you gave me
A D Em
Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
A Bm Em
Uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby
A D Em
Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
A D Em
Uh-uh-uh, pure love
There's nothin' phony about it
A D Em
Uh-uh, pure love
Your love I can't do without it
A D Em
Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh
Outro:
D
I love him, I know it
Em
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em D
And I ain't too proud to show it
Em
Tonight, tonight
D Em
Tonight, tonight
D
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
N.C.
Thank you, thank you
*****************************************************
Version 2 bit harder for
Intro:
|D |Em A |
D
First of all I'd like to say good evening
Em
And we're so pleased that
A D
So many of you could come out and share
Em A D
In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
Em
We want you to have a real good time
A D
'Cause that's just what we have in mind
Em A
Is that alright with you
D Em
Now, this is a tune that I composed
A
And it's called
D Em A
Tonight - is the night
D
That you make me a woman
Em A D
Now I never intended recording this song
Em A
It was a personal poem
D
This is until the day that my producer
Em A D
Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
Em
He came across the words and he said
A D
'We got to somethin' with these words
It's happening every day
Em A
And people wanna hear about it, Betty'
D Em A D
You see, it's the story of a young girl
Em A D Em
Making love for the very first time
A D Em
Now when I finally got a melody
A D Em
I took it home and I-I played it for my mother
A D
Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother
Em A
You see I come from one of those pretty large families
D
And I'm the baby of the family
Em A
And you know you never grow up to your mother
D Em
I'll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her
A D Em
She said, 'Uh, I like the music
A D
You know, baby, the melody it's really nice
Em A D
But I know you're not gonna sing that song'
Em A
But we eased it right on by, yes, we did
D Em
And it became one of my biggest records too
A D
So I want you to do this for me if you will
Em A D Em A D
Everybody think back to your very first time
Instrumental:
|Em A |D |Em A |D |
Em A
Now I'll give you a little while longer
D
'Cause I know some of you
Em A D
Have to think back a little further than others
Em A
Come on now, I want you to play catch-up
D
'Cause I don't want you waitin' till I get to the end of my song
Em A D
Sayin', 'Oh, yeah, now I remember'
Em A D
Now whether it was good
Em
Or you just smilin' it was good
A D Em
Or on the other hand if it was not so good
A D
Here's my story
Em A D Em A D
Hmm.....hmm.....mmm.....mmm...
Chorus:
Em A
Tonight is the night
D Em A D
That you make me a woman, mmm...
Em
You said you'll be gentle with me
A D Em A D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em A D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em A Bm
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D A
But I just can't keep still, no
Verse 1:
Em A
I can hear your car door slammin'
D Em A D
I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
Em A D
But I know so little about what love is
Em A D
I just can't help actin' like a child
Em A D
You're knockin' on my door and you're ringin' my bell
Em A D
Hope you're not impatient after waiting so very long
Em A D
A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
Em A D
And we're both old enough to know right from wrong
Chorus:
Em A
Tonight is the night
D Em A D
That you make me a woman, mmm
Em A
You said you'll be gentle with me
D Em A D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em A D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em A Bm
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D A
But I just can't keep still, no
Post Chorus:
D Em A D
Mmm...hey, baby
Em A D
Ho, ho, baby
Em A D A
Ho yeah
Em A D
Ye---ah
Verse 2:
Em A D
Oh, but what if my mama should come home early
Em A D
And catch us doin' what we're doin'
Em A
Not only will I never live it down
D Em A D
But my whole family relationship it'll all be ruined
Em A D
But we've gone a little bit too far now
Em A D
Oh, to turn around
Em A
So let's just pray
D Em A
That true love is what we've found
D Em A
Tonight, tonight
D Em
Tonight, tonight
Verse 3:
A D Em
Ho, I'll never forget tonight
A D Em
No, no, I'll never forget tonight
A D Em A
That's when you make me feel real, mmm...hmm...
D Em A D Em
You make me feel real, real go----od
A D Em
Oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...whoa...whoa...
A D
Yeah, and I wanna thank your love
Em
Said I've got to thank your love
A D
'Cause you make me feel good
Em A
And I love you, baby
D
I love you and I know it
Em A
And I ain't too proud to show it
D
'Cause I love you, baby
Em A
And I need you, baby
D
I want you, my love, my love
Em A
My, my, my baby
D
I'll never forget tonight
Em A
No, I'll never forget tonight
D
'Cause you make me feel good
Em
And I love you, baby
A D
You make me feel real good
Bridge:
Em
And I love you, baby
'Cause you gave me
A D Em
Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
A Bm Em
Uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby
A D Em
Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
A D Em
Uh-uh-uh, pure love
There's nothin' phony about it
A D Em
Uh-uh, pure love
Your love I can't do without it
A D Em A
Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh
Outro:
D
I love him, I know it
Em A
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em A
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em A
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em A D
And I ain't too proud to show it
Em A
Tonight, tonight
D Em
Tonight, tonight
A D
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
N.C.
Thank you, thank you
********************************************************
Version 3 bit harder again
Chords: strings
654321
Dmaj7 xx0222
Em7 022030
A7 x02020
Intro:
|D |Em A |
D
First of all I'd like to say good evening
Em
And we're so pleased that
A D
So many of you could come out and share
Em A D
In all the love and all the happiness we have in store for you
Em7
We want you to have a real good time
A D
'Cause that's just what we have in mind
Em7 A
Is that alright with you
D Em
Now, this is a tune that I composed
A7
And it's called
D Em7 A
Tonight - is the night
D
That you make me a woman
Em A D
Now I never intended recording this song
Em7 A
It was a personal poem
D
This is until the day that my producer
Em7 A7 D
Happened to thumb through the pages of my notebook
Em7
He came across the words and he said
A D
'We got to somethin' with these words
It's happening every day
Em7 A
And people wanna hear about it, Betty'
D Em A D
You see, it's the story of a young girl
Em A D Em
Making love for the very first time
A D Em
Now when I finally got a melody
A D Em7
I took it home and I-I played it for my mother
A D
Now I got to tell you a little bit about my mother
Em7 A
You see I come from one of those pretty large families
D
And I'm the baby of the family
Em7 A
And you know you never grow up to your mother
D Em7
I'll never forget the way she looked at me when I played it for her
A D Em
She said, 'Uh, I like the music
A D
You know, baby, the melody it's really nice
Em A D
But I know you're not gonna sing that song'
Em A
But we eased it right on by, yes, we did
D Em7
And it became one of my biggest records too
A D
So I want you to do this for me if you will
Em7 A D Em A D
Everybody think back to your very first time
Instrumental:
|Em7 A |D |Em A |D |
Em A
Now I'll give you a little while longer
D
'Cause I know some of you
Em A D
Have to think back a little further than others
Em7 A
Come on now, I want you to play catch-up
D
'Cause I don't want you waitin' till I get to the end of my song
Em A D
Sayin', 'Oh, yeah, now I remember'
Em7 A7 D
Now whether it was good
Em
Or you just smilin' it was good
A D Em
Or on the other hand if it was not so good
A Dmaj7
Here's my story
Em7 A7 Dmaj7 Em7 A D
Hmm......hmm......mmm.....mmm...
Chorus:
Em A
Tonight is the night
D Em7 A7 Dmaj7
That you make me a woman, mmm
Em7
You said you'll be gentle with me
A7 D Em7 A7 D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em7 A D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em A7 Bm7
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D A
But I just can't keep still, no
Verse 1:
Em A
I can hear your car door slammin'
D Em A7 D
I wanna play big girl and put on a sexy smile
Em7 A7 Dmaj7
But I know so little about what love is
Em7 A D
I just can't help actin' like a child
Em7 A D
You're knockin' on my door and you're ringin' my bell
Em7 A7 Dmaj7
Hope you're not impatient after waiting so very long
Em7 A D
A whole year I put you off with my silly hang-ups
Em7 A7 Dmaj7
And we're both old enough to know right from wrong
Chorus:
Em7 A
Tonight is the night
D Em7 A D
That you make me a woman, mmm
Em7 A
You said you'll be gentle with me
D Em A D
And I I hope you will, mmm
Em7 A D
I'm nervous and I'm tremblin'
Em A Bm
Waitin' for you to walk in
I'm tryin' hard to relax
G D A
But I just can't keep still, no
Post Chorus:
D Em7 A D
Mmm...hey, baby
Em7 A7 D
Ho, ho, baby
Em A D A
Ho yeah
Em7 A D
Ye----ah
Verse 2:
Em A D
Oh, but what if my mama should come home early
Em7 A D
And catch us doin' what we're doin'
Em7 A7
Not only will I never live it down
Dmaj7 Em7 A D
But my whole family relationship it'll all be ruined
Em7 A D
But we've gone a little bit too far now
Em7 A D
Oh, to turn around
Em A
So let's just pray
D Em A
That true love is what we've found
D Em7 A
Tonight, tonight
D Em7
Tonight, tonight
Verse 3:
A D Em7
Ho, I'll never forget tonight
A D Em7
No, no, I'll never forget tonight
A7 Dmaj7 Em7 A
That's when you make me feel real, mmm...hmm...
D Em7 A D Em7
You make me feel real, real go----od
A7 D Em
Oh...oh...whoa...oh...oh...whoa...whoa...
A D
Yeah, and I wanna thank your love
Em7
Said I've got to thank your love
A7 Dmaj7
'Cause you make me feel good
Em7 A7
And I love you, baby
Dmaj7
I love you and I know it
Em7 A
And I ain't too proud to show it
Dmaj7
'Cause I love you, baby
Em A
And I need you, baby
D
I want you, my love, my love
Em7 A
My, my, my baby
D
I'll never forget tonight
Em A
No, I'll never forget tonight
D
'Cause you make me feel good
Em
And I love you, baby
A D
You make me feel real good
Bridge:
Em
And I love you, baby
'Cause you gave me
A D Em7
Uh, uh, pure love, yeah
A Bm Em7
Uh, uh, uh, pure love
Said I like that, baby
A D Em
Uh, uh, pure love
Said I need that, sugar
A D Em
Uh-uh-uh, pure love
There's nothin' phony about it
A D Em
Uh-uh, pure love
Your love I can't do without it
A D Em A
Uh-uh-uh, pure love, ooh
Outro:
Dmaj7
I love him, I know it
Em7 A7
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em A
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em A
I ain't too proud to show it
D
I love him, I know it
Em7 A D
And I ain't too proud to show it
Em7 A7
Tonight, tonight
Dmaj7 Em7
Tonight, tonight
A7 Dmaj7
Mmm...mmm...mmm...
N.C.
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