This is my first attempt at tabbing, so please make corrections and let me know how I did. The timing may be a little off. Enjoy! ***Main riff - played during intro, outro, and throughout the song e ---------------|--------------|----------------8-12-10---| B ---10^-8--10---|---10^-8--9---|---10^-8--10-12-----------| G ---------------|--------------|--------------------------| D ---------------|--------------|--------------------------| A ---------------|--------------|--------------------------| E ---------------|--------------|--------------------------| ***Riff played before "changeover" in 2nd verse "...I feel wonderful tonight" e --------------8--10---12^-10^---| B ---8--10--12--------------------| G --------------------------------| D --------------------------------| A --------------------------------| E --------------------------------| "I feel wonderful because I see..." ***Riff played after 1st chorus of 3rd verse "...You were wonderful tonight" e --------------------------| B ---10^----10-8------------| G ---------------9--9---7---| D --------------------------| A --------------------------| E --------------------------| "Oh, my darlin', you were wonderful tonight" ***Riff played after the 2nd (and last) chorus of the 3rd verse NOTE: The last couple of notes may be wrong. "Oh, my darlin', you were wonderful tonight" e --------------|---------------------------|------------------------| B ---10-8--10---|---10^-8--10-12^-10-8--8---|---14^-14^-14^--12-12---| G --------------|---------------------------|------------------------| D --------------|---------------------------|------------------------| A --------------|---------------------------|------------------------| E --------------|---------------------------|------------------------| After this riff it goes back into the Main Riff as the song ends. -- Nino Bonura bonurn@rpi.edu From uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!dkuug!diku!shotokan Fri Aug 21 10:36:24 PDT 1992 Article: 1734 of alt.guitar.tab Path: nevada.edu!uunet!wupost!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!dkuug!diku!shotokan From: shotokan@diku.dk (Kim H|glund) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab Subject: Re: Request - Wonderful Tonight Solo Message-ID: <1992Aug20.095432.1403@odin.diku.dk> Date: 20 Aug 92 09:54:32 GMT References: <1992Aug17.231705.7336@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Sender: shotokan@sif.diku.dk Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen Lines: 84 jds6961@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes: >I am in dire need of the tablature for the solo in Wonderful Tonight by >Eric Clapton. My sister is getting married in September and I just found >out that EC's song is her bridal dance song. It would be great if I could >surprise her and play it while my cousin sang. I already know the chords for >the entire song but don't have such a great ear to figure out the solo. There's not much soloing on Wonderful Tonight. It's all just small variations on a 4 bar theme: G D/F# e -------------------------|-------------------------| B --------(10)b12r10-8--10-|---------(10)b12r10-8----| G -------------------------|-----------------------9-| D -------------------------|-------------------------| A -------------------------|-------------------------| E -------------------------|-------------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & C D e -------------------------|-----------8-/12--10---| B --------(10)b12r10-8--10-|-(10)/12---------------| G -------------------------|-----------------------| D -------------------------|-----------------------| A -------------------------|-----------------------| E -------------------------|-----------------------| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & The timing may be slightly off (I didn't bring my guitar to work today ;-) but you should get the idea... For completeness, here are the chords and lyrics: G D/F# It's late in the evening C D She's wondering what clothes to wear G D/F# She puts on her make up C D And brushes her long blonde hair C D And then she asks me G D/F# Em Do I look alright C D G D/F# C D And I say yes, you look wonderful tonight We go a party And everyone turns to see This beautiful lady That's walking around with me And then she asks me Do you feel alright And I say yes, I feel wonderful tonight C I feel wonderful D G D/F# Em Because I see the love light in your eyes C D And the wonder of it all C D Is that you just don't realize G D/F# C D G D/F# C D How much I love you It's time to go home now And I've got an aching head So I give her the car keys She helps me to bed And then I tell her As I turn out the light I say my darling, you were wonderful tonight Oh my darling, you were wonderful tonight Enjoy, Kim _____ Kim H|glund, shotokan@diku.dk, CS Dept. at U of Copenhagen, Denmark "I've got plenty of common sense. I just choose to ignore it." -- Calvin