Wonderful Tonight Chords & Guitar Lesson

This is my Wonderful Tonight chords chart by Eric Clapton. A nice and easy guitar song that uses the same 4 chords over and over again. How....wonderful 😉

I really like Clapton as a guitar player. And one of my favorite guitar solos of all time was done by him, The solo for While My Guitar Gently Weeps by The Beatles.

If you know the chords, G, D, Em and C, then you are golden. The simplest way to play this song is with 4 down strums per chord but I will include a another strum for you below.

Wonderful Tonight Guitar Chords:

Wonderful Tonight Strumming Patterns:

Strumming:
1 2   3+  4+
D D DU DU

Or:
1 2 3 + 4
D   DU D

Or:
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D   DU    U DU

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Wonderful Tonight Guitar Lesson:

Wonderful Tonight Chord Chart:

Intro: G, D, C, D

Verse 1:    
G                              D             C                                                 D
    It's late in the evening,       she's wondering what clothes to wear.
G                                     D          C                                       D
    She puts on her makeup,       and brushes her long blond hair.
C                               D            G                       Em
   And then she'd ask me:     "do I look alright?"
                       C                        D                   G            D      C   D
And I say: "Yes you look wonderful tonight!"

Verse 2:
G                         D       C                                 D
    We'd go to party,       and everyone turns to see
G                             D         C                                   D
    this beautiful lady,         that's walking around with me.
 C                                D          G                            Em
    And then she'd ask me:     "do you feel alright?"
                       C                D                    G           D       C   D
And I say: "Yes I feel wonderful tonight!"

Bridge:
             C                      D                           G                            Em
I feel wonderful because I see the lovelight in your eyes,
                  C                    D                        C                      D
and the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize,
                         G                D       C   D
how much I love you!


Verse 3:

G                               D                  C                                D
    It's time to go home now,      and I've got an aching head
G                                  D              C                                             D
    so I give her the car keys,     and she helps me to bed.
C                     D           G                                Em
  And then I tell her,     as I turn off the light:
                     C                            D                    G           D       C   D
I say: "my darling you are wonderful tonight!"

Bridge:
             C                      D                           G                            Em
I feel wonderful because I see the lovelight in your eyes,
                  C                    D                        C                      D
and the wonder of it all is that you just don't realize,
                         G              D       C   D G (hold)
how much I love you!

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