Teach Me Tonight Chords

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Teach Me Tonight by Frank Sinatra is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords Em7, A7, A7/13-, D, Gdim, F#m, B7, Bm5-/7, Em, D6, Fdim, A, Bm, E7 and Cdim. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
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Em7      A7    A7/13-   D          Gdim    F#m 
Did you say I've got a lot to learn 
       B7           Em7    Bm5-/7       A7 
Well, don't think I'm trying not to learn 
      B7            Em      Em7     A7 
Since this is a perfect spot to learn 
  A7/13-    D   D6 Fdim A7 
Teach me tonight 
  Em7    A7/13-     D      Gdim   F#m 
Starting with the ABC of it 
      B7      Em7  Bm5-/7   A7 
Right down to the XYZ of it 
     B7       Em      Em7   A7 
Help me solve the mystery of it  
   A   D    Gdim D 
Teach me tonight 
 Em      A7      A7/13-    D         D6 
The sky's a blackboard  high above you 
     Em       A7  A7/13-  D    Bm 
And if a shooting star goes by 
          Em       E7      F#m 
I'll use that star to write "I Love You" 
  Bm5-/7      E7        A7       
A thousand times across the sky. 
 Em7    A7   A7/13-     D     Gdim   F#m  
One thing isn't very clear, my love 
     B7            Em7      Bm5-/7    A7 
Should the teacher stand so near, my love 
  B7         Em      Em7    A7 
Graduation's almost here, my love 
Em7  A7     D   Cdim Em7       A7      D    Gdim   D 
Teach me tonight,    come on and teach me tonight. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante